Graduate Studies

Graduate studies in the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources means

• Connecting with expert faculty mentors.
• Taking an innovative, high-tech approach to traditional agriculture, food and natural resources issues.
• Impacting the future with findings on health breakthroughs, sustainable agriculture techniques and food safety.
• Choosing from academic programs consistently recognized for excellence.

CAFNR offers these graduate programs

• Agricultural Education and Leadership
  Graduate Studies Director: Tracy Kitchel, 573-884-7376
• Agricultural and Applied Economics
  Graduate Studies Director: Harvey James, 573-884-9682
• Animal Sciences
  Graduate Studies Director: Bill Lamberson, 573-882-8234
• Biochemistry
  Graduate Studies Director: Stacy Colley, 573-884-8742
• Biological Engineering
  Graduate Studies Director: Fu-Hung Hsieh, 573-882-4113
• Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences
  Graduate Studies Director: Joshua Millspaugh, 573-882-9423
• Food Science
  Graduate Studies Director: Azlin Mustapha, 573-882-2649
• Forestry
  Graduate Studies Director: Steve Pallardy, 573-882-3548
• Parks, Recreation and Tourism
  Graduate Studies Director: David R. Vaught, 573-882-9517
• Plant Sciences
  Graduate Studies Director: James Schoelz, 573-882-1185
  Program Areas:
  • Crop, Soil and Pest Management
  • Entomology
  • Horticulture
  • Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics
  • Plant Stress Biology
• Rural Sociology
  Graduate Studies Director: Jere Gilles, 573-882-3791
• Soil, Environmental and Atmospheric Science
  Graduate Studies Director: Tony Lupo, 573-882-6591

Learn More

For additional information, visit the MU Graduate School website.