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
Sanjeev Agarwal
Marketing Dept: Marketing
  sagarwal@iastate.edu
Rajeev Arora
Horticulture & Physiology Dept: Horticulture
  rarora@iastate.edu
Jon Beard
Information Systems Dept: Information Systems and Business Analytics
STB / BUSAD 503- Information Systems jwbeard@iastate.edu
William Beavis
Agronomy Dept: Plant Breeding
  wdbeavis@iastate.edu
Ryan Bhattacharyya
Management
STB/BUSAD 507- Organizational Behavior
BUSAD 509- International Seed Business Practices, Policies & Regulation
rb1@iastate.edu
Keri Carstens
Entomology Dept: Entomology
Seed Science Technology Short Course and Webinars Planning Committee
Guest Lecturer – STB 535 & 509 keri.carstens@jordbioscience.com
Haozhe Chen
Supply Chain & Logistics Dept: Supply Chain & Information Systems
BUSAD 504-Marketing & Logistics hzchen@iastate.edu
Christopher Currey
Horticulture Dept: Horticulture
  ccurrey@iastate.edu
Matthew Darr
Agricultural Biosystems Engineering Dept: Machinery Systems and Instrumentation
Guest Lecturer- STB 535 darr@iastate.edu
Kathleen Delate
Horticulture Dept: Horticulture
  kdelate@iastate.edu
David Dornbos
Crop Production & Physiology
STB 534-Seed & Variety, Testing & Technology
STB 547-Seed Production
dld9@calvin.edu
Ursula Frei
Agronomy Dept: Plant Breeding/Scientist at the Doubled Haploid Facility
  ufrei@iastate.edu
Aaron Gassmann
Entomology Dept: Entomology
  aaronjg@iastate.edu
Mark Gleason
Fruit & Vegetable Diseases Dept: Plant Pathology and Microbiology
  mgleason@iastate.edu
Susana Goggi
Agronomy & Seed Science Dept: Seed Science Center – Experiment Station
Seed Science Technology Short Course and Webinars Planning Committee
STB 543-Seed Physiology susana@iastate.edu
Marin Harbur
Agronomy Dept: Agronomy
AGRON 513- Quantitative Methods for Agronomy mharbur@iastate.edu
Pol Herrmann
Management Dept: Management
  pol@iastate.edu
Jeffrey Iles
Horticulture Dept: Horticulture
  iles@iastate.edu

Greg Lamka

Dept: Plant Pathology and Microbiology
Seed Science Technology Short Course and Webinars Planning Committee

BUSAD 509-International Seed Business Practices, Policies & Regulation
STB 595-Quality, Production & Research Management

gmlamka@gmail.com

gllamka@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
Anthony Assibi Mahama
Agronomy Dept: Plant Breeding
  aamahama@iastate.edu
Bobby Martens
Economics Dept
Seed Technology Business Short Course and Webinars Planning Committee
  martens1@iastate.edu
Manjit Misra
Seed Conditioning Dept: Seed Science Center – Experiment Station
STB 539-Seed Conditioning & Storage mkmisra@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 535- Introduction to Seed Industry
STB 592-Seed Health Management
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
Jose Rosa
Marketing Dept: Marketing
  jarosa@iastate.edu
Valentina Salotti
Associate Dean, Ivy College of Business
  vsalotti@iastate.edu
Travis Sapp
Finance Dept: Finance
BUSAD 508-Accounting & Finance trasapp@iastate.edu
Kevin Scheibe
Mgmt Information Systems Dept: Supply Chain & Information Systems
  kscheibe@iastate.edu
Brad Shrader
Management Dept: Management
  cshrader@iastate.edu
Suzanne Slack
Horticulture Dept: Horticulture
  slacksuz@iastate.edu
Anthony Townsend
Information Systems Dept: Supply Chain & Information Systems
  amt@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 501-Strategy & Planning awright7@iastate.edu
Guest Lecturers    
Mike Stahr
Seed Science Center: ISU Seed Laboratory Manager
Seed Science Technology Short Course and Webinars Planning Committee
STB 534-Seed & Variety, Testing & Technology mgstahr@iastate.edu
Alan Gaul
Seed Science Center: Seed Conditioning Specialist
Seed Science Technology Short Course and Webinars Planning Committee
STB 539-Seed Conditioning & Storage agaul@iastate.edu