Department of Botany
College of Letters and Science

Department Directory

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Faculty

Name Position Office Phone Email
Ané, Cécile Professor 341 608-262-6820 cecile.ane@wisc.edu
Baum, David A. Professor, Chair 242 608-265-7929 dbaum@wisc.edu
Cameron, Kenneth M. Professor, Herbarium Director 154 608-265-9237 kmcameron@wisc.edu
Emshwiller, Eve Associate Professor 321 608-890-1170 emshwiller_at_wisc.edu
Gilroy, Simon
 Professor B117 608-262-4009 sgilroy@wisc.edu
Givnish, Thomas J. professor 315 608-262-5718 givnish@wisc.edu
Hotchkiss, Sara C. professor 353 608-265-6751 shotchkiss@wisc.edu
Keefover-Ring, Ken Assistant Professor B221 ken.keefoverring@wisc.edu
Maeda, Hiroshi A. Associate Professor B217 608-262-5833 maeda2@wisc.edu
McCulloh, Kate Associate Professor 324 608-890-3042 kmcculloh_at_wisc.edu
Otegui, Marisa S. Professor B119 608-265-5703 otegui@wisc.edu
Pringle, Anne Professor B115 608-890-4364 anne.pringle@wisc.edu
Spalding, Edgar P. Professor B135 608-265-5294 spalding@wisc.edu
Sytsma, Kenneth J. Professor 250 608-262-4490 kjsytsma@wisc.edu
Wiedenhoeft, Alex Adjunct Associate Professor 340 608-231-9384 acwieden@wisc.edu

Staff

Name Position Phone Email
Campbell, Molly Horticultural Technician 608-263-2033 mbcampbell@wisc.edu
Connolly, Mark Curriculum & Graduate Program Coordinator 608-262-0476 mark.connolly@wisc.edu
Feist, Mary Ann Herbarium Curator 608-262-2792 mfeist@wisc.edu
Friedrich, Sarah Multimedia Designer 608-262-3513 scwillert@wisc.edu
Goldstein, Steve Data Science Facilitator II 608-263-5944 sgoldstein@wisc.edu
Jackson, Ginny Student Services Coordinator,
Conservation Biology, Molecular Biology,		 608-890-3099 vjackson4@wisc.edu
Jordon-Thaden, Ingrid Director of Botany Garden and Greenhouse 608-620-3295 jordonthaden@wisc.edu
Lawrence, Sophia Accountant II 608-262-1058 sjlawrence3@wisc.edu
Mayes, Henry IT 619-436-8233 hmayes@wisc.edu
Newton, John Facilities Manager 608-561-2078 jnewton@wisc.edu
O’Brien, Sheila Department Administrator 608-262-2092 sgobrien@wisc.edu
Olson Paul, Julie HR Generalist 608-262-8010 jkolson2@wisc.edu
Ratterman, Denise Teaching Faculty & Coordinator 608-262-2333 dratterman@wisc.edu
Reuter, Beth Financial Specialist II 608-262-1057 egreuter@wisc.edu
Ruby, Nicholas Gardener 608-263-2033 nruby@wisc.edu
Streekstra, Cara Curation Mgr & Horticulturist 608-263-2033 streekstra@wisc.edu
Swanson, Sarah Director, Newcomb Imaging Center 608-262-4008 sarah.swanson@wisc.edu
Trest, Marie Teaching Faculty Algae & Fungi 608-262-7475 mttrest@wisc.edu
Webert, Kyle Teaching Faculty & Coordinator webert@wisc.edu
Wetter, Mark Collections Manager III 608-262-5109 mawetter@wisc.edu
Woodward, Catherine Teaching Faculty III 608-263-9020 cwoodwar@wisc.edu

Faculty Affliliates

Name Home Department Phone
 Email
Richard Amasino Biochemistry 608-265-2170 amasino@biochem.wisc.edu
Ellen Damschen Integrative Biology 608-262-2636 damschen [at] wisc.edu
Chris Todd Hittinger Genetics 608-890-2586 cthittinger@wisc.edu
Richard Lankau Plant Pathology 608-262-3084 lankau@wisc.edu
Paul Zedler The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies 608-265-8018 phzedler@wisc.edu

