Our People
- Mike Kiester, Manager, Facilities and Pomology Program, michaelk@mpeaffiliate.com
- Nikki Herd, Business Specialist III, nherd@mpeaffiliate.com
- Kevin Sparks, Operations Supervisor, msparks@mpeaffiliate.com
- Kent Wagoner, Senior Agricultural Technician, kwagoner@mpeaffiliate.com
- Todd Young, Agricultural Assistant, wtyoung@mpeaffiliate.com
- Eric Hughs, Agricultural Assistant, erichughes@mpeaffiliate.com
Agronomy
- Francisco Bautista, Research Aide, fbautista@mpeaffiliate.com
Entomology
- Armando Falcon, Entomologist, afalconbrindis@mpeaffiliate.com
- Maggie Haylett, Senior Research Technician, mhaylett@mpeaffiliate.com
Nematology
- Saad Hafez, Nematologist, PI, shafez@mpeaffiliate.com
- Flora Garcia, Research Specialist, fgarcia@mpeaffiliate.com
- J.R. Contreras, Nematology Assistant, jcontreras@mpeaffiliate.com
- Danny Carmona, Research Aide, dcarmona@mpeaffiliate.com
Plant Pathology
- James Woodhall, Plant Pathologist, PI, jwoodhall@mpeaffiliate.com
- Christian Cumagun, Post Doc Plant Pathologist, ccumagun@mpeaffiliate.com
- Madeline Kinnear, Graduate Student, mkinnear@mpeaffiliate.com
- Mack Murdock, Field Trials Manager, mmurdock@mpeaffiliate.com
- Silas Shumate, Research Specialist, sshumate@mpeaffiliate.com
- Josh Rosnow, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, jrosnow@mpeaffiliate.com
- Ben Wood, Plant Disease Diagnostician, bwood@mpeaffiliate.com
- Hayden Woods, Graduate Student, haydenw@mpeaffiliate.com
Pomology
- Billie Campbell, Pomology Assistant, billie@mpeaffiliate.com
- Shelia Keith, Pomology Assistant, skeith@mpeaffiliate.com
- Faith Shoecraft, Pomology Assistant, fshoecraft@mpeaffiliate.com
- Tom Elias, Pomology Assistant, telias@mpeaffiliate.com
- Art Filice, Pomology Assistant, afilice@mpeaffiliate.com
Potato/Onion
- Mike Thornton, Research Faculty, PI, miket@mpeaffiliate.com
- Ransey Portenier, Research Specialist, ranseyp@udaho.edu