New Faculty in the School of Agriculture

2003

Cale Bigelow
Assistant professor
Department of Agronomy
Degree: Ph.D., N.C. State
E-mail: cbigelow@purdue.edu
Research interests: Turf grass nutrition;
soil fertility and edaphic properties

William Johnson
Assistant professor of weed science
Department of Botany and Plant Pathology
Degree: Ph.D., University of Arkansas
E-mail: wgjohnso@purdue.edu
Research interests: Biology and management of economically important weeds in agronomic crops; interactions between weeds, insects and diseases

Ann Kirchmaier
Assistant professor
Department of Biochemistry
Degree: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
E-mail: kirchmaier@purdue.edu
Research interests: The contribution of epigenetic processes to stably heritable states of gene expression both in the budding yeast, saccharomyces cerevisiae, and the human tumor virus, Epstein-Barr virus

Matthew Kirkwood
Assistant professor
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Degree: Master’s degree in design studies, Harvard
E-mail: mjkirkwo@purdue.edu
Research interests: Landscape architecture/landscape ecology and management

Jayson Lusk
Associate professor
Department of Agricultural Economics
Degree: Ph.D., Kansas State University
E-mail: jlusk@purdue.edu
Research interests: Marketing, non-market valuation, experimental economics

Zoltan Machaty
Assistant professor of reproductive physiology
Department of Animal Sciences
Degree: Ph.D., Szent Istvan University, Hungary
E-mail: zmachaty@purdue.edu
Research interests: The investigation of cellular and molecular aspects of mammalian docyte maturation and fertilization; transgenic animal production

Nathan Mosier
Assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering
Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Degree: Ph.D., Purdue
E-mail: mosiern@purdue.edu
Research interests: Bioprocess engineering for fuels, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals from natural, renewable resources, with emphasis on bioseparations, biocatalysis, biosensors, and enzyme mimetics

Linda Prokopy
Assistant professor
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
Degree: Ph.D., University of North Carolina
E-mail: lprokopy@fnr.purdue.edu
Research interests: Natural resources and land use planning in Indiana and India