Personnel

Principal Investigators

Mark J. Pavek, Professor, Research and Extension Horticulturist – Potato and Vegetable Crops
Jacob Blauer, Assistant Professor

Photo of a few members of the WSU Potato Research Group picking up potatoes to be used for the potato bar at the Washington/Oregon Potato Conference — A few members of the WSU Potato Research Group picking up potatoes to be used for the potato bar at the Washington/Oregon Potato Conference

Faculty and Staff

Nora Fuller, Agricultural Research Technologist 3
Raul “Rudy” G. Garza, Jr., Plant Technician III
Vitu Canto, Research Assistant I
Zach Holden, Research Associate
G.N. Mohan Kumar, Associate Professor

WSU Potato & Vegetable Extension – Columbia Basin

Tim Waters, Area Extension Educator, Franklin & Benton Co.
Carrie H. Wohleb, Regional Vegetable Crops Specialist, WSU Extension, Grant/Adams Area

Current & Former Graduate Students

Jake Meeuwsen
Alexa Hintze
Francisco “Paco” Gonzalez, Ph.D. 2021
Joe Townsend, M.S. 2021
Colton Thurgood, M.S. 2020
Athena Gates, M.S. 2019
Seth Shelton, M.S. 2016
Rhett Spear, Ph.D. 2015

Former Team Members

N. Richard Knowles, Professor Emeritus
Lisa O. Knowles, Assistant Research Professor

More information

WSU Department of Horticulture Personnel