MAC Expertise Directory

Name Phone Email
Alyokhin, Andrei 207-581-2977 andrei.alyokhin@umit.maine.edu
Potato Integrated Pest Management
Anderson, Gary 207-581-3240 garya@umext.maine.edu
Improving decision making abilities of Maine livestock producers; dairy mangement; financial and nutrition management
Annis, Seanna 207-581-2621 sannis@maine.edu
Fungal pathogens of plants (blueberry) and animals, general mycology (mushrooms)
Armstrong, Charles 207-581-2940 charlesa@umext.maine.edu
Integrated pest management for cranberries
Ballou, Susan 207-463-2902 susan.ballou@umit.maine.edu
Manager- Jacob Shur Research Facility
Barry, Don 207-581-3884 dbarry@umext.maine.edu
Development of Pesticide Application Training (PAT) Manuals
Bayer, Robert 207-581-2785 rbayer@maine.edu
Lobster
Bell, Kathleen 207-581-3156 kathleen.p.bell@umit.maine.edu
Environmental and natural resource economics and policy; land-use change and management; spatial (GIS) analysis of environmental and natural resource problems
Borns, Harold 1-1203 Borns@maine.edu
Glacial records, iceflow directions, glacial sediments, radiocarbon dating
Brann, Jeffrey 207-434-2291 jeffrey.brann@maine.edu
Farm Superintendent; wild blueberries
Brzozowski, Richard 207-780-4205 rbrz@umext.maine.edu
General agriculture education programs for farmers and growers with emphasis in sheep and goat production; farmer's market establishment; small scale poultry enterprises; farm tractor safety
Burnett, Stephanie sburnett@maine.edu
Floriculture, greenhouse crop production and plant/soil water relations
Bushway, Alfred 207-581-1629 bushway@maine.edu
Fruit and vegetable post-harvest quality & product development; microbiological safety of fruits and vegetables; product review for home-based food processors prior to issuance of license by the ME Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources
Bushway, Rodney 207-581-1626 rbushway@maine.edu
Methods of detecting toxicants, nutrients and pesticides in food, water and soil
Calder, Beth 581-2791 beth.calder@umit.maine.edu
Food safety and processing technology; value-added food products and product development; outreach for the Maine Food Industry : www.umaine.edu/foodinfo
Camire, Mary Ellen 207-581-1627 camire@maine.edu
Food processing and sensory evaluation; dietary supplements and functional foods
Causey, Robert 207-581-2782 robert.causey@umit.maine.edu
Equine reproduction and infertility; coordinator Equine Program
Cheng, Hsiang-tai 207-581-3155 cheng@maine.edu
Agricultural marketing; food demand analysis
Coffin, Donna 207-564-3301 dcoffin@umext.maine.edu
General agriculture; home horticulture; horses
Congleton, William 207-581-2778 williamc@maine.edu
GIS; animal performance problems; aquaculture; animal breeding
Criner, George 207-581-3151 george.criner@umit.maine.edu
Waste management; agricultural economics : http://www.ume.maine.edu/rep/facstaff/criner.htm
de los Reyes, Benildo 207-581-2564 benildo.de@maine.edu
Molecular genetics; functional genomics of abiotic stress tolerance of plant genetic models
Dill, James 207-581-3879 jdill@umext.maine.edu
Pest management; integrated pest management (IPM); pesticide applicator training
Drummond, Francis 207-581-2989 frank.drummond@umit.maine.edu
Insect ecology; blueberry pollination; blueberry IPM; biological control of insect pests; computer simulation modeling; biostatistics
Dwyer, James 207-764-3361 jdwyer@umext.maine.edu
Potato IPM; potato production; alternative crop production
Dyer, Jacob 207-581-2793 jake.dyer@umit.maine.edu
Farm superintendent; livestock; crops research
Erich, M. Susan 207-581-2997 erich@maine.edu
Director of MAFES Analytical Lab and Soil Testing Service; soil chemistry and soil fertility : http://anlab.umesci.maine.edu
Fernandez, Ivan 207-581-2932 ivanjf@maine.edu
Residuals (sludge, ash, effluent) utilization on soils, forest soil biogeochemistry
Files, Andrew 207-581-3108 andrew.files@umit.maine.edu
Agricultural economics; economics of sustainable agriculture
Fitzgerald, Caragh 207-622-7546 cfitzgerald@umext.maine.edu
