Our People

Contact Info

Mailing Address:
NDSU Dept. 7690, PO Box 6050
Fargo, ND 58108-6050

Physical Address:
Van Es Hall 150, NDSU
Fargo, ND 58102

Phone: 701-231-7512
Email: ndsu.micro@ndsu.edu

Department Head

John McEvoy

Department Head, Professor
Email: john.mcevoy@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701.231.8530

Department Faculty

Thomas Baldwin

Assistant Professor – Barley Pathology
Email: thomas.t.baldwin@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-7078
Office: 353 Walster Hall

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Samiran Banerjee

Assistant Professor
Email: samiran.banerjee@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-6387
Website: https://sbanerjeelab.org/

Hope Becton

Research Assistant Professor – Soybean Pathology
Email: hope.becton@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-8362
Office: 205 Walster Hall

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Eric Branch

Assistant Professor/Plant Pathologist – Sugarbeet Specialist
Email: eric.branch@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-8596
Office: 227 Walster Hall

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Danielle Condry

Associate Professor of Practice, Graduate Director
Assistant Head of Department
Email: danielle.condry@ndsu.edu

Luis del Rio Mendoza

Professor-Canola Pathology
Email: luis.delriomendoza@ndsu.edu
Phone: 7 01-231-7073
Office: 324 Walster Hall

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Glenn Dorsam

Professor
Email: Glenn.Dorsam@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701.388.7492

Malaika Ebert

Assistant Professor – Dry Beans & Pulse Crops Pathology
Email: Malaika.ebert@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-7077
Office: 323 Walster Hall

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Andrew Friskop

Associate Professor and Extension Plant Pathologist - Cereal Diseases
Email: andrew.j.friskop@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-7627
Office: 203 Walster Hall

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Barney Geddes

Assistant Professor; Richard and Linda Offerdahl Faculty Fellow
Email: Barney.geddes@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-7692

Milsha George

Research Assistant Professor – Soybean Pathology
Email: milsha.george@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-8363
Office: 227 Walster Hall

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Upinder Gill

Assistant Professor – Rust Pathology
Email: upinder.gill@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-8051
Office: 329 Walster Hall

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Janet Knodel

Professor and Extension Entomologist
Email: janet.knodel@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-8901
Office: 210 Walster Hall

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Zhaohui Liu

Professor – Wheat Foliar Pathology
Email: Zhh.Liu@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-7454
Office: 317 Walster Hall

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Eglantina Lopez Echartea

Assistant Professor
Email: e.lopezechartea@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701.231.4332

Sam Markell

Professor/Plant Pathologist
Email: samuel.markell@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-7056
Office: 306 Walster Hall

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Febina Mathew

Associate Professor – Soybean Pathology
Email: febina.mathew@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-7944
Office: 321 Walster Hall

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Jonathan Nguyen

Assistant Professor of Practice
Email: jonathan.j.nguyen@ndsu.edu

Julie Pasche

Professor and Neil C. Gudmestad Endowed Chair of Potato Pathology
Email: Julie.Pasche@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-7547
Office: 310 Walster Hall

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Birgit Pruess

Professor
Email: birgit.pruess@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701.231.7848

Rachel Richman

Senior Lecturer
Email: rachel.richman@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701.231.7184

Kalidas Shetty

Director of Global Institute of Food Science
Email: kalidas.shetty@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701.231.7512
Web: https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/gifsia

Wade Webster

Assistant Professor and Extension Soybean Specialist –
Soybean Diseases
Email: richard.webster@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-8363
Office: 305 Walster Hall

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Guiping Yan

Associate Professor – Nematologist
Email: guiping.yan@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-7069
Office: 322 Walster Hall

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Kimberly Zitnick-Anderson

Research Assistant Professor – Potato Pathology
Email: kimberly.zitnick@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-6480
Office: 312 Walster Hall

