Milan
Shipka - Department Head - Associate Professor of Animal
Science; University of Minnesota '83, B.S.; Iowa State University '90,
M.S.; Utah State University '96, Ph.D. Dr. Shipka's research emphasis
is in the areas of reproductive physiology and behavior in ruminants and
includes applications in traditional and alternative livestock species.
E-Mail: ffmps@uaf.edu
Norm
Harris - Assistant Professor of Range Science & Management;
Oregon State University '01, Ph.D. Dr. Harris's research emphasis is
in examining and modeling animal distribution patterns. Current focus
is on thermal patterns on the landscape and how they affect animal movements.
E-Mail: pfnrh@uaa.alaska.edu
Patricia
Holloway - Associate Professor of Horticulture; Millersville
University of Pennsylvania '70, B.S.; Washington State University '73,
M.S.; University of Minnesota, Ph.D. Dr. Holloway teaches courses in
plant propagation and natural resources management. Her research involves
the improvement of production of horticultural crops in Alaska, with
emphasis on the propagation and cultivation of native plants for ornamental
and fruit-crop production, and the reproductive biology of endangered
plants. She manages the Georgeson Botanical Garden. E-Mail:ffpsh@uaf.alaska.edu
Meriam
Karlsson - Associate Professor of Horticulture; The Swedish
University of Agricultural Sciences '79, B.S.; Michigan State University
'84, M.S., '87, Ph.D. Dr. Karlsson's primary research interest is the
environmental physiology of greenhouse-produced crops. Dr. Karlsson
has concentrated her studies on flower initiation under low light and
temperatures. She teaches introductory horticulture courses. E-Mail:
ffmgk@uaf.alaska.edu
Jenifer
McBeath - Professor of Plant Pathology/Biotechnology; National
Taiwan University, '65, B.S.; University of California, Davis '70, M.S.;
Rutgers University '74, Ph.D. Dr. McBeath's research concentrates on
biological control and enhancement of plant disease resistance through
plant tissue culture and plant transformation and electron microscopy.
She teaches plant pathology. E-Mail: ffjhm@uaf.alaska.edu
Chien-Lu
Ping -Professor of Agronomy, Soil Sciences; Chung-Hsin
University, Taiwan '65, B.S.; Washington State University '73, M.S.,
'76, Ph.D. Dr. Ping's research stresses the genesis and classification
of permafrost-affected soils and their relationship to wetland soils,
global climate change and carbon cycling. E-Mail: pfclp@uaa.alaska.edu
Stephen
Sparrow - Professor
of Agronomy; North Carolina State University '69, B.S.; Colorado State
University '73, M.S.; University of Minnesota '81, Ph.D. Dr. Sparrow's
research background is in soil microbiology, plant-soil relationships,
and soil fertility. He is conducting research in the area of nitrogen
cycling in Alaska agricultural soils and on legume-Rhizobium
relationships in the subarctic. E-Mail: ffsds@uaf.alaska.edu
Mingchu
Zhang - Assistant Professor of Agronomy; Huazhong Agriculture
University '82, B.S.; University of Alberta '87, M.S.; University of
Alberta '93.; Dr. Zhang's research interests are in nutrient management,
soil carbon dynamics, forage and field crop production in subarctic
area, waste management and composting.
