Promotion and Tenure Recipients

Congratulations to our recently promoted colleagues!  We are fortunate to have these talented and dedicated individuals in our College and we are delighted to see their accomplishments acknowledged with these promotions.

2022-2023 Recipients

Agricultural Education/Agricultural Sciences

  • Lauren Chase, Senior Instructor I

Animal & Rangeland Sciences

  • Nathan Parker, Senior Instructor I

Applied Economics

  • Nadia Streletskaya, Associate Professor with tenure

Biological & Ecological Engineering

  • Chet Udell, Associate Professor, Senior Research

Botany & Plant Pathology

  • Achala KC, Associate Professor with tenure
  • Luisa Santamaria, Professor
  • Toby Westberry, Associate Professor, Senior Research
  • Briana Claassen, Senior Faculty Research Assistant I
  • Ellie Kurth, Senior Faculty Research Assistant II
  • Victoria Skillman, Senior Faculty Research Assistant I
  • Johanna Smyth, Senior Instructor I
  • Kelsey Sondreli, Senior Research Associate I

Crop & Soil Science

  • Nicole Anderson, Professor
  • Gordon Jones, Associate Professor of Practice
  • Scott Fisk, Senior Faculty Research Assistant II
  • Adam Heesacker, Senior Faculty Research Assistant II
  • Ekaterina Jeliazkova, Senior Faculty Research Assistant I
  • Teepakorn Kongraksawech, Senior Research Associate I
  • Alicia Leytem, Senior Instructor I
  • Meg Mobley, Senior Instructor II
  • Leon Nguyen, Senior Instructor I
  • Stefan Seiter, Senior Instructor II
  • Daisy Wood, Senior Faculty Research Assistant I

  

Environmental & Molecular Toxicology

  • Meredith Cocks, Senior Faculty Research Assistant I
  • Eric Johnson, Senior Faculty Research Assistant II
  • Michael Simonich, Senior Research Associate I

Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences

  • Holly Campbell, Senior Instructor I
  • Craig Hayslip, Senior Faculty Research Assistant I

Food Science & Technology

  • Si Hong Park, Associate Professor with tenure

Horticulture

  • Nicholas Andrews, Professor of Practice
  • Kristine Buckland, Associate Professor with tenure
  • Marcelo Moretti, Associate Professor with tenure
  • Heather Andrews, Senior Faculty Research Assistant I
  • Brittany Barker, Senior Research Associate I
  • Wanda Crannell, Senior Instructor I
  • Brent Warneke, Senior Faculty Research Assistant I

Statistics

  • Katherine McLaughlin, Associate Professor with tenure

2022-2023 Committee Members

Animal & Rangeland Sciences: Carlos Ochoa, Associate Professor
Applied Economics: John Antle, Professor
Biological & Ecological Eng: Hong Liu, Professor
Botany & Plant Pathology: Pankaj Jaiswal, Professor, Committee Chair
Crop & Soil Science: Kate Lajtha, Professor
Environmental & Molecular Tox: Siva Kolluri, Professor
Fisheries & Wildlife: Guillermo Giannico, Professor
Food Science and Technology: Michael Qian, Professor
Horticulture: Patty Skinkis, Professor

2021-2022 Recipients

Agricultural Education and Agricultural Sciences 

  • Jonathan Velez, Professor

Animal and Rangeland Sciences

  • Serkan Ates, Associate Professor with tenure
  • Jonathan Dinkins, Associate Professor with tenure
  • Kathryn Younger, Senior Instructor I

Biological and Ecological Engineering       

  • Frank Chaplen, Professor

Botany and Plant Pathology

  • Posy Busby, Associate Professor with tenure
  • Marc Curtis, Senior Instructor I
  • Christina Hagerty, Associate Professor with tenure
  • Duncan Kroese, Senior Faculty Research Assistant I
  • Jeness Scott, Senior Faculty Research Assistant I
  • Zuzana Vejlupkova, Senior Faculty Research Assistant II

