AURI Staff Listing

AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE

STAFF PHONE/FAX NUMBERS

CROOKSTON STAFF

UMC Campus, Owen Hall                                     PHONE:      218-281-7600 or 800-279-5010

P.O. Box 599                                                           FAX:          218-281-3759

Crookston, MN  56716-0599                           

Maureen Aubol – Executive Assistant

Valerie Gravseth - Resource Coordinator

Toby Magsam - Accounting Project Technician

Angela Owens – Secretary/Receptionist

Jim Perry - IT Assistant (temp part-time)

Becky Philipp - Director of Learning and Growth

Cheryl Ramberg – Financial Officer

                                                   Teresa Spaeth - Executive Director

Charan Wadhawan, Ph.D. - Scientist, Food Products

Edward Wene, Ph.D. - Scientist, Microbiology and Industrial Ag Products

Northern Region (Crookston):

UMC Campus, Owen Hall                                             PHONE:  (218) 281-7600 or (800) 279-5010

P.O. Box 599                                                                   FAX:         (218) 281-3759

Crookston, MN  56716-0599                                            

Randy Hilliard, Project Development Director

P.O. Box 188                                                                          PHONE:   (320) 589-7280

Morris, MN  56267                                                               FAX:         (320) 589-7284

 Michael Sparby – Senior Project Development Director

Jennifer Wagner-Lahr - Project Development Director

Southwest Region (Marshall)

1501 State Street                                                                   PHONE:   (507) 537-7440

Marshall, MN 56258-3306                                                    FAX:         (507) 537-7441

Louise Eischens - Office Manager

Carmen Fernandez-McEwen, Ph.D.- Deputy Director of Science & Technology

Angela Gunlogson - Lab Assistant (temp part-time)

Ranae Jorgenson, Analytical Chemist

Carissa Nath – Meats Lab Technologist

Douglas Root, Ph.D. - Senior Scientist of Biomass & Renewable Products Technologies

Dennis Timmerman – Senior Project Development Director

Southeast Region (Waseca)

P.O. Box 251                                                                          PHONE:   (507) 835-8990

12298-350th Avenue                                                              FAX:         (507) 835-8373

Waseca, MN 56093-0251

Katherine Beyer - Planning & Project Development Director

Alan Doering - Associate Scientist – Co-Products

Lisa Gjersvik – Director of Strategy & Innovation  

Dan Lemke - Director of Communications

Sue Rosenau – Projects & Communications Assistant