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Plant Sciences Faculty & their Disciplinary Areas

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