Graduate Students

Name Advisor Phone Email
Anderson, Sam McCulloh swanderson5@wisc.edu
Augustine, Steven McCulloh spaugustine@wisc.edu
Berryman, Libby rotation eberryman@wisc.edu
Chan, Patricia Givnish pwchan@wisc.edu
Che, Ximing Spalding xche7@wisc.edu
Chimezie, Joan Hotchkiss chimezie@wisc.edu
Corder, Brandon Cameron bcorder@wisc.edu
Damian, Alexander Cameron ldamian@wisc.edu
DiNicola, Alexa Sytsma adinicola@wisc.edu
Dunkirk, Nora Pringle ndunkirk@wisc.edu
Ederer, Shana Hotchkiss 608-262-0657 sederer@wisc.edu
Eifler, Evan Givnish eeifler@wisc.edu
Faber, Tabitha Keefover-Ring tjfaber@wisc.edu
Frankel, Lauren Ané lefrankel@wisc.edu
Gentry, Savannah Pringle sgentry@wisc.edu
Heeg, Luciann Keefover-Ring laheeg@wisc.edu
Henry, Ashley Spalding arhenry2@wisc.edu
Hohenkirk, Thalia rotation hohenkirk@wisc.edu
Johns, Johnny (Sarah) Gilroy smjohns@wisc.edu
Jordan, Rachel McCulloh rkjordan@wisc.edu
Li, Bing Givnish bli283@wisc.edu
Mambrasar, Michael Cameron mambrasar@wisc.edu
McFarlane, Stephanie Damchen mcfarlane@wisc.edu
Mitideri, Nicole rotation mitidieririv@wisc.edu
Morton, William Cameron wmorton@wisc.edu
Peyton, Michael Hotchkiss mspeyton@wisc.edu
Sain, Melody Baum msain@wisc.edu
Schaut, Madelyn Maeda schaut2@wisc.edu
Sokolskyi, Tym Baum Sokolskyi@wisc.edu
Sorg, Ariel Gilroy asorg@wisc.edu
Taylor, Linden Keefover-Ring lataylor6@wisc.edu
Thein, Tom Hotchkiss tthein@wisc.edu
Thompson, Kathleen Lankau kmthompson22@wisc.edu
Vanrooyen, Dilrini Emshwiller vanrooyen@wisc.edu
Vincent, Lena Baum lvincent3@wisc.edu
Wang, Yen-Wen Pringle ywang883@wisc.edu
Wei, Yuxin Sytsma ywei77@wisc.edu
Weiner, Ethan Otegui erweiner@wisc.edu
White, Lucia “Luci” Gilroy lrwhite@wisc.edu
Wintermute, Tyler Keefover-Ring wintermute@wisc.edu
Young, Tadhg Maeda tdyoung3@wisc.edu

Research Staff

Name Position – Lab Phone Email
Arevalo Burbano, Rafael Scientist I – Wiedenhoeft 608-262-2743 arevaloburba@wisc.edu
Bakshi, Arkadipta Research Assoc. – Gilroy bakshi4@wisc.edu
Barker, Richard Scientist II – Gilroy rjbarker2@wisc.edu
Chin, Sabrina Research Assoc. – Gilroy schin7@wisc.edu
El Azaz Ciudad, Jorge Research Assoc. – Maeda elazazciudad@wisc.edu
Fernandez, Jessica Research Assoc. – Gilroy fernandez22@wisc.edu
Judd, Rika Research Assoc. – Maeda rjudd@wisc.edu
Karimi, Nisa Research Assoc. – Baum nkarimi@wisc.edu
Kimura, Yuri Research Assoc. – Maeda ykimura2@wisc.edu
Kleven, Bailey Research Specialist – Maeda 608-262-4288 bjkleven@wisc.edu
Koper, Kaan Research Assoc. – Maeda 608-262-4288 koper@wisc.edu
Krieg, Christopher Research Assoc. – McCulloh ckrieg@wisc.edu
Miller, Nathan Scientist III – Spalding 608-265-5295 ndmiller@wisc.edu
Moore, Bethany Research Associate – Maeda bmoore22@wisc.edu
Ravindran, Prabu Scientist III -Wiedenhoeft pravindran@wisc.edu
Richards, Jeannine Research Assoc. – McCulloh jrichards7@wisc.edu
Shrivastava, Stuti Research Assoc. – Spalding sshrivastav6@wisc.edu
Smith, Duncan Scientist II -McCulloh ddsmith3@wisc.edu
Smith, Julianne Research Specialist -Cameron 608-262-2792 jesmith7@wisc.edu
Splitt, Bessie Research Specialist – Spalding 608-265-5295 blsplitt@wisc.edu
Viana De Oliveira, Marcos Scientist I -Maeda marcos.oliveira@wisc.edu
Wu, Guosheng Scientist II – Spalding 608-265-5295 guoshengwu@wisc.edu
Yoshihara, Takeshi Scientist II – Spalding 608-265-5295 yoshihara@wisc.edu
Zaborsky, John Research Assoc. – Cameron jzaborsky@wisc.edu

