The Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture has an outstanding faculty representing a broad range of disciplines within horticulture and landscape architecture. These individuals can provide expertise, collaboration, and graduate study opportunities in their areas of specialization. Below is a list of faculty member profiles grouped by area of research.
Faculty Research Areas
Petrus Langenhoven
Area of Specialization:Commercial Horticulture and Hydroponic Crop Production
Petrus Langenhoven
625 Agriculture Mall Dr.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
625 Agriculture Mall Dr.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Dr. Wenjing Guan
Area of Specialization:Commercial Vegetable and Melon Production & Vegetable Grafting
Extension Publications
Mailing Address:
Dr. Wenjing Guan
Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center
4369 N. Purdue Rd.
Vincennes, IN 47591
Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center
4369 N. Purdue Rd.
Vincennes, IN 47591
Liz Maynard
Area of Specialization:Vegetable Production
Liz Maynard
Purdue Horticulture
1101 Glendale Boulevard, Suite 101A
Valparaiso, IN 46383
Ph: 219-548-3674
Purdue Horticulture
1101 Glendale Boulevard, Suite 101A
Valparaiso, IN 46383
Ph: 219-548-3674
Krishna nemali
Area of Specialization:Develop new and affordable technologies that improve sustainability (i.e., reduce input waste, minimize environmental impact, and increase profits) in controlled environment agriculture.
Krishna Nemali
625 Agriculture Mall Dr
West Lafayette, IN 47907
625 Agriculture Mall Dr
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Ying li
Area of Specialization:Histone modification; Environmental responses; Systems Biology; Plant Genetics
Ying Li
625 Agriculture Mall Dr.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
625 Agriculture Mall Dr.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Dr. Kathryn Orvis
Area of Specialization:Horticulture/Youth Education
Dr. Kathryn Orvis
Horticulture Building Room 305
625 Agriculture Mall Dr.
Horticulture Building Room 305
625 Agriculture Mall Dr.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2010
Yiwei Huang
Area of Specialization:Therapeutic and Edible Gardens for Urban Underrepresented Communities and Public Perception of Sustainable Outdoor Design
Yiwei Huang
625 Agriculture Mall Dr.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
625 Agriculture Mall Dr.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Aaron W. Thompson
Area of Specialization:Land Use Planning and Natural Resource Management
Aaron W. Thompson
625 Agriculture Mall Dr.
West Lafayette, IN 479077
625 Agriculture Mall Dr.
West Lafayette, IN 479077
Josh Widhalm
Area of Specialization:Plant natural product metabolism
Josh Widhalm
625 Agriculture Mall Dr.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
625 Agriculture Mall Dr.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
K.G. Raghothama
Area of Specialization:Molecular Biology of Plant Nutrition
Dr. Cary Mitchell
Area of Specialization : Plant Physiology & Controlled Environment Agriculture
Dr. Avtar Handa
Area of Specialization:PostHarvest and Molecular Biology
Dr. Avtar Handa
625 Agriculture Mall Dr.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Dr. Steve G. Hallett
Area of Specialization:Small Farm Sustainability, Weed Science
Dr. Steve G. Hallett
625 Agriculture Mall Dr.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Dr. Lori Hoagland
Area of Specialization:Agroecology, soil nutrient and heavy metal cycling, pathogen biocontrol, food quality and safet
Dr. Lori Hoagland
625 Agriculture Mall Dr.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
625 Agriculture Mall Dr.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Ariana P. Torres
Area of Specialization:Specialty Crops Marketing, with the end of promoting economic sustainability for the Horticulture Industry.
Ariana P. Torres
625 Agriculture Mall Dr.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
625 Agriculture Mall Dr.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Kranthi Varala
Area of Specialization:Molecular basis and regulation of plant abiotic stress tolerance
Kranthi Varala
625 Agriculture Mall Dr.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
625 Agriculture Mall Dr.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Dr. Cale Bigelow
Area of Specialization : Turf Science, Ecology, Nutrition and Management
Stephen Meyers
Area of Specialization:Weed management in specialty crops
Stephen Meyers
625 Agriculture Mall Dr
West Lafayette, IN 47907
625 Agriculture Mall Dr
West Lafayette, IN 47907