Department of Crop Sciences

Faculty

Name/Title Contact Information Areas of Research
Mohammad Babadoost
Professor
babadoos@illinois.edu
(217) 333-1523
Plant Pathology
Plant Protection
Fred Below
Professor
fbelow@illinois.edu
(217) 333-9745
Plant Physiology
General Biology
Soil Fertility
Bioenergy Crops
Grain Crops
Crop Management and Environmental Systems
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Crop Genetic Improvement
Martin Bohn
Associate Professor
mbohn@illinois.edu
(217) 244-2536
Biotechnology
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Crop Genetic Improvement
Germán Bollero
Professor
Department Head
gbollero@illinois.edu
(217) 333-9480
Crop Management and Environmental Systems
Bioinformatics and Statistics
Carl Bradley
Associate Professor
carlbrad@illinois.edu
(217) 244-7415
Bruce Branham
Professor
bbranham@illinois.edu
(217) 333-7848
Weed Science
Turf
Water Quality
Soil Fertility
Donald Briskin
Professor
Coordinator, MS Online Program
dbriskin@illinois.edu
(217) 244-1115
Plant Physiology
Biochemistry
General Biology
Patrick Brown
Assistant Professor
pjb34@illinois.edu
(217) 333-8182
Bioenergy Crops
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Genomics
Donald Bullock
Professor
dbullock@illinois.edu
(217) 244-8221
Bioinformatics and Statistics
Gustavo Caetano-Anolles
Professor
gca@illinois.edu
(217) 333-8172
Plant Pathology
Plant Protection
Plant Physiology
General Biology
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Crop Genetic Improvement
Bioinformatics and Statistics
Steven Clough
Assistant Professor
sjclough@illinois.edu
Plant Pathology
Plant Protection
Molecular Genetics
General Biology
Adam Davis
Associate Professor
asdavis1@illinois.edu
(217) 333-9654
Weed Science
Crop Management and Environmental Systems
Bioinformatics and Statistics
Brian Diers
Professor
Associate Head
bdiers@illinois.edu
(217) 265-4062
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Biotechnology
Crop Genetic Improvement
Leslie Domier
Assistant Professor
ldomier@illinois.edu
(217) 333-0510
Plant Pathology
Molecular Genetics
Darin Eastburn
Associate Professor
eastburn@illinois.edu
(217) 244-9632
Plant Pathology
Plant Protection
Fabian Fernandez
Assistant Professor
fernande@illinois.edu
(217) 333-4426
Water Quality
Soil Fertility
Grain Crops
Bioenergy Crops
Crop Management and Environmental Systems
Laura Gentry
Visiting Research Assistant Professor
lauragen@illinois.edu
(217) 244-1287
Soil Fertility
Grain Crops
Bioenergy Crops
Crop Management and Environmental Systems
Michael Gray
Professor
Crop Sciences Extension Coordinator & Assistant Dean for ANR Extension Programs
megray@illinois.edu
(217) 333-6652
Entomology
Plant Protection
Aaron Hager
Associate Professor
hager@illinois.edu
(217) 333-4424
Weed Science
Plant Protection
Yoshie Hanzawa
Assistant Professor
yhanzawa@illinois.edu
(217) 333-4685
Glen Hartman
Professor
ghartman@illinois.edu
(217) 244-3258
Entomology
Plant Protection
Environmental Biology
General Biology
Grain Crops
Crop Management and Environmental Systems
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Biotechnology
Crop Genetic Improvement
Robert Hoeft
Professor
rhoeft@illinois.edu
Soil Fertility
Crop Management and Environmental Systems
Matthew Hudson
Associate Professor
mhudson@illinois.edu
(217) 244-8096
Plant Physiology
Molecular Genetics
Genomics
Biochemistry
General Biology
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Biotechnology
Crop Genetic Improvement
Bioinformatics and Statistics
Jack Juvik
Professor
Graduate Program Coordinator
juvik@illinois.edu
(217) 333-1966
Plant Physiology
Molecular Genetics
Biochemistry
General Biology
Fruit and Vegetable Crops
Crop Management and Environmental Systems
Gary Kling
Associate Professor
gkling@illinois.edu
(217) 333-3363
Ornamentals
Landscape Stewardship
Frederic Kolb
Professor
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
f-kolb@illinois.edu
(217) 333-9485
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Crop Genetic Improvement
Mosbah Kushad
Associate Professor
kushad@illinois.edu
(217) 244-5691
Kris Lambert
Associate Professor
knlamber@illinois.edu
(217) 265-5165
Plant Pathology
Entomology
Plant Protection
Plant Physiology
General Biology
Biotechnology
Crop Genetic Improvement
DoKyoung 'D.K.' Lee
Assistant Professor
leedk@illinois.edu
(217) 333-7736
Soil Fertility
Bioenergy Crops
Crop Management and Environmental Systems
Stephen Long
Professor
slong@illinois.edu
(217) 333-2487
Sarah Lovell
Assistant Professor
stlovell@illinois.edu
(217) 244-3433
Landscape Stewardship
Crop Management and Environmental Systems
John Masiunas
Professor
masiunas@illinois.edu
(217) 244-4469
Weed Science
Plant Protection
Fruit and Vegetable Crops
Crop Management and Environmental Systems
Stephen Moose
Associate Professor
smoose@illinois.edu
(217) 244-6308
Plant Physiology
Molecular Genetics
Genomics
General Biology
Grain Crops
Bioenergy Crops
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Biotechnology
Rita Mumm
Associate Professor
Director Plant Breeding Center
ritamumm@illinois.edu
(217) 244-9497
Biotechnology
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Crop Genetic Improvement
Emerson Nafziger
Professor
Research Education Center Coordinator
ednaf@illinois.edu
(217) 333-9658
Soil Fertility
Grain Crops
Bioenergy Crops
Crop Management and Environmental Systems
Randall Nelson
Professor of Plant Genetics
rlnelson@illinois.edu
(217) 244-4346
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Michael Plewa
Professor
mplewa@illinois.edu
(217) 333-3614
Genomics
Environmental Biology
Biochemistry
Water Quality
A. Lane Rayburn
Professor
arayburn@illinois.edu
(217) 333-4374
Molecular Genetics
Environmental Biology
General Biology
Water Quality
Grain Crops
Fruit and Vegetable Crops
Bioenergy Crops
Crop Management and Environmental Systems
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Biotechnology
Crop Genetic Improvement
Dean Riechers
Associate Professor
riechers@illinois.edu
(217) 333-9655
Weed Science
Plant Physiology
Genomics
Biochemistry
Martin Sachs
Assistant Professor
msachs@illinois.edu
Plant Physiology
General Biology
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Crop Genetic Improvement
Erik Sacks
Assistant Professor
esacks@illinois.edu
(217) 333-9327
Bioenergy Crops
Crop Management and Environmental Systems
Biotechnology
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Crop Genetic Improvement
Manfredo Seufferheld
Assistant Professor
seufferh@illinois.edu
(217) 333-6505
Patrick Tranel
Professor
tranel@illinois.edu
(217) 333-1531
Weed Science
Plant Protection
Genomics
Plant Physiology
Molecular Genetics
General Biology
Maria Villamil
Assistant Professor
villamil@illinois.edu
(217) 333-4690
Landscape Stewardship
Soil Fertility
Grain Crops
Crop Management and Environmental Systems
Bioinformatics and Statistics
Lila Vodkin
Professor
l-vodkin@illinois.edu
(217) 244-6147
Plant Physiology
Molecular Genetics
Genomics
General Biology
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Biotechnology
Crop Genetic Improvement
Thomas Voigt
Associate Professor
tvoigt@illinois.edu
(217) 333-7847
Turf
Bioenergy Crops
David Walker
Assistant Professor
walkerdr@illinois.edu
(217) 244-1274
Plant Pathology
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Biotechnology
Crop Genetic Improvement
Richard Weinzierl
Professor
weinzier@illinois.edu
(217) 333-6651
Entomology
Fruit and Vegetable Crops
David Williams
Professor
william3@illinois.edu
(217) 333-2126
Martin Williams
Associate Professor
mmwillms@illinois.edu
Weed Science
Fruit and Vegetable Crops
Youfu 'Frank' Zhao
Assistant Professor
zhao888@illinois.edu
(217) 265-9822
Plant Pathology
Plant Protection
Molecular Genetics
Genomics
General Biology

