Our People

• Mike Kiester, Manager, Facilities and Pomology Program, michaelk@uidaho.edu
• Nikki Herd, Business Specialist III, nherd@uidaho.edu
• Kevin Sparks, Operations Supervisor, msparks@uidaho.edu
• Kent Wagoner, Senior Agricultural Technician, kwagoner@uidaho.edu
• Todd Young, Agricultural Assistant, wtyoung@uidaho.edu
• Eric Hughs, Agricultural Assistant, erichughes@uidaho.edu

Agronomy

• Francisco Bautista, Research Aide, fbautista@uidaho.edu

Entomology

• Armando Falcon, Entomologist, afalconbrindis@uidaho.edu
• Maggie Haylett, Senior Research Technician, mhaylett@uidaho.edu

Nematology

• Saad Hafez, Nematologist, PI, shafez@uidaho.edu
• Flora Garcia, Research Specialist, fgarcia@uidaho.edu
• J.R. Contreras, Nematology Assistant, jcontreras@uidaho.edu
• Danny Carmona, Research Aide, dcarmona@uidaho.edu

Plant Pathology

• James Woodhall, Plant Pathologist, PI, jwoodhall@uidaho.edu
• Christian Cumagun, Post Doc Plant Pathologist, ccumagun@uidaho.edu
• Madeline Kinnear, Graduate Student, mkinnear@uidaho.edu
• Mack Murdock, Field Trials Manager, mmurdock@uidaho.edu
• Silas Shumate, Research Specialist, sshumate@uidaho.edu
• Josh Rosnow, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, jrosnow@uidaho.edu
• Ben Wood, Plant Disease Diagnostician, bwood@uidaho.edu
• Hayden Woods, Graduate Student, haydenw@uidaho.edu

Pomology

• Billie Campbell, Pomology Assistant, billie@uidaho.edu
• Shelia Keith, Pomology Assistant, skeith@uidaho.edu
• Faith Shoecraft, Pomology Assistant, fshoecraft@uidaho.edu
• Tom Elias, Pomology Assistant, telias@uidaho.edu
• Art Filice, Pomology Assistant, afilice@uidaho.edu

Potato/Onion

• Mike Thornton, Research Faculty, PI, miket@uidaho.edu
• Ransey Portenier, Research Specialist, ranseyp@udaho.edu