Crop and Soil Science

  • Alyssa DuVal, Senior Instructor I
  • Jennifer Gourlie, Senior Faculty Research Assistant I
  • Mary Halbleib, Professor of Practice
  • Nathalie Moretti, Senior Faculty Research Assistant I
  • Julie Pett-Ridge, Professor  
  • Ruijun (Ray) Qin, Associate Professor with tenure
  • Yan Ping Qian, Associate Professor, Senior Research
  • Chris Ringo, Senior Faculty Research Assistant II
  • Guojie Wang, Associate Professor with tenure

Environmental and Molecular Toxicology

  • Bryan Harper, Senior Faculty Research Assistant II
  • Lisa Truong, Associate Professor, Senior Research

 

Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences     

  • Scarlett Arbuckle, Senior Instructor I
  • Jonny Armstrong, Associate Professor with tenure
  • Susanne Brander, Associate Professor with tenure
  • Rachel Crowhurst, Senior Faculty Research Assistant II
  • Ken Diebel, Senior Instructor I
  • Debbie Dietrich, Senior Faculty Research Assistant II
  • Lisa Ellsworth, Associate Professor, Senior Research
  • Amanda Gladics, Associate Professor of Practice
  • Scott Heppell, Professor
  • Rebecca Hutchinson, Associate Professor with tenure
  • Brian Sidlauskas, Professor

Food Science and Technology  

  • Mike Adams, Senior Faculty Research Assistant I
  • Chris Curtin, Associate Professor with tenure
  • Jovanna Kovacevic, Associate Professor with tenure

Horticulture

  • Signe Danler, Senior Instructor I
  • Amanda Davis, Senior Faculty Research Assistant II
  • Alec Levin, Associate Professor with tenure
  • Scott Lukas, Associate Professor with tenure
  • Andony Melathopoulos, Associate Professor with tenure
  • Andrew Millison, Senior Instructor II
  • Lloyd Nackley, Associate Professor with tenure
  • Ann Rasmussen, Senior Faculty Research Assistant I
  • Ramesh Sagili, Professor
  • Nicole Sanchez, Associate Professor of Practice
  • Jacob Snelling, Senior Faculty Research Assistant I
  • Ellen Topitzhofer, Senior Faculty Research Assistant I

Microbiology

  • Ruth Milston-Clements, Senior Faculty Research Assistant II
  • Ryan Browning Craig, Senior Faculty Research Assistant I

2021-2022 Committee Members

Animal & Rangeland Sciences: Gerd Bobe
Applied Economics: Christian Langpap (Chair)
Biological & Ecological Engineering: Hong Liu
Botany & Plant Pathology: Pankaj Jaiswal
Crop & Soil Science: David Hannaway
Environmental & Molecular Toxicology: Siva Kolluri
Fisheries & Wildlife: Guillermo Giannico
Food Science and Technology: Michael Penner
Horticulture: Gail Langellotto
Microbiology: Mike Kent

2020-2021 Recipients

Animal and Rangeland Sciences

  • Joshua Averett, promoted to Sr. FRA I
  • Timothy Hazzard, promoted to Sr. Instructor I
  • Ingham Claudia, promoted to Sr. Instructor II
  • Michelle Kutzler, promoted to Professor
  • Ricardo Mata-Gonzalez, promoted to Professor
  • Elisa Monaco, promoted to Sr. Instructor I
  • Giovanna Rosenlicht, promoted to Sr. Instructor I
  • Vanessa Schroeder, promoted to Sr. FRA I
  • Dawn Sherwood, promoted to Sr. Instructor I

Applied Economics

  • Steve Dundas, promoted to Associate Professor

Biological and Ecological Engineering

  • Stephen Good, promoted to Associate Professor

Botany and Plant Pathology

  • Jeff Anderson, promoted to Associate Professor
  • Kenneth Frost, promoted to Associate Professor
  • Jason Graff, promoted to Associate Professor (Sr. Research)
  • Jared LeBoldus, promoted to Associate Professor