Honorary Fellows

Name Sponsor Phone
 Email
Alverson, Bil Cameron walverson@wisc.edu
Barrett, Kevin Hotchkiss kevin.barrett@wisc.edu
Beck, Jared jbeck6@wisc.edu
Bennett, James P. Cameron 608-262-5489 jpbennet@wisc.edu
Hunter, Steve Givnish sjhunter2@wisc.edu
Jeraj, Marjeta Hotchkiss mjeraj@isc.edu
Kriebel, Ricardo rkriebel@wisc.edu
Lynch, Elizabeth ealynch@wisc.edu
Molano-Flores, Brenda molanoflores@wisc.edu
Paulson, Alison akpaulson@wisc.edu
Rose, Jeffrey P jeffrey.rose@wisc.edu
Saucier, William J wsaucier@wisc.edu
Schuurman, Gregor schuurman@wisc.edu
Skinner, Mark mskinner2@wisc.edu
Soares, Richard Kleiber Wiedenhoeft
Wiemann, Michael Cameron 608-262-2792 mwiemann@fs.fed.us
Zimmerman, Elizabeth Cameron 608-262-2792 ehzimmer@wisc.edu

Retired Faculty & Staff

Name Position Email
Adams, James L. Horticulturist Emeritus jladams1@wisc.edu
Adams, Michael S. Professor Emeritus msadams@wisc.edu
Allen, Timothy F.H. Professor Emeritus tfallen@wisc.edu
Bauschelt, Mary Horticulturist Emerita mcbausch@wisc.edu
Becker, Dr. Wayne M. Preofessor Emeritus wbecker@wisc.edu
Clayton, Mike Botany 130 Coordinator Emeritus clayton@wisc.edu
Cochrane, Ted Sr. Herbarium Curator Emeritus tscochra@wisc.edu
Derouen, Diane C. Lab Manager I Emerita dderouen@wisc.edu
Eichhorn, Susan E. Research Program Manager Emerita eichhorn@wisc.edu
Elliot, Kandis Senior Artist Emerita keelliot@wisc.edu
Erlenborn, Barbara Department Administrator Emerita bjerlenb@wisc.edu
Evert, Ray F. Professor Emeritus rfevert@wisc.edu
Fayyaz, Mohammad Garden & Greenhouse Director Emeritus mmfayyaz@wisc.edu
Fernandez, Donna Professor Emerita dfernand@wisc.edu
Graham, Linda Professor Emerita lkgraham@wisc.edu
Helgeson, John Professor Emeritus
Keegstra, Ken Professor Emeritus
Leonard, Thomas J. Professor Emeritus tjleonard@wisc.edu
Newcomb, Eldon H. Professor Emeritus
Sharkey, Thomas Professor Emeritus tsharkey@msu.edu
Waller, Don retired professor dmwaller@wisc.edu
Will-Wolf, Susan Senior Scientist Emerita swwolf@wisc.edu
Zedler, Joy B. Professor Emerita jbzedler@wisc.edu

Helpful Phone Numbers

Botany Department Administrator 608-262-2092
Botany Office, 132 Birge 608-262-1057
Botany Accounting 608-262-1058
Botany Payroll & Benefits 608-262-8010
Botany Chair 608-262-9991
Botany Greenhouses 608-263-2033
Wisconsin State Herbarium 608-262-2792
Botany Art Studio 608-262-3513
Biology Library 608-262-2740
Botany Graduate Coordinator 608-262-0476
Botany Network Administrator & Webmaster 608-515-8777
Botany FAX 608-262-7509
Botany conference room, 345 Birge Hall 608-890-0316
Zoology office 608-262-2648
Biol Sci Advisor 608-262-6836
Biology Major office 608-262-9690
DoIT Help Line 608-264-4357
LSS Help Line 608-263-5000