MSUE Fruit
AOE Team 
The Fruit Area of Expertise team directs the Michigan State University Extension effort for commerical fruit. The team is headed by two co-chairs, one from campus and one from the field extension staff. The team meets as a whole several times a year to plan extension events and coordinate activities to cover the needs of the Michigan's fruit industries. Because of the wide variety of fruit crops grown in Michigan. The Fruit AoE team is further broken into committees that deal with specific fruits and other issues. This allows the teams to focus on statewide planning for the needs of each fruit industry.
The listing below includes the name, address, phone number and email address of Fruit Team members. Where the Name is a blue, it is hyperlinked to that person's own website or webpage.
Co-chairsCampus Co-chair
Dr. Eric Hanson hansone@msu.edu
Professor, Department of Horticulture
338 Plant & Soil Science Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1324
Ph: (517) 355-5191 ext 386
Fax: (517) 353-0890
Field Co-chair
Amy Irish-Brown
irisha@msu.edu
District Fruit ICM Educator
Clarksville Horticultural
Experiment Station
9302 Portland Rd.
Clarksville, MI 48815
Ph: (616) 693-2193
Cell: (616) 490-1079
Fax: (616) 693-2317
Campus Fruit AoE Team Core Members
Dr. Jeff Andresen
andresen@msu.edu
Agricultural Metorologist
Assitant Professor, Department
of Geography
417 Natural Sciences
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1115
Bus: (517) 355-0231
Dr. Randy Beaudry
beaudry@msu.edu
Professor, Department of Horticulture
A22 Plant & Soil Science Bldg.
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1325
Ph: (517) 353-5191 ext 303
Fax: (517) 353-0890
Dr.
John Biernbaum
biernbau@msu.edu
Professor, Department of
Horticulture
A234 Plant & Soil Science Bldg.
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1325
Bus: (517) 353-5191 ext 419
Fax: (517) 353-0890
Dr. Vera Bitsch
bitsch@msu.edu
Agribusiness Management Specialist
Assistant Professor, Department
of Agricultural Economics
306 Agriculture Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1039
Bus: (517) 353-9192
Fax: (517) 432-1800
Dr. David Epstein
epstei10@msu.edu
IPM Tree Fruit Specialist
Integrated Pest Management Program
B18 Food Safety & Toxicology Bldg.
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
Bus: (517) 432-4766
Mobile: (517) 896-9480
Fax: (517) 353-4995
Dr. James Flore
flore@msu.edu
Professor, Department of Horticulture
A318 Plant & Soil Science Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1324
Ph: (517) 355-5191 ext 375
Fax: (517) 353-0890
Dr. Matthew Grieshop
grieshop@msu.edu
Assistant Professor of Organic Pest Management
Michigan State University
205 Center for Integrated Plant Systems
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517) 432-8034
Fax: (517)353-5598
Dr. Dan Guyer
guyer@egr.msu.edu
Fruit & Vegetable Postharvest Labratory
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural
Engineering
211 Farrall Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1323
Ph: (517) 353-4517
Dr. Larry Gut
gut@msu.edu
Extension Tree Fruit Entomologist,
Associate Professor, Department of Entomology
205 Pesticide Research Center
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
Ph: (517) 353-8648
Dr. Eric
Hanson
hansone@msu.edu
Professor, Department of Horticulture
338 Plant & Soil Science Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1324
Ph: (517) 355-5191 ext 386
Fax: (517) 353-0890
Dr. Craig Harris
craig.harris@ssc.msu.edu
Rural & Environmental Studies
Department of Sociology
429B Berkey Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Ph: (517) 355-5048
Fax: (517) 432-2856
Dr. Rufus Isaacs
isaacsr@msu.edu
Extension Small Fruit Entomologist
Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology
202 Center for Integrated Plant Systems
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
Ph: (517) 355-6619
Fax: (517) 353-5598
Paul Jenkins
jenki132@msu.edu
Small Fruit and Enology Education Coordinator
Integrated Pest Management Program
B18 Food Safety & Toxicology Building
East Lansing, MI 48824
Bus: (517) 432-7751
Fax: (517) 353-4995
Tom Kalchik
kalchikt@msu.edu
Associate Director, MSU Product Center for Ag
and Natural Resources
4700 S. Hagadorn Road
East Lansing, MI 48823
Office - (517) 432-8752
Cell - (517) 256-7968
Fax - (517) 432-8756
Dr. Greg Lang
langg@msu.edu
Professor, Department of Horticulture
A338-D Plant & Soil Science Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1324
Bus: (517) 355-5191 ext 388
Fax: (517) 353-0890
Dr. Ronald
Perry
perryr@msu.edu
Professor, Department of Horticulture
Plant & Soil Science Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1324
Ph: (517) 355-5191 ext 1361
Fax: (517) 353-0890
Dr. Paolo Sabbatini
sabbatin@msu.edu
Viticulturist
Assistant Professor, Department of Horticulture
Michigan State University
Plant Soil Science Building
East Lansing, MI 48825
Bus: (517) 355-5191 x 1302
Dr. Annemiek
Schilder schilder@msu.edu
Extension Small Fruit
Pathologist
Assistant Professor, Department of Plant
Pathology
104 Center for Integrated Plant Systems
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1311
Ph: (517) 355-0483
Fax: (517) 353-9704
Dr. George Sundin
sundin@msu.edu
Extension Tree
Fruit Phyto-bateriologist
Assistant Professor, Department of Plant
Pathology
103 Center for Integrated Plant Systems
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1311
Bus: (517) 355-4573
Fax: (517) 353-5598
Dr. Suzanne Thornsbury
thornsbu@msu.edu
Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural
Economics
84 Agriculture Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1039
Bus: (517) 432-5418
Fax: (517) 432-1800
