STB Graduate Faculty

Below is a list of current faculty members associated with the Graduate Program in Seed Technology and Business. We are an interdepartmental program which boasts faculty from 2 colleges and 11 departments at ISU. Use this list to gain an understanding of who is teaching our curriculum and areas of research interest when determining your Major Professor and Graduate Committee.

FACULTY MEMBER	COURSE	EMAIL
Rajeev Arora Horticulture & Physiology Dept: Horticulture		rarora@iastate.edu
Jon Beard Information Systems Dept: Information Systems and Business Analytics	STB / BUSAD 5030- Information Systems	jwbeard@iastate.edu
Ryan Bhattacharyya Management	STB/BUSAD 5070- Organizational Behavior BUSAD 5090- International Seed Business Practices, Policies & Regulation	rb1@iastate.edu
Charlie Block Seed Science Center: Seed Health Testing Coordinator		ccblock@iastate.edu
Keri Carstens Entomology Dept: Entomology Seed Science Technology Short Course and Webinars Planning Committee	Guest Lecturer – STB 5350 & 5090	keri.carstens@jordbioscience.com
Haozhe Chen Supply Chain & Logistics Dept: Supply Chain & Information Systems	BUSAD 5040-Marketing & Logistics	hzchen@iastate.edu
Christopher Currey Horticulture Dept: Horticulture		ccurrey@iastate.edu
Matthew Darr Agricultural Biosystems Engineering Dept: Machinery Systems and Instrumentation		darr@iastate.edu
Kathleen Delate Horticulture Dept: Horticulture		kdelate@iastate.edu
Mindy DeVries Agronomy Dept: Agronomy	STB 5430- Seed Physiology	mdevries@iastate.edu
David Dornbos Crop Production & Physiology	STB 5340-Seed & Variety, Testing & Technology STB 5470-Seed Production	dld9@calvin.edu
Hongli Feng Economic Dept: Economics		hfeng@iastate.edu
Ursula Frei Agronomy Dept: Plant Breeding/Scientist at the Doubled Haploid Facility		ufrei@iastate.edu
Aaron Gassmann Entomology Dept: Entomology		aaronjg@iastate.edu
Scott Heuchelin Plant Pathology Dept: Plant Pathology and Microbiology		scotth3@iastate.edu
Kendall Lamkey Plant Breeding Dept: Agronomy		krlamkey@iastate.edu
Sergio Lence Finance & Agri Marketing Dept: Economics-AGLS		shlence@iastate.edu
Mark Licht Agronomy Dept: Extension Cropping Systems Specialist		lichtma@iastate.edu
Thomas Lübberstedt Agronomy Dept: Plant Breeding		thomasl@iastate.edu
Gretchen Mosher Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering		gamosher@iastate.edu
Daren Mueller Plant Pathology Dept: Plant Pathology and Microbiology		dsmuelle@iastate.edu
Gary Munkvold Plant Pathology Dept: Plant Pathology and Microbiology Seed Science Technology Short Course and Webinars Planning Committee	STB 5350- Introduction to Seed Industry STB 5940- Seed Pathology STB 5390- Seed Conditioning & Storage	munkvold@iastate.edu
Ajay Nair Horticulture Dept: Horticulture		nairajay@iastate.edu
Alejandro Plastina Economics Dept: Economics		plastina@iastate.edu
Alison Robertson Plant Pathology Dept: Plant Pathology and Microbiology		alisonr@iastate.edu
Saxon Ryan Engineering Dept: Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering		saxon@iastate.edu
Maria Salas-Fernandez Agronomy Dept: Agronomy		mgsalas@iastate.edu
Valentina Salotti Associate Dean, Ivy College of Business		vsalotti@iastate.edu
Travis Sapp Finance Dept: Finance	BUSAD 5080-Accounting & Finance	trasapp@iastate.edu
Kevin Scheibe Mgmt Information Systems Dept: Supply Chain & Information Systems		kscheibe@iastate.edu
Jim Schweigert Plant Pathology Dept: Plant Pathology and Microbiology	STB 5950-Quality, Production & Research Management	schw0509@iastate.edu
Arti Singh Agronomy Dept: Agronomy & Plant Breeding	AGRON 5110- Crop Improvement	arti@iastate.edu
Greg Tylka Plant Pathology Dept: Plant Pathology and Microbiology		gltylka@iastate.edu
Kan Wang Plant Biology/Agronomy Dept: Agronomy		kanwang@iastate.edu
Ann Wright Management Dept: Management	BUSAD 5010-Strategy & Planning	awright7@iastate.edu
Guest Lecturers
Alan Gaul Seed Science Center: Seed Conditioning Specialist Seed Science Technology Short Course and Webinars Planning Committee	STB 5390-Seed Conditioning & Storage	agaul@iastate.edu