Purdue Plant Sciences is a vibrant community of researchers, supportive administration and staff, students, and many diverse partners with a shared commitment to advance fundamental plant sciences. We take great pride in our level of expertise with three recent laureates of the prestigious World Food Prize and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
Our team-oriented discovery efforts pull from expertise across many disciplines and engage like-minded partners, whether from industry, other academic institutions, government, or non-government organization.
Karen Plaut 
Glenn W. Sample Dean, College of Agriculture
Phone: 765.494.8391
Email: kplaut@purdue.edu
Bernie Engel
Associate Dean and Director of Agricultural Research and Graduate Education, College of Agriculture
Phone: 765.494.8362
Email: engelb@purdue.edu
Mitch Tuinstra
Wickersham Chair of Excellence in Agricultural Research and Professor of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture
Phone: 765.494.9093
Email: drmitch@purdue.edu
Natalia Dudareva
Director of the Center for Plant Biology and Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, College of Agriculture
Phone: 765.494.1325
Email: doudarev@purdue.edu
Yang Yang
Director of Phenomics, Institute for Plant Sciences
Phone: 765.494.1650
Email: yang1527@purdue.edu
Jason Adams
Facility Manager, Indiana Corn and Soybean Innovation Center
Phone: 765.494.2007
Email: adams314@purdue.edu
Chris Hoagland
Facility Manager, Ag Alumni Seed Phenotyping Facility
Phone: 765.496.0580
Email: choaglan@purdue.edu
Augusto Souza
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Institute for Plant Sciences
Phone: 765.494.5185
Email: amagalha@purdue.edu