Announcement from Nicholas Polanin, chair, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR)
I am pleased to announce the following addition to our Faculty within the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, beginning her role within Rutgers Cooperative Extension, effective March 1.
Dr. Janine M. Spies joins us as the Statewide Program Leader, Assistant Professor, County Agent III in Fruit IPM.
Janine received her Ph.D. in Entomology from the University of Florida in 2014, and her M.S. in Entomology from the University of Delaware in 2010. She also holds a B.A. in Environmental Science from the New College of Florida, Class of 2008. After a post-doc at the University of Florida, she spent the past five years as the Research Field Coordinator for the IR-4 Southern Region.
Janine will be coordinating programming and supervising staff delivering IPM scouting, grower education, and adoption of new technologies in fruit production across the state.
Please join me in welcoming and congratulating Janine!