Commercial crop production, cover crops, nutrient management, sustainable agriculture, soils, home horticulture
Fuller, David 207-778-4650 800-924-7496 dfuller@umext.maine.edu
Non-timber forest products; agroforestry; home horticulture
Gabe, Todd 207-581-3307 todd.gabe@umit.maine.edu
Community economic development; economic impact modeling
Gallandt, Eric 207-581-2933 gallandt@maine.edu
Sustainable agriculture--weed ecology and management, cropping systems
Goode, Timothy 207-581-3875 tgoode@umext.maine.edu
Economic Development, regional economics, risk management/crop insurance
Gray, Gleason 207-942-7396 ggray@umext.maine.edu
Home horticulture; greenhouse and nursery
Griffin, Timothy 207-581-3292 tgriffin@maine.edu
Nutrient management; cropping systems; new crop development
Groden, Eleanor 207-581-2984 eleanor.groden@umit.maine.edu
Biological control of insect pests
Handley, David 207-933-2100 800-924-5258 dhandley@umext.maine.edu
Vegetable and small fruit production; integrated pest management
He, Zhongqi 207-581-3373 zhe@maine.edu
Biochemistry of nitrogen and phosphorus in animal manure, plant residues and soils
Hedstrom, Warren 207-581-2712 hedstrom@umenfa.maine.edu
Water-related problems; agricultural structures, housing, and forest roads
Honeycutt, C. Wayne 207-581-3363 honeycut@maine.edu
Nutrient cycling; cropping systems
Hopkins, Kathryn 207-474-9622 khopkins@umext.maine.edu
Home horticulture; maple sugar production
Hoskins, Bruce 207-581-2945 hoskins@maine.edu
Coordinator of soil testing program at the Analytical Soil Testing Lab; soil fertility; plant nutrition
Hutchinson, Mark 207-832-0343 markh@umext.maine.edu
Home horticulture and commercial agriculture, composting and nutrient management
Hutton, Mark 207-933-2100 mhutton@umext.maine.edu
Identification of vegetable varieties suitable for Maine; development of sustainable vegetable production practices
Jackson, Tori Lee 207-353-5550 tjackson@umext.maine.edu
Home horticulture, commercial agriculture, farm business management
Jemison, John 207-581-3241 jjemison@umext.maine.edu
Reducing herbicide use in crop production; improving fertilizer and manure use efficiency
Johnson, Steven 207-764-3361 sjohnson@umext.maine.edu
Potato pathology
Kersbergen, Richard 207-342-5971 richardk@umext.maine.edu
Dairy-nutrition; organic dairy; forage pasture and manure/nutrient management; soil health; home horticulture; integrated farming systems; farm safety; small farm contact
Kimball, Alan 207-581-2849 kimball@umenfa.maine.edu
Woodlands Manager; management of forest land used for demonstration, education and research
Klimis-Zacas, Dorothy 207-581-3124 dorothy_klimis@umenfa.maine.edu
Trace mineral nutrition, vascular functional properties, lipoprotein and arterial glycosaminoglycan structure and metabolism; flavonoids, anthocyanins and cardiovascular disease
Koehler, Glen 207-581-3882 gkoehler@umext.maine.edu
Apple pest management; weather-based pest forecasting; pesticide use surveys : http://PRONewEngland.org
Koller, Gregory 207-933-2100 gkoller@maine.edu
Farm superintendent; fruit and vegetable research
Lambert, David 207-581-2988 lambert@maine.edu
Diseases of potato and blueberry
Larkin, Robert P. 207-581-3367 larkin@maine.edu
Soil borne diseases of potato
Libby, Bradly 207-581-3112 blibby@maine.edu
Horticulture
Lichtenwalner, Anne 207-581-2789 alicht@umext.maine.edu
Director of Maine Veterinary Diagnostic Lab
Mallory, Ellen 207-581-2942 emallory@umext.maine.edu
Sustainable agriculture, soil quality, nutrient cycling and management, cropping systems
Marcinkowski, David 207-581-2740 800-287-7170 davidm@umext.maine.edu
Educational programs to the dairy industry; applied on-farm research
McConnon, James 207-581-3165 800-287-0274 jimm@umext.maine.edu
Educational programs for small business owners and potential; applied research in community economic development, business development and entrepreneurship : www.umext.maine.edu/hbbsite/html/index.htm
Moran, Renae 207-933-2100 rmoran@umext.maine.edu
Tree fruit culture, primarily apples.
