LTARN Research Team

The LTARN Research Team is comprised of a multidisciplinary team of researchers from various University of Minnesota departments.

LTARN Executive Committee Members

NameAreas of InterestEmail

Axel Garcia y Garcia

Associate Professor | Dept. of Agronomy and Plant Genetics / SWROC

  • Sustainable crop production
  • Water and nitrogen use in rainfed and irrigated crop production systems
  • Crop production in northern conditions
  • Climate change and climate variability effects in crop production
[email protected]

Gregg Johnson

Associate Professor | Dept. Agronomy and Plant Genetics / SROC

  • Annual and perennial cropping systems
  • Long-term research networks
  • Cropping system resiliency/stability
  • Cover crops
  • Winter annual oilseed crops
  • Weed management
[email protected]

Jacob Jungers

Associate Professor | Dept. of Agronomy and Plant Genetics

  • Agroecology
  • Sustainable agriculture
  • Crop diversity
  • Water quality
  • Climate change
  • Forages
  • Perennial grains
  • Cropping systems
[email protected]

Jeff Strock

Professor | Dept. Soil, Water, and Climate / SWROC

  • Contaminant hydrology and water quality
  • Soil physics
  • Biogeochemistry
[email protected]

LTARN Research Personnel

  • Kara Anderson | Senior Research Plot Technician | SROC
  • Matt Bickell | LTARN Plot Coordinator, Researcher 5 | SROC
  • Katherine Bohn | Researcher 4 | Dept. of Agronomy and Plant Genetics
  • Mark Coulter | Agriculture Research and Production Manager | SWROC
  • Thomas Davis | Agriculture & Horticulture Operations Supervisor | NCROC
  • Kylee McMullen | Research Plot Technician | SWROC
  • Curtis Miller | Researcher 3 | Dept. of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering / SROC

  • Zach Uter | Data Analyst | ROC System / Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station