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Potato Program Directory
San Luis Valley Research Center
Colorado State University
0249 East Road 9 North
Center, CO 81125
General Contact:
Phone 719-754-3594; 719-754-3496
Fax: 719-754-2619
Program / Personnel Phone Number Email Address
Potato Breeding and Selection
Jessica Chitwood-Brown, Program Leader 970-286-5159 (O); 970-286-5159(C) Jessica.Chitwood-Brown@colostate.edu
Caroline Gray, Assistant Program Leader 719-754-3594 x 19 (O); 719-480-5027 (C) caroline.gray@colostate.edu
Beth Niebaum, Research Associate 719-754-3594 x 19 (O);  719-480-1716 (C) Beth.Niebaum@colostate.edu
Vincent Lopez, Research Associate 719-754-3594 x 19 (O); vincent.lopez@colostate.edu
Potato Certification Service
Andrew Houser, Manager 719-754-3496 x 26(O); 719-588-0321 (C) andrew.houser@colostate.edu
Teresa Almeida, Lab Manager 719-754-3496 x 18 (O) teresa.almeida@colostate.edu
Sarah Hensley, Research Associate 719-754-3496 x 18 (O) sarah.hensley@colostate.edu
Jeff Shawcroft, Research Associate 719-754-3496 x 15 (O) jeff.shawcroft@colostate.edu
Tissue Culture
Carolyn Keller, Tissue Culture 719-754-3496 x 29 (O) carolyn.keller@colostate.edu
Potato Crop Management
Samuel Essah, Program Leader 719-754-3494 x 13 (O); 719-480-5150 (C) samuel.essah@colostate.edu
Mercy Essah, Research Associate mercy.essah@colostate.edu
Plant Pathology
Mohamad Chikh-Ali, Program Leader 719-754-3494 x 16 (O); 719-480-4811 (C) mohamad.chikh-ali@colostate.edu
Jeremy Daniel, Research Associate 719-754-3494 x 39 (O) jeremy.daniel@colostate.edu
Potato Postharvest Physiology
Sastry Jayanty, Program Leader 719-754-3494 x 11 (O) sastry.jayanty@colostate.edu
Michael Gray, Research Associate 719-754-3494 x 37 (O) mp.gray@colostate.edu
General Support
Zach Czarnecki, Manager 719-754-3494 x 12 (O); 719-225-9648 (C) Zach.Czarnecki@colostate.edu
Jeff Davidson, Assistant Manager 719-754-3494 x 23 (O); 719-431-0176 (C) Jeffery.Davidson@colostate.edu
Sharon Yust, Accounting Technician 719-754-3494 x 17 (O) sharon.yust@colostate.edu
Michelle Leckler, Coordinator 719-754-3494 x 10 (O) michelle.leckler@colostate.edu
Ron Price, Technician 719-754-3494 x 16 (O) ronald.price@colostate.edu
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    San Luis Valley Research Center
    0249 E RD. 9 N
    Center, Colorado 81125

    SLVRC : (719) 754-3594
    Potato Cert. Svc. : (719) 754-3496
    FAX : (719) 754-2619

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