School of Agriculture
Win Phippen, Professor of Plant Breeding and Genetics
Knoblauch Hall 310
(309) 298-1251
WB-Phippen@wiu.edu
Web pages
- Alternative Crops Research Program
- USAID Ties 'Capacity Building in Southern Mexico' - Project Director
- - Project Director
- DOE-IPReP grant:
- IPReP Summer Internship 2025
Classes
- AGRI 376: Applied Genetics in Agriculture, Fall Semester
- AGRN 377: Crop Ecology, Spring Semester
- AGRI 420:聽 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. 聽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).
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