Andrew Ruppier joins Dr. Diana Cochran’s research staff
June 21, 2018“I joined the Horticulture Department at Iowa State University in April. Before coming to Iowa State, I served as a member of the United States Air Force as a C-130 crew member and chaplain assistant. After leaving active duty, I received a BS degree in Environmental Science and Policy from Drake University in Des Moines, IA. I also spent 3 years at DuPont as a Senior Research Associate working in genome edited trait expression engineering.
I have a passion for sharing my experience with students, working in the outdoors, and that is what brought me to my current role at ISU. At home I breed giant sunflower varieties. Ont he weekends you can generally find me at Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt, hunting, bird watching, and fishing”.