Dr. Lamkey is the Chair, Department of Agronomy, Pioneer Distinguished Chair in Maize Breeding and Director of the Raymond F. Baker Center for Plant Breeding.
Personnel
The M.S. in Agronomy Program is made possible by many dedicated individuals, including faculty, lecturers, staff, administrators, undergraduate workers, and even students themselves who provide vital feedback. Below are profiles of just some of our current contributors.
Administration, Faculty, and Lecturers
Mark Licht
: Faculty
Dr. Licht teaches Agronomy 591: Agronomic Systems Analysis and Agronomy 594: Workshop in Agronomy.
Lori Abendroth
: Lecturer
Lori teaches Agronomy 501: Crop Growth and Development.
Marin Harbur
: Lecturer
Dr. Harbur teaches Agronomy 513: Quantitative Methods for Agronomy.
Erik Kabela
: Lecturer
Dr. Kabela teaches Agronomy 503: Climate and Crop Growth.
David Kwaw-Mensah
: Lecturer
Dr. Kwaw-Mensah teaches:
Agronomy 512: Soil-Plant Environment
Agronomy 532: Soil Management
Agronomy 592: Current Issues in Agronomy
Agronomy 599m: Creative Component Seminar
Debra Lee
: Lecturer
Dr. Lee teaches Agronomy 511: Crop Improvement.
Carol Pilcher
: Lecturer
Carol Piltcher is the course instructor for Agronomy 514: Integrated Pest Management and Agronomy 533: Crop Protection.
Student Support Personnel
Deborah Burns
: Staff
Deborah is the writing consultant for students in the MS in Agronomy program. She is an interdisciplinary writing consultant and sociology doctoral student.
As an interdisciplinary writing consultant, Deborah has a broad understanding of the writing conventions of different types of texts and assist student in various disciplines. She offers one-on-one consultations and can assist with any type of research-related communication (e.g., creative component, thesis, journal articles, proceedings papers, conference presentations and posters, etc.). This also includes course writing and research projects as well. Deborah can assist at any stage of any the writing process, from brainstorming and organizing ideas to polishing a final draft. Graduate students may make an appointment with Deborah through the ISU Center for Communication Excellence's website or via email.
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Technical Support Personnel
Tyler Price
: Staff
Instructional Support Specialist for Distance Programs in Agronomy.
Andy Rohrback
: Staff
Systems Analyst for Distance Programs in Agronomy.
Glenn Wiedenhoeft
: Staff
Instructional Support Specialist for Distance Programs in Agronomy.