Department of Plant, Animal and Soil Sciences Faculty

 

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Donald E. Carling, Professor of Horticulture; St. Cloud State University, Minnesota '67, B.A.; University of Missouri-Columbia '69, M.S.; '75, Ph.D. Dr. Carling's research is in plant pathology emphasizing on ultrastructural studies, plant endomycorrhizal relationships, and vegetable crops diseases. email address: pfdec@uaa.alaska.edu

 

Dot J. Helm, Research Professor of Vegetation Ecology; University of Delaware '69, B.S., University of Michigan '70, M.S., Colorado State University '77, M.S., '81, Ph.D. Dr. Helm studies vegetation succession in natural and human-caused disturbances along rivers, behind retreating glaciers, and on mined lands. These studies encompass soil and wildlife relationships as well as baseline vegetation inventories. email address: ffdjh@uaf.edu

 

Patricia S. Holloway, Associate Professor of Horticulture; Millersville University of Pennsylvania '73, B.A.; Washington State University '76, M.S.; University of Minnesota '82, 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. email address: ffpsh@uaf.alaska.edu

 

Meriam G. 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. email address: ffmgk@uaf.alaska.edu

 

Jenifer Huang 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. email address: ffjhm@uaf.alaska.edu

 

G. Allen Mitchell, Acting Director-AFES, and Associate Professor of Agronomy; University of California, Riverside '71, B.S., '73, M.S., '77, Ph.D. Dr. Mitchell's research and extension background is in soil fertility, soil reclamation, and soil-plant-water relationships. email address: pfgam@uaa.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. email address: pfclp@uaa.alaska.edu

 

Milan Shipka, Assistant 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. email address: ffmps@uaf.edu

 

Stephen D. Sparrow, Jr., 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-Rhizobiumrelationships in the subarctic. email address: ffsds@uaf.alaska.edu



[Carling | Helm | Holloway | Karlsson | McBeath | Mitchell | Ping | Shipka | Sparrow | PASS Academic | PASS Research | SALRM]