Staff

Administrative Staff

Pam Biery, Business Manager - Payroll
PLS 4116 | 301-405-3915 | pbiery@umd.edu

Greg Hess (he/him), IT Systems Manager
PLS 4143 | 301-405-8911 | greghess@umd.edu

Eileen Jewison, Account Clerk II
PLS 4116 | 301-405-4338 | ejewison@umd.edu

Bill Katsereles, Finance Director
PLS 4116 | 301-405-3917 | wck@umd.edu

Josh Kiner (he/him), Administrative Coordinator
PLS 4112 | 301-405-3913 | jkiner@umd.edu

Debbie Thompson, Business Manager
PLS 4116 | 301-405-3916 | DThomp10@umd.edu

Todd Waters (he/him), Agricultural Technician Supervisor
PLS 3179 | 301-405-3799 | twaters2@umd.edu

Amy Yaich (she/hers), Program Administrative Specialist
PLS 4112 | 301-405-3911 | ayaich@umd.edu

Thea Bliss, Research Staff, Fritz Lab
PLS3184 | tbliss@umd.edu

Elizabeth Marie Butz, Faculty Assistant, Burghardt Lab
PLS4168 | ebutz@umd.edu

Renee Dollard (she/her), Gruner Lab, Faculty Assistant
PLS| rdollard@umd.edu

Mark Dykes, Bee Squad Coordinator, Bee Lab
301-458-0640 | mdykes@umd.edu

Heather Eversole (she/her), Faculty Assistant, vanEngelsdorp Lab
PLS 4176 | 301-405-3799 | heversol@umd.edu

Rachel Fahey (she/her), Faculty Assistant, vanEngelsdorp Lab
PLS 4176 | 301-405-3799 | faheybrl@umd.edu

Anne Marie Fauvel, Faculty Specialist, vanEngelsdorp Lab
PLS 3160 | 301-405-7947 | fauvelam@umd.edu

Nancy Harding, Faculty Assistant, Shrewsbury Lab
PLS 3154 | 301-717-9524 | nharding@umd.edu

Adelaide Figurskey, Research Staff, Shrewsbury Lab
PLS3168 | afigursk@umd.edu

Praise-God Nnachi Igwe (she/her), Lab Assistant, Burghardt Lab
PLS4168 | pigwe@umd.edu

Rachel Ann-Marie Kuipers (she/her), Research Staff, vanEngelsdorp Lab
PLS4176 | rkuipers@umd.edu

Rachel Lubitz, Research Staff, Hooks Lab
PLS4141| rlubitz@terpmail.umd.edu

Kelsey McGurrin, Faculty Specialist, Burghardt Lab
PLS 4135 | 301-405-3736 |kmcgurri@umd.edu

Ashrafun Nessa, Research Staff, vanEngelsdorp Lab
PLS3160 | anessa@umd.edu

Jeri Lynn Parrent, Research Staff, vanEngelsdorp Lab
PLS4176 | jlp13@umd.edu

Terry Patton, Faculty Extension Assistant, Dively Lab
PLS 3128 | 301-405-3942 | tpatton@umd.edu

Karen Rane (she/her), Director of the Plant Diagnostic Laboratory
PLS 3134 | 301-405-1611 | rane@umd.edu

Karen Rennich (she/her), Senior Faculty Specialist, vanEngelsdorp Lab
PLS 3160 | 301-405-7947 | krennich@umd.edu

Nate Swan (he/him), Research Staff, vanEngelsdorp Lab
PLS4176 | 301-405-3799 | nswan@umd.edu

Chris Sargent, Faculty Assistant, Raupp Lab
PLS 3130 | 301-405-0478 | csargen1@umd.edu

MIkayla Electra Wilson (she/her), Faculty Specialist, vanEngelsdorp Lab
PLS4176 | 301-405-3799 | electra@umd.edu