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Meet our new faculty - spring 2022

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences proudly welcomes our newest faculty members who joined the community between Oct. 1, 2021, and March 1, 2022*.
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Martin Graef

Assistant professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics

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Yu Jiang

Assistant professor, Horticulture Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science

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Jason Londo

Associate professor, Horticulture Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science

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Marian Schmidt

Assistant professor, Department of Microbiology

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Meet the fall 2021 cohort

In fall 2021, CALS welcomed eight new faculty members.

* Faculty hired during this term who are not listed here will be included in our fall faculty cohort coverage.

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