School of Agriculture

Dr. Win Phippen

Win Phippen, Professor of Plant Breeding and Genetics

Knoblauch Hall 310
(309) 298-1251
WB-Phippen@wiu.edu

Web pages

Classes

  • AGRI 376: Applied Genetics in Agriculture, Fall Semester
  • AGRN 377: Crop Ecology, Spring Semester
  • AGRI 420:  Agricultural Leadership and Personal Development, Spring and Fall Semesters
  • AGRN 472: Principles of Plant Breeding, Spring Semester odd years
  • AGRN 476: Crop Improvement and Biotechnology, Spring Semester even years

Dr. Win Phippen is a tenured full professor in the School of Agriculture. He received his MS degree from Cornell University in plant breeding and a PhD from Purdue University in the NewCrops breeding program. His research is focused on agronomic and breeding improvement of new and alternative crops. In 2010, he established a field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) breeding program focused on germplasm collection, field evaluation and controlled crosses to domesticate pennycress for commercial production.  He served as the Project Director for the $10M 5 YR USDA-NIFA Coordinated Agriculture Project- IPREFER (Integrated Pennycress Research Enabling Farm and Energy Resilience).