Affiliated Faculty

Name/Title Contact Information Areas of Research
Elizabeth Ainsworth
Associate Professor
ainswort@illinois.edu
(217) 265-9887
Plant Physiology
Genomics
Environmental Biology
General Biology
Laura Gentry
Visiting Research Assistant Professor
lauragen@illinois.edu
(217) 244-1287
Soil Fertility
Grain Crops
Bioenergy Crops
Crop Management and Environmental Systems
Steven Huber
Professor
schuber1@illinois.edu
Plant Physiology
Biochemistry
Biotechnology
Vera Lozovaya
Research Professor
lozovaya@illinois.edu
(217) 333-9465
Biochemistry
Biotechnology
Crop Genetic Improvement
Mark Mikel
Assistant Professor
mmikel@illinois.edu
(217) 333-1695
Genomics
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Crop Genetic Improvement
Richard Mulvaney
Professor
mulvaney@illinois.edu
Kenneth Olson
Professor
krolson@illinois.edu
Donald Ort
Professor, Plant Physiology
d-ort@illinois.edu
Plant Physiology
Biochemistry
General Biology
Archie Portis
Professor
Professor Emeritus
arportis@illinois.edu
F Simmons
Professor of Soil & Water Management
fsimmons@illinois.edu
Weed Science
Plant Protection
Gerald Sims
Associate Professor
gksims@illinois.edu
Weed Science
Environmental Biology
Water Quality
Soil Fertility