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Emeritus Faculty

Jack Rasmussen, Emeritus Professor
Gary Secor, Emeritus Professor
Steven Meinhardt, Emeritus Associate Professor
Berlin Nelson, Emeritus Professor
Neil Gudmestad, University Distinguished Professor (Emeritus)
Marcia McMullen, Emeritus Professor
Thomas Freeman, Emeritus Professor
Robert Stack, Emeritus Professor
James Venette, Emeritus Professor

Affiliate Faculty

USDA-ARS

Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center: Fargo, ND

Melvin Bolton, Research Leader, Sugarbeet Research
Jason Fiedler, Research Plant Molecular Geneticist, Cereal Crops Improvement Research
Timothy Friesen, Research Plant Pathologist, Cereal Crops Improvement Research
Shyam Kandel, Research Plant Pathologist, Sugarbeet Research
William Underwood, Plant Pathologist, Sunflower Improvement Research
Shengming Yang, Research Geneticist (Plants), Cereal Crops Improvement Research

NDSU

Langdon Research Extension Center

Venkata Chapara, Plant Pathologist

Department Staff

Priya Ashrit

Research Scientist - Shetty Lab
Email: priya.ashrit@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-5059

Abdolbaset Azizi

Research Specialist
Email: abdolbaset.azizi@ndsu.edu
Office: 318A Walster Hall
Phone: 701-231-8363

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Darla Bakko, CAP OM

Business Coordinator
Email: darla.bakko@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-8866

Suzette Arcibal Baldwin

Plant Diagnostician/Extension Specialist
Email: suzette.baldwin@ndsu.edu
Office: 201E Waldron Hall
Plant Diagnostic Lab

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Patrick Beauzay

Research Specialist
Email: patrick.beauzay@ndsu.edu
Office: 206B Waldron Hall
Phone: 701-231-7064

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Hunter Bentten

Ag Research Technician
Email: hunter.s.bentten@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-8363

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Russell Benz

Ag Research Technician
Email: Russell.Benz@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-8471

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Javier Cao

Ag Research Technician
Email: javier.cao@ndsu.edu
Office: 220 Walster Hall
Phone: 701-231-8471

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Cora Crane

Grant Coordinator
Email: cora.crane@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-7126

Razia Dawlaty

Research Specialist, Dorsam Lab
Email: razia.dawlaty@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-2174

Gabe Dusek

Research Scientist
Email: gabriel.dusek@ndsu.edu
Office: 205 Walster Hall
Phone: 701-231-8363

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Andrea Evert

Business Coordinator
Email: andrea.evert@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-7512

Andrew Fuchs

Research Specialist
Email: andrew.w.fuchs@ndsu.edu
Office: 225 Walster Hall
Phone: 701-231-8363

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Sarah Gerads

Administrative Secretary/Graduate School Coordinator
Email: sarah.gerads@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-8861

Casey Gross

Microbiology Laboratory Coordinator
Email: casey.gross@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-7693

Abraham Hangamaisho

Research Specialist
Email: Abraham.hangamasho@ndsu.edu
Office: 212 Waldron Hall
Phone: 701-231-8363

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Bryan Hansen

Research Specialist
Email: bryan.hansen@ndsu.edu
Office: 226 Walster Hall
Phone: 701-231-8362

Shelley Horne

Research Specialist, Pruess Lab
Email: SM.Horne@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-6741

Scott Hoselton

Director, Thomas Glass Biotech Innovation Core Lab
Email: scott.hoselton@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-7905

Yueqiang Leng

Research Specialist
Email: yueqiang.leng@ndsu.edu
Office: 209 Walster Hall
Phone: 701-231-8363

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Jerie Little

Administrative Secretary
Email: jerie.little@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-7512

Cassie Monson

Research Specialist
Email: cassie.j.monson@ndsu.edu
Office: 212 Waldron Hall
Phone: 701-231-8362

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Taofeek Mukaila

Research Laboratory Manager
Email: taofeek.mukaila@ndsu.edu
Office: 214 Walster Hall
Phone: 701-231-8362