Crop and Soil Science

  • Judit Barroso, promoted to Associate Professor
  • Deanna Lloyd, promoted to Sr. Instructor I
  • Lorien Reynolds, promoted to Sr. Instructor I
  • Clare Sullivan, promoted to Associate Professor (of Practice)

 

Environmental and Molecular Toxicology

  • Amy Cross, promoted to Sr. FRA I
  • Stacey Harper, promoted to Professor

Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences

  • Ivan Arismendi, promoted to Associate Professor
  • Kelly Biedenweg, promoted to Associate Professor
  • Peter Konstantinidis, promoted to Sr. Instructor I
  • Kathleen O'Malley, promoted to awarded tenure
  • Doug Reese, promoted to Sr. Instructor II
  • Will White, promoted to Associate Professor

Food Science and Technology

  • James Osborne, promoted to Professor
  • Dan Smith, promoted to Sr. Instructor II

Horticulture

  • Cassie Bouska, promoted to Associate Professor (of Practice)
  • Carolyn Breece, promoted to Sr. FRA II
  • Ryan Contreras, promoted to Professor
  • Tyler Hoskins, promoted to Sr. FRA I
  • Heather Stoven, promoted to Associate Professor (of Practice)
  • Kelly Vining, promoted to Associate Professor
  • Nik Wiman, promoted to Associate Professor
  • Wei Yang, promoted to Professor

Statistics

  • Sharmodeep Bhattacharyya, promoted to Associate Professor
  • Duo Jiang, promoted to Associate Professor

2020-2021 Committee Members

Animal & Rangeland Sciences: Gerd Bobe
Applied Economics: Christian Langpap
Biological & Ecological Engineering: Hong Liu
Botany & Plant Pathology: Ken Johnson
Crop & Soil Science: David Myrold -Committee Co-Chair
Environmental & Molecular Toxicology: Stacey Harper
Fisheries & Wildlife: Doug Robinson – Committee Co-Chair
Food Science and Technology: Michael Penner
Horticulture: John Lambrinos
Microbiology: Mike Kent

2019-2020 Recipients

Animal and Rangeland Sciences

  • Sergio Arispe, promoted to Associate Professor
  • Bryan Endress, promoted to Associate Professor

Applied Economics

  • David Kling, promoted to Associate Professor

Botany and Plant Pathology

  • Jeremiah Dung, promoted to Associate Professor
  • Sushma Naithani, promoted to Associate Professor (Sr. Res)
  • Michele Wiseman, promoted to Sr. FRA I

Crop and Soil Science

  • Sam Angima, promoted to Professor
  • Nichole Baley, promoted to Sr. FRA I
  • Jillian Gregg, promoted to Sr. Instructor I
  • Laura Helgerson, promoted to Sr. FRA I
  • Andrew Hulting, promoted to Professor
  • Rory McDonnell, promoted to Associate Professor
  • Amber Moore, promoted to Associate Professor
  • Tom Silberstein, promoted to Sr. FRA I

Environmental and Molecular Toxicology

  • Susan Tilton, promoted to Associate Professor

 

Fisheries and Wildlife

  • G. Renee Albertson, promoted to Sr. Instructor I
  • Katie Dugger, promoted to Professor, Courtesy
  • Clinton Epps, promoted to Professor
  • Tiffany Garcia, promoted to Professor
  • Guillermo Giannico, promoted to Professor
  • David Jacobson, promoted to Sr. FRA II
  • Leigh Torres, promoted to Associate Professor

Food Science and Technology

  • Jason Ball, promoted to Sr. FRA I
  • Aimee Hasenbeck, promoted to Sr. FRA I
  • Juyun Lim, promoted to Professor

Horticulture

  • Leonard Coop, promoted to Associate Professor of Practice
  • Brooke Edmunds, promoted to Associate Professor of Practice
  • Amy Garrett, promoted to Associate Professor of Practice
  • Patrick Jones, promoted to Sr. FRA I
  • Hannah Lucas, promoted to Sr. FRA I
  • Betsey Miller, promoted to Sr. Instructor I
  • Tim Stock, promoted to Sr. Instructor II