Department of Crop Sciences

Faculty Researching Plant Breeding and Genetics

Name/Title Contact Information Areas of Research
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
Patrick Brown
Assistant Professor
pjb34@illinois.edu
(217) 333-8182
Bioenergy Crops
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Genomics
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
Brian Diers
Professor
Associate Head
bdiers@illinois.edu
(217) 265-4062
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Biotechnology
Crop Genetic Improvement
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
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
Frederic Kolb
Professor
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
f-kolb@illinois.edu
(217) 333-9485
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Crop Genetic Improvement
Mark Mikel
Assistant Professor
mmikel@illinois.edu
(217) 333-1695
Genomics
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Crop Genetic Improvement
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
Randall Nelson
Professor of Plant Genetics
rlnelson@illinois.edu
(217) 244-4346
Plant Breeding and Genetics
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
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
Ram Singh
Agronomist
ramsingh@illinois.edu
(217) 333-8144
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Crop Genetic Improvement
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
David Walker
Assistant Professor
walkerdr@illinois.edu
(217) 244-1274
Plant Pathology
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Biotechnology
Crop Genetic Improvement