Murphy, Barbara 207-743-6329 bmurphy@umext.maine.edu
General agriculture and consumer horticulture; growing cut flowers
Ohno, Tsutomu 207-581-2975 ohno@maine.edu
Soil chemistry
Philp, James 207-581-2885 jphilp@umext.maine.edu
Wood technology; lumber scaling; saw mill management
Plant, Andrew 207-532-6548 800-924-7487 aplant@umext.maine.edu
Agriculture education, sustainability
Porter, Gregory 207-581-2943 porter@maine.edu
Potato management and physiology, crop rotation, soil health, and small grains
Potter, Deanna 207-834-3905 dpotter@umext.maine.edu
Livestock production--primarily beef at this time; grazing
Sarrantonio, Marianne 207-581-2913 mariann2@maine.edu
Coordinator: Sustainable Agriculture Program; soil quality; cover crops; cropping systems
Sexton, Peter 207-764-3361 psexton@umext.maine.edu
Potato agronomy; alternative crops; soil fertility
Singer, John 207-581-2808 jsinger@maine.edu
Bacterial fish diseases; disease in aquaculture; microbial physiology
Skonberg, Denise 207-581-1639 Denise.Skonberg@umit.maine.edu
Quality and processing of aquatic foods and utilization of crustacean by-products : http://www.fsn.umaine.edu/skonberg.htm
Smagula, John 207-581-2925 smagula@maine.edu
Lowbush blueberry fertility, physiology, and propagation
Smith, Randy 207-762-8281 randy.smith@maine.edu
Farm superintendent; potatoes and related crops
Smith, Stewart 207-581-3174 stewart.smith@umit.maine.edu
Macroeconomics of sustainable agriculture; management of sustainable agriculture systems; local food systems
Stack, Lois Berg 207-581-2949 lstack@umext.maine.edu
Ornamental horticulture
Stokes, Martin 207-581-2770 stokes@maine.edu
Ruminant nutrition, forages, silage, production, evaluation and utilization
Sullivan, Susan 207-581-3130 susan_sullivan@umenfa.maine.edu
Human nutrition, clinical dietetics, vitamin D
Tavantzis, Stylianos 207-581-2986 stellos_tavantzis@umit.maine.edu
Alternative strategies for plant disease management; biological control of potato pathogens
Teisl, Mario 207-581-3162 teisl@maine.edu
Consumer economics; information and labeling policy; environmental economics
Watt, Bruce 207-581-3883 bwatt@umext.maine.edu
Plant disease diagnostics
Weber, James 207-581-2774 jweber@umext.maine.edu
Veterinarian, Maine Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab; mammalian embryology; effects of hypothyroidism
Wertheim, Frank 207-324-2814 frankw@umext.maine.edu
General agriculture and home horticulture
White, Adrienne 207-581-3134 awhite@umenfa.maine.edu
Human nutrition; behavior change strategies; young adult nutrition
Wu, Vivian 207-581-3101 vivian.wu@umit.maine.edu
Food microbiology; food safety; rapid methods and automation in microbiology; pathogen control
Yarborough, David 207-581-2923 davey@umext.maine.edu
Weed management in wild blueberries and upland cranberries; affiliated with Blueberry Hill Farm : http://www.wildblueberries.maine.edu
Zhang, Donglin 207-581-2918 donglin@maine.edu
Horticulture (Ornamentals and Floriculture) : http://www.umaine.edu/maineplants
updated: 05 27, 2008