- UME Specialists
- UME Agents/Educators
- UME Master Gardener Coordinators
- UME Nutirent Management Advisors
UME Specialists
- Dr. Roselina Angel
- Animal Nutrition
- Dr. Ana Baya
- Diagnostic of Fish Diseases, Microbiology
- Dr. Jennifer Becker
- Bioremediation/ Waste Management
- Dr. John Bouwkamp
- Vegetables
- Mr. David Bowman
- Volunteer Development, general home economics information
- Dr. Bonnie Braun
- Family Studies
- Dr. Henry Brooks
- Director
- Dr. Amy Brown
- Pesticide Education
- Dr. Amy Burk
- Equine Nutrition, Equine Farm Mangement Equine Science, Feed and Forage intake, digestibility and utilization vitamin requirements and supplementation
- Dr. Robert Chambers
- Production Economics
- Dr. Frank Coale
- Soil science, environmental science
- Dr. Steven Cohan
- Horticulture
- Dr. Peter Dernoeden
- Integrated weed and disease mgt stategies for Turfgrasses and Turfgrass IPM
- Dr. Galen Dively II
- Intergrated Pest Management
- Dr. Richard Erdman
- Dairy Cattle Nutrition and Management.
- Dr. Kathryne Everts
- Vegetables Plant Pathology (coop w. Del)
- Dr. Gary Felton
- Bioenvironmental Engineering/ Water Quality
- Dr. Arvydas Grybauskas
- Diseases of Field Crops, Plant Pathology
- Dr. James Hanson
- Farm Management
- Dr. Mark Kantor
- Nutrition & Food Safety
- Dr. Jinhee Kim
- Family Studies
- Dr. Richard Kohn
- Animal Nutrition, Dairy Cattle, Animal Nutrition Management
- Dr. Robert Kratochvil
- ( Grain & Oil Crops), Crop production practices that achieve maximum economic productivity , that complement Maryland's nutrient management and Alternative and value added crop opportunities for grain and oil crop operation
- Mr. Daniel Kuennen
- Rural Development, public admin., planning , economic development collaborations
- Dr. Andrew Lazur
- Finfish
- Dr. John Lea-Cox
- Water and Nutrient Management, Wireless Sensor Networks, Nutritional Physiology, Web-based Distance Learning
- Dr. Howard Leathers
- Ag Policy Marketing Agriculture
- Dr. Erik Lichtenberg
- Natural Resources
- Dr. Douglas Lipton
- Marine Economics Fisheries, aquaculture, seafood, marine recreation
- Dr. Y. Martin Lo
- Food Sciences, Food Processing Safety, Biochemical Engineering
- Dr. Loretta Lynch
- Agriculture & Natural Resource Economics
- Ms. Betty Marose
- Weed Science, Invasive Species, Integrated Pest Management
- Dr. J. Kevin Mathias
- Turfgrass Management
- Dr. Charles McCormick
- Information Systems
- Dr. Mira Mehta
- EFNEP Coordinator
- Dr. Wesley Musser
- Agricultural Economics, Farm Management & Finance, Agriculture
- Dr. David Myers
- Landscape Architecture
- Dr. Doug Parker
- Economics, Policy Analysis, Envir. & Res. Use, Ag. Prod., Economist
- Dr. Robert Peters
- Dairy Mgt. Monitoring Body Temperature in Early Postpartum Dairy Cow
- Ms. Erin Pittman
- Equine Nutrition and Equine Behavior
- Dr. Michael Raupp
- Outreach, educating homeowners, landscape managers, extension educator,developing IPM programs for landscapes. Interactions among plants, pest, and natural enemies. Understanding mechanism of plants resistance, pest outbreaks, insect behavior and population dynamics.
- Mr. Thomas Rippen
- Seafood Safety, Sea Grant Extension, Product and Process Development
- Dr. Ronald Ritter
- Weed Control
- Dr. David Ross
- Horticultural Engineering, Agri. Engr. Irrigation/drainage mgt Env. Control-heating, ventillation, cooling Post Harvest fresh fruit/veg.cooling structures greenhouses, other Home/res. env/structures/electricity
- Dr. Siba Samal
- Chair
- Ms. Sandra Sardanelli
- Directs the Nematology Laboratory, Integrated Pest Management Coordinator (IPM)
- Dr. Paula Shrewsbury
- Intergrated Pest Mgt. (IPM) with production & Maintenance of Ornamental Plants & Turf, i.e., nurseries, greenhouse, turfgrass & school gounds profess. IPM practioners, ext. personnel and master gardeners, & gov. agencies. Dev. Of mgt. practices that reduce reliance on chemical pesticides & integrate biological control & other non-chemical options. Research in basic & applied ecological studies of plant - herbivore-natural enemy interactions to elucidate innovative pest mgt. options. Elucidating the role natural enemies as they relate to biological control. Cultural practices on pest insects on orn.& turf systems.
- Dr. Nathaniel Tablante
- Agricultural / Vet Med, poultry health
- Dr. Daniel Terlizzi
- Water Quality,Sea Grant, Plant Physiology, algae and aquatic plants
- Dr. Barbara Thorne
- Indoor Insect Control , structural urban entomology
- Dr. Thomas Turner
- Turfgrass Management
- Dr. Mark Varner
- Dairy Integrated Repro Mgt., Dairy Science & Repro Physiology, ALERT
- Dr. Lester Vough
- Forage crops establishment, mgt, quality & utilization. Emphasis placed on a systems approach to forage prod. & utilzation, integrating mgt. practices for optimum yield & quality, reduced pesticide use, enhanced env. Benefits, & increased profitability. Research in Nutrient utilzation & mgt. with various forage crops, seeding & weed control practices for establishment of warm-season perennial grasses for heavy-use areas, and reducing wildlife damage to alfalfa through variety selection & species mixtures.