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Christine Ngoan

Seed Health Analyst, Plant Diagnostic Laboratory
Email: christine.ngoan@ndsu.edu
Office: 203B1 Waldron Hall
Phone: 701-231-7854

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Barbara Nilles, CAP, PACE

Extension Administrative Secretary
Email: barbara.nilles@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-6285

Dean Peterson

Research Specialist
Email: Dean.Peterson@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-8471

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Lisa Piche

Research Specialist
Email: lisa.piche@ndsu.edu
Office: 311 Walster Hall
Phone: 701-231-8362

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Addison Plaisance

Research Technician
Email: addison.plaisance@ndsu.edu
Office: 201F Waldron Hall
Phone: 701-231-8362

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Megan Ramsett

Research Specialist, Geddes Lab
Email: megan.ramsett@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-7977

Jessica Scherer

Research Manager
Email: jessica.halvorson2@ndsu.edu
Office: 226 Walster Hall
Phone: 701-231-8362

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Kaycie Schmidt

Research Specialist, Thomas Glass Biotech Innovation Core Lab
Email: kaycie.schmidt@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-5947

Carlee Schroeter

Research Specialist, Banerjee Lab
Email: carlee.schroeter@ndsu.edu

Stephanie Sculthorp-Skrei

Administrative Coordinator
Email: stephanie.skrei@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-7712

Rachel Selstedt

Research Manager
Email: rachel.selstedt@ndsu.edu
Office: 311 Walster Hall
Phone: 701-231-7869

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Gongjun Shi

Research Specialist
Email: Gongjun.Shi@ndsu.edu
Office: 209 Walster Hall
Phone: 701-231-8362

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Sunil Shrestha

Microbiologist
Email: sunil.shrestha@ndsu.edu
Office: 201D Waldron Hall
Phone: 701-231-8362

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Libby Sternhagen-Schwenk

Research Specialist, Lopez-Echartea Lab
Email: elizabeth.sternhagen@ndsu.edu

Aimee Thapa

Assistant Plant Diagnostician
Email: aimee.thapa@ndsu.edu
Office: 201E Waldron Hall
Phone: 701-231-7854

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Hui Yan

Research Specialist
Email: hui.yan@ndsu.edu
Office: 333 Walster Hall
Phone: 701-231-8362

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Post Docs

Sunil Bhandari

Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Email: sunil.bhandari@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-8363

Malick Bill

Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Email: malick.bill@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-8363

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Chinnaraja Chinnadurai

Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Email: c.chinnadurai@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-8363

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Sandesh Dangi

Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Email: sandesh.dangi@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-8363

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Loenard Barnabas Ebinezer

Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Email: leonard.ebinezer@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-8363

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Alyssa Flobinus

Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Email: alyssa.flobinus@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-8363

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Chandan Gautam

Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Santosh Gudi

Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Email: santosh.gudi@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-8363

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Rajdeep Jaswal

Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Email: rajdeep.jaswal@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-8363

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Woo Joo Jung

Post Doc Research Fellow
Email: woojoo.jung@ndsu.edu
Office: 318A Walster Hall
Phone: 701-231-8363

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Sareeka Kumari

Post Doc Research Fellow

Chinh Luu

Post Doc Research Fellow

Michele Malvestiti

Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Email: michele.malvestiti@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-8362

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Ana Martinez

Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Email: ana.l.martinez@ndsu.edu
Phone: 701-231-8363

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Karthika Mohan

Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Olwen Paterson

Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Gurminder Singh

Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Email: g.singh@ndsu.edu
Office: 333 Walster Hall
Phone: 701-231-8362

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Sujata Singh Yadav

Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Email: sujata.yadav@ndsu.edu
Office: 318A Walster Hall
Phone: 701-231-8362

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Marcio Zaccaron

Post Doc Research Fellow
Email: marcio.zaccaron@ndsu.edu
Office: 312 Walster Hall
Phone: 701-231-8362

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