Horticulture and Crop Science

Michelle Jones
D.C. Kiplinger Chair, Associate Professor, Postproduction Extension Specialist - Research Summary
Area of Specialization: Floriculture Crop Physiology and Molecular Biology. Environmental and hormonal control of flower and leaf senescence. Use of biotechnology to improve postproduction quality and stress tolerance.
330-263-3885
jones.1968@osu.edu

Margaret McMahon
Associate Professor
Area of specialization: Floriculture Crop Production and Greenhouse Management. Influence of light quality on Floriculture crop development.
614-292-8867
mcmahon.43@osu.edu

James Metzger
Professor
Area of specialization: Floriculture Crop Physiology and Molecular Biology. Environmental and hormonal control of flowering. Use of biotechnology to improve Floriculture crops.
614-292-3854
metzger.72@osu.edu

Claudio Pasian
Associate Professor, Floriculture Extension Specialist - Research Summary
Area of specialization: Floriculture Crop Production and Greenhouse management. Modeling, scheduling, water quality and nutrition of Floriculture Crops.
614-292-9941
pasian.1@osu.edu

Ornamental Plant Germplasm Center 

Pablo Jourdan
Director, Ornamental Plant Germplasm Center and Associate Professor
Area of specialization: Furnishing genetic raw materials and associated information to enhance American floricultural productivity to ensure a high-quality supply of herbaceous ornamentals.  Appropriate plants for constructed landscapes.  Enhancement of woody plants for landscape use. Development of  multimedia tools and on-line resources for enhanced learning. 
614-292-7224
jourdan.1@osu.edu

Susan Stieve
Curator Ornamental Plant Germplasm Center
Area of specialization: Developing pollination techniques and seed production strategies for herbaceous ornamentals, leading expeditions to acquire new germplasm, using x-ray technology to improve seed lot quality, and characterization and evaluation of herbaceous ornamental plants. 
614-292-3726
stieve.1@osu.edu

Entomology

Luis Canas
Associate Professor, Entomology Extension Specialist - Research Summary
Area of Specialization: Biological control, IPM, biodemographics, plant-insect interactions, physical ambient manipulation for insect control, whitefly management.
330-263-3818
canas.4@osu.edu


Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering (FABE)

Peter Ling
Associate Professor, Horticultural Engineering Extension Specialist - Research Summary
Area of Specialization: Greenhouse Engineering, Greenhouse plant growth systems, digital image applications.
330-263-3857
ling.23@osu.edu

Plant Pathology

Dennis Lewandowski
Assistant Professor Plant Pathology and Extension Specialist - Research Summary
Area of Specialization: Ornamental Plant Pathology, Plant Virology.
614-292-1293
lewandowski.49@osu.edu

OSU Extension

David Dyke
Commercial Floriculture Extension Educator, Master Gardner Coordinator, Hamilton County
Area of Specialization: Greenhouse management, small business management, marketing, landscape rain water management.
513-946-8989
dyke.15@osu.edu

Beth Fausey
Agricultural Business Enhancement (ABE) Center Director, Floriculture and Hydroponic Vegetable Extension Educator
Area of Specialization: Greenhouse and garden center management, business management, crop physiology.
419-354-6916 ext. 11
Toll Free: 800-358-4678
fausey.11@osu.edu

Hal Kneen
Horticulture Extension Educator, Meigs County
Area of Specialization: Greenhouse management, small business management, production economics and marketing.
740-992-6696
kneen.1@cfaes.osu.edu

Timothy Malinich
Horticulture Extension Educator, Lorain County
Area of Specialization: Greenhouse production, insect and disease control, propagation.
440-326-5851
malinich.1@osu.edu

OSU Agricultural Technical Institute

Robert McMahon
Associate Professor
Area of Specialization: Greenhouse Production and Management, IPM, control of insect pests with natural enemies and hot water drenches and sprays. Control of plant height by environmental manipulation of temperature and water.
330-287-1320
mcmahon.2@osu.edu