Plant Sciences Faculty & their Disciplinary Areas
* indicates faculty who do not regularly advise graduate students
** MLA – Master of Landscape Arch.; Shared appt. with School of Arch.
Faculty (Campus) Disciplinary Area Profile Page Program/Lab
Bates, Gary: Department Head (UTK)* Forage Science & Extension
Brosnan, Jim (UTK) Turfgrass Weed Science & Extension Profile Program
Bowling, Becky (UTK) Turfgrass Extension Specialist Profile
Bumgarner, Natalie (UTK) Consumer Hort. – Vegetable Prod. Profile Program
Butler, David (UTK) Sustainable & Organic Crop Prod. Profile Lab
Chen, Feng (UTK) Plant Functional Genomics (PMG) Profile
Collett, Brad** (UTK) Tennessee RiverLine, Director Program
Fulcher, Amy (UTK) Sustainable Nursery Crop & Landscape Mgt. Profile Program
Hewezi,Tarek (UTK) Functional Plant Genetics; Nematology Profile Lab
Horvath, Brandon (UTK) Turfgrass Pathology Profile Program
Islam, Tabibul (UTK) Controlled Environ. Agric. Profile
Klingeman, Bill: Asst. Dept. Head, Grad. Dir. (UTK) Urban Landscape & Prod. Hort. Profile Lab
Lockwood, Dave* (UTK) Fruit Tree & Small Fruit Prod. (in post-retirement service)
McNeal, Jake (UT – Jackson) Corn & Soybean Ext. Specialist Profile
Millwood, Reggie (UTK) Plant Molecular Genetics Profile
Mueller, Tom (UTK) Weed Science Profile
Nave Oakes, Renata (UT – Spring Hill) Forage Management & Systems Profile
Occhialini, Alessandro (UTK) Synthetic Plant Biology – novel technology applications Profile
Pantalone, Vince (UTK) Plant & Soybean Breeder; Geneticist Profile
Pedreira, Bruno (UTK) Forage Science & Director, UT Beef & Forage Ctr. Profile
Pulte, Andy: Undergrad Coord. (UTK) Disting. Lect. (Hort. & Plant Sci.) Profile
Raper, Tyson ( UT – Jackson) Cotton & Small Grains Profile
Richmond, Mitchell (UTK) Tobacco, Hemp, & Spec. Crop Prod. Profile
Ross, Mike** (UTK) Sustainable & Ecological Landscape Design Profile
Sams, Carl: Institute Prof. (UTK) Specialty Crops Plant Nutrition; Postharv. Physiol. Profile
Shekoofa, Avat (UT – Jackson) Crop Physiology & Water Mgt. Profile
Sorochan, John: Distinguished Prof. (UTK) Turfgrass Science; Athletic Field Safety Profile Program
Spangler, Amanda* (UTK) Lecturer (Hort. & Plant Sci.) Profile
Steckel, Larry (UT – Jackson) Weed Science (Crop Prod. Systems)
Stewart, Neal: Racheff Chair of Excellence (UTK) Plant Molec. Genetics; Ctr. for Agric. Synthetic Biol. Profile Program
Stier*, John: Assoc. Dean – HCA (UTK) Turfgrass Science
Sykes, Virginia (UTK) Agroecology; Crop Variety Testing Profile UT Variety Trials
Walters, Kellie (UTK) Controlled Environmental Plant Physiology Profile Program
Wayman, Clint** (UTK) Sustainable & Ecological Landscape Design Profile
West, Dennis* (UTK) Corn & Wheat Breeding Profile
Wszelaki, Annette (UTK) Vegetable Production (Extension) Profile
Yin, Frank (UT – Jackson) Systems Agronomy (Row Crops) Profile