Benjamin K. Hoover, Ph.D.
Dr. Hoover is an associate professor of Sustainable Nursery Production. He worked in the nursery industry for a decade, growing and selling plants in wholesale and retail environments.
Dr. Hoover earned a B.S. in horticulture from Temple University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in horticulture from Penn State University.
His research interests include propagation substrates, nursery production methods and landscape plant selection. He teaches Plant Propagation, Nursery Production, Horticultural Production Techniques, Plant Materials I and II and Experimental Techniques & Analysis.
Dr. Hoover is the head coach for the Cal Poly National Collegiate Landscape Competition team. He is a member of the American Society for Horticultural Science, the International Plant Propagators' Society Western Region and the Plant California Alliance.