Department of Plant, Animal, & Soil Sciences

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Milan Shipka

Department Head - 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.
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

Dot 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.
E-Mail: ffdjh@uaf.edu

Patricia Holloway

Assistant Professor of Horticulture; Millersville Unviersity 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

Roseann Leiner

Assistant Professor of Horticulture; Cornell University '81, B.S.; University of Alaska Fairbanks '91, M.S.; Cornell University '99, Ph.D. Dr. Leiner's research includes cultivar trials of vegetables: crisphead lettuce, green storage cabbage, and baby greens (Brassica species).
E-Mail: roseann.leiner@uaa.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 r esearch 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

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