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Need to get in touch? 

  • General IPM Inquiries: Susan Scheufele sscheufele@umass.edu (Extension Educator, Vegetable and Fruit Team Leader)
  • Vegetable Program: Susan Scheufele sscheufele@umass.edu (Extension Educator, Vegetable and Fruit Team Leader)
  • Fruit Program: Jon Clements jon.clements@umass.edu (Extension Educator, Commercial Tree Fruit Production) or Jaime Pinero jpinero@umass.edu (Extension Professor, Tree Fruit Entomology/IPM)
  • Cranberry Program: Katherine Ghantous (kghantou@umass.edu) - (Extension Educator)
  • Greenhouse and Floriculture Program: Jason Lanier jdl@umass.edu (Extension Educator, Team Leader)
  • Landscape, Nursery and Urban Horticulture Program: Jason Lanier jdl@umass.edu (Extension Educator, Team Leader)
  • Turf Program: Jason Lanier jdl@umass.edu (Extension Educator, Team Leader)
  • Urban Agriculture Questions
  • Weed Management Questions: Maria Gannett mgannett@umass.edu (Extension Educator)
  • Plant Diagnostic Laboratory: Nicholas Brazee nbrazee@umass.edu (Extension Plant Pathologist)
  • Soil and Nutrient Testing Laboratory: Sam Glaze-Corcoran soiltest@umass.edu (Lab Manager)  
  • Soil Health and Management Questions: Arthur Siller asiller@umass.edu (Extension Educator) 
  • UAS/UAV/Drone Questions: Ryan Wicks rwicks@umass.edu or umassair@umass.edu. Learn more at UMass Air

Have a Disease, Pest or Crop Management Question?


UMass Extension professionals who work on IPM topics:

Ibrahim Ali
Urban Agriculture Educator III
French Hall (3rd Floor)
UMass Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003
Tel: (413) 545-2786 Email: urbanag@umass.edu
Matthew Bley
Extension Fruit Educator II
308 French Hall
230 Stockbridge Rd
Amherst, MA 01003-9316
Tel: 413-545-1031 Email: mbley@umass.edu
Nicholas Brazee, Extension Plant Pathologist
Nicholas J. Brazee
Extension Plant Pathologist
Specialty: Plant Pathology
3 French Hall
University of Massachusetts
230 Stockbridge Road
Amherst, MA 01003
Tel: (413) 545-2826 Fax: (413) 545-4385 Email: nbrazee@umass.edu
Jon Clements, Extension Educator
Jon Clements
Extension Fruit Team Leader
Specialty: Commercial tree fruit production
UMass Cold Spring Orchard
393 Sabin Street
Belchertown, MA 01007-9385
Email: jon.clements@umass.edu
Daniel Cooley
Daniel R. Cooley
Professor, Associate Director Stockbridge School of Agriculture
Specialty: Plant Pathology
418 Paige Lab
University of Massachusetts
161 Holdworth Way
Amherst, MA 01003-9286
Tel: (413) 577-3803 Fax: (413) 545-2115 Email: dcooley@umass.edu
Maria Gannett
Production Agriculture Extension Educator
Specialty: weed management
Email: mgannett@umass.edu
Elizabeth Garofalo
Extension Fruit Educator III
Specialty: Integrated Pest Management
308 French Hall
University of Massachusetts
230 Stockbridge Rd
Amherst, MA 01003-9316
Tel: 413-545-4347 Email: egarofal@umass.edu
Katherine Ghantous
Katherine Ghantous
Extension Educator IV
Specialty: Integrated Pest Management, Weed Science
One State Bog Rd.
East Wareham, MA 02538
Tel: 508-970-7634 Email: kghantou@umass.edu
Sam Glaze-Corcoran
Soil Testing Lab Manager
Specialty: Sustainable Food and Farming
107/305 Bowditch Hall
201 Natural Resources Road
Amherst, MA 01003
Email: sglazecorcor@umass.edu
Olivia Golden,
Olivia Golden
Urban Agriculture Educator III
Mount Ida Campus
100 Carlson Ave
Newton, MA 02459
Email: ogolden@umass.edu
Genevieve Higgins
Genevieve Higgins
Extension Educator
Specialty: Vegetable Production
306 French Hall
UMASS Amherst
230 Stockbridge Rd.
Amherst, MA
Tel: 413-545-8396 Email: ghiggins@umass.edu
Jason D. Lanier
Jason D. Lanier
Extension Specialist and Group Leader, Commercial Horticulture
Specialty: Turf Management
103 French Hall
University of Massachusetts
230 Stockbridge Rd
Amherst, MA 01003-9316
Tel: (413) 545-2965 Email: jdl@umass.edu
Dr. Angela Madeiras
Angela Madeiras
Diagnostic Technician
Specialty: Diagnostics for Floriculture, Vegetable Crops, and Turf
3 French Hall
University of Massachusetts
230 Stockbridge Road
Amherst, MA 01003
Tel: (413) 545-3209 Fax: (413) 545-4385 Email: madeiras@umass.edu
Lisa McKeag
Lisa McKeag
Extension Educator
Specialty: Vegetable Production
308 French Hall
University of Massachusetts
230 Stockbridge Road
Amherst, MA 01003-9316
Tel: (413) 577-3976 Fax: (413) 545-5858 Email: lmckeag@umext.umass.edu
Geoffrey Njue
Geoffrey Njue
Extension Educator
Specialty: Green Industries Sustainability
UMass Extension, 13 Halden Hall
Mt. Ida Campus of UMASS Amherst
100 Carlson Ave.
Newton, MA 02459
Tel: 617-243-1932 Email: gnjue@umext.umass.edu
Jaime Piñero
Jaime Piñero
Extension Professor
Specialty: Tree Fruit Entomology/IPM
207 Fernald Hall
University of Massachusetts
270 Stockbridge Rd
Amherst, MA 01003-9320
Tel: 413-545-1031 Email: jpinero@umass.edu
Randall Prostak
Randall (Randy) Prostak
Extension Weed Specialist
Specialty: Weed Management and Poisonous Plants
1 French Hall
University of Massachusetts
230 Stockbridge Road
Amherst, MA 01003
Tel: (413) 577-1738 Fax: (413) 577-1620 Email: rprostak@umass.edu
Susan Scheufele
Susan B. Scheufele
Production Agriculture Leader
Specialty: Vegetable Production
306 French Hall
University of Massachusetts
230 Stockbridge Rd
Amherst, MA 01003-9316
Tel: (413) 577-3976 Fax: (413) 545-5858 Email: sscheufele@umext.umass.edu
Arthur Siller
Extension Educator
Specialty: Soil Health and Management, Cover Crops
103C French Hall
230 Stockbridge Rd
Amherst, 01003-9316
Tel: 413-545-9747 Email: asiller@umass.edu
Martha M. Sylvia
Extension Educator II
Specialty: Entomology
One State Bog Rd.
East Wareham, MA 02538
Tel: (508) 265-6921 Email: martys@umass.edu
Hannah Whitehead
Extension Educator
Specialty: Vegetable Production
102A Fernald Hall
University of Massachusetts
270 Stockbridge Rd
Amherst, MA 01003-9320
Tel: (413) 545-8364 Email: hwhitehead@umass.edu