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 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
Guest Lecturer- STB 5350 darr@iastate.edu
Kathleen Delate
Horticulture Dept: Horticulture
  kdelate@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
Susana Goggi
Agronomy & Seed Science Dept: Seed Science Center – Experiment Station
Seed Science Technology Short Course and Webinars Planning Committee
STB 5430-Seed Physiology susana@iastate.edu
Marin Harbur
Agronomy Dept: Agronomy
AGRON 5130- Quantitative Methods for Agronomy mharbur@iastate.edu
Pol Herrmann
Management Dept: Management
Seed Science Technology Short Course and Webinars Planning Committee
  pol@iastate.edu
Charles Hurburgh
Agricultural Biosystems Engineering Dept: Agricultural Biosystems Engineering
   tatry@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
Bobby Martens
Economics Dept: Economics
Seed Technology Business Short Course and Webinars Planning Committee
  martens1@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 5920- Seed Health Management
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
Jose Rosa
Marketing Dept: Marketing
  jarosa@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
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