- Ms. Kendra Wells
- Youth Development, Community Building, Adult Education
- Dr. Fredrick Wheaton
- Engineering, Construction Aquaculture Engineering
- Dr. Nickolas Zimmermann
- Poultry Sci./Vet.Sci. ALERT, Poultry & Egg Production, small flocks, drinking water & environ lighting interests, CPR trained as a reproductive physiologist/endocrinologist
UME Agents/Educators
- Mr. Benjamin Beale
- Agricultural Sciences Business Management, ALERT
- Mr. Michael Bell
- Animal & Dairy Sci., Repro. Phys., ALERT
- Dr. Thomas Blessington
- Post Harvest Floriculture, Greenhouse & Interiorscape, Prod. & Postprod. Handling of Foliage Flowering Plants
- Mr. Bryan Butler
- Fruits & Vegetables High Tunnels
- Dr. David Clement
- Plant Pathology
- Mr. David Conrad
- Tobacco Science
- Mr. Nevin Dawson
- Forest Stewardship, Forest Harvest Operations
- Ms. Shannon Dill
- Ag. Business, ALERT
- Ms. Jennifer Dindinger
- Watershed Planning and Restoration
- Mr. Lief Eriksen
- Nutrient Management
- Dr. Joseph Fiola
- Viticulture & Small Fruit, Enology
- Mr. Stanley Fultz
- Dairy Sci., Forages, Bovine Repro. Phys. ALERT
- Prf Stanton Gill
- Nursery & Greenhouse Mgt.
- Mr. John Hall
- Organic Grain Prod. Marketing, Value Added Processing, Cooperative Formation
- Ms. Laura Hunsberger
- Organic Agriculture & Ethnic Vegetables
- Mr. Dale Johnson
- Farm Management
- Mr. Jonathan Kays
- Forest Stewardship Education, Wildlife Habitat Mgt., Backyard Foresty, Natural Resource Income Enterprises, Biosolid/Forestry Silvicultural Systems, Deer & Vole Mgt .
- Ms. Pamela B. King
- Horticulture, Entomolgy, ALERT
- Mr. Daniel Kuennen
- Rural Development, public admin., planning , economic development collaborations
- Mr. William Lantz
- Meat Goats & Alternative Agriculture
- Mr. James Lewis
- Agronomy, ALERT
- Ms. Wanda MacLachlan
- Residential Landscape Mgt., Bay-Wise Landscape Mgt., Conservation Landscaping
- Ms. Mary Kay Malinoski
- Entomology
- Mr. David Martin
- Agronomy, ALERT
- Mr. Thomas Miller
- On-Site Disposal Systems (septic systems), Well Water (well construction, testing, treating, protection) Water Quality, BMPs for homeowners, Growth Issues (Land Use),Chesapeake Bay Issues
- Mr. R. David Myers
- Fruits, Agonomy Weed Science, IPM, Forages, Vegetables, Field Crops, Livestock
- Mr. Michael Newell
- Fruit Science
- Mr. Richard Nottingham
- Nutrient Management
- Dr. Herbert Reed
- Agronomy, Entomology, ALERT
- Ms. Ginny Rosenkranz
- Horticulture, Master Gardener Coordinator
- Ms. Susan Schoenian
- Sheep & Goat Prod. & Marketing. Farm Business Mgt., (General) Livestock Prod. & Marketing. Computer in Agri.
- Mr. Charles Schuster
- Commercial Horticulture
- Ms. Nancy Stewart
- Wildlife Management, Wetlands, Forestry
- Mr. Jon Traunfeld
- Fruits & Vegetables IPM, Organic Food Prod. (home & community) compost utilization, Master Gardener Program
- Mr. Douglas Tregoning
- Agricultural Economics, Agronomy, ALERT
- Dr. Stephan Tubene
- Small Farms Management (1890 Program)
- Mr. Donald Webster
- Commercial Aquaculture
UME Master Gardener Coordinators
- Mr. Stephen Allgeier
- Home Horticulture, Master Gardener Coordinator
- Mr. Steve Dubik
- Urban Horticulture, Master Gardener Coordinator
- Ms. Georgia Eacker
- Master Gardener Coordinator
- Ms. Ginny Rosenkranz
- Horticulture, Master Gardener Coordinator
UME Nutrient Manager Advisors
- Ms. Patty Burdette
- Nutrient Management
- Mr. Sherman Councell
- Nutrient Management
- Ms. Janie Dell
- Nutrient Management
- Mr. Lief Eriksen
- Nutrient Management
- Ms. Patricia Hoopes
- Nutrient Management
- Ms. Heather Hutchinson
- Nutrient Management
- Ms. Amanda Laudwein
- Nutrient Management
- Ms. Krista Mitchell
- Nutrient Management
- Mr. Richard Nottingham
- Nutrient Management
- Ms. Deborah Patrick
- Nutrient Management
- Mr. A. Dennis Remsburg
- Nutrient Management
- Ms. Jennifer Rhodes
- Nutrient Management
- Mr. Dale Roe
- Nutrient Management
- Ms. Jennifer Salak
- Nutrient Management
- Mr. Danny Shawley
- Nutrient Management
- Mr. Paul Shipley
- Nutrient Management
- Mr. Richard Spoonire
- Nutrient Management
- Dr. Trish Steinhilber
- Nutrient Management
- Mr. Francis Warring
- Nutrient Management
For more information, contact Bob Tjaden