The Center for Rhizosphere Biology is located in the Shepardson Building, and is administratively housed within the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture. Organizationally, it consists of an Administrative Director, an Assistant Director, a group of affiliate faculty members, an Assistant Professor of Research, and a Research Team comprised of post-docs and graduate students from various departments on campus. It is governed by the Director in conjunction with an Internal Steering Committee and an External Advisory Board.

Administrative Director and Head of Research (Dr. Jorge M. Vivanco):

Duties include technical, scientific, and administrative direction of the center, networking with other scientists interested in rhizosphere biology at Colorado State University and other institutions, communicating our research to the public, organizing and promoting venues to promote and disseminate the Center’s research in the scientific and public communities, and fundraising.

Assistant Director (Emily Wortman-Wunder):

Duties include budgeting; acting as the contact person for integration with the Horticulture Department; direction of outreach and promotion of research; integration with the Fort Collins community and with the State of Colorado, day-to-day administrative and managing duties, and coordination of the center’s seminar series.