The following staff members, supported, and sponsored scholars are also graduate students in Plant Sciences:
- Sarah Armstrong, PhD student
- Rhys Fielder, MS student
- David McIntosh, PhD student
- Mase Merkel, MS student
Faculty
Gary Edward Bates
Professor & Department Head | Plant Sciences
Specialty: forage production
Becky Bowling
Assistant Professor | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Turfgrass
Jim Brosnan
Professor & Director | Plant Sciences
Specialty: turfgrass management; weed science; herbicide resistance
Natalie Ruth Bumgarner
Associate Professor | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Consumer Horticulture- Field and Greenhouse Vegetable Production
David M. Butler
Professor | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Sustainable and Organic Crop Production
Feng Chen
Professor | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Plant Functional Genomics
Amy Fulcher
Professor | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Nursery Crops Production
Tarek Abdel Fattah Hewezi
Professor | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Plant Molecular Biology
Brandon Joseph Horvath
Professor | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Turfgrass Pathology
Tabibul Islam
Assistant Professor | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Controlled Environment Agriculture, Protected Fruit Crop Physiology
William E Klingeman III
Professor & Assistant Department Head | Plant Sciences
Role: Graduate Coordinator
Specialty: Urban Landscape and Production Horticulture Research
Dave Lockwood
Professor | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Fruit & Nut Crops
Reggie Millwood
Research Assistant Professor | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Plant Genome Engineering
Renata Nave Oakes
Associate Professor | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Forage Management and Systems
Alessandro Occhialini
Assistant Professor | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Synthetic Plant Biology – Novel Technology Applications
Vince Pantalone
Institute Professor | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Plant Breeder, Soybean Breeder, Plant Geneticist, seed protein, seed fatty acid.
Bruno C. Pedreira
Associate Professor & Director | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Forage-Livestock Systems
Andy Pulte
Distinguished Lecturer And Director | Plant Sciences
Role: Undergraduate Coordinator
Specialty: Horticulture, Public Horticulture
Tyson Brant Raper
Associate Professor | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Cotton and Small Grains
Mitchell Dale Richmond
Assistant Professor | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Tobacco, Hemp, Hops & Specialty Crop Production and Agronomy
Michael Ross
Assistant Professor | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Landscape Architecture, Ecological Landscape Design, Urban Ecology, Sustainability, Resilience
Carl E Sams
Institute Professor | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Specialty Crops Plant Nutrition, Postharvest Physiology
Avat Shekoofa
Associate Professor | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Crop physiology and water management
John Charles Sorochan
Distinguished Professor | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Turfgrass Science, Athletic Field Safety
Amanda Diane Spangler
Lecturer | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Horticulture
Larry Steckel
Professor | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Weed Science, Crop Production Systems
Neal Stewart
Professor & Director | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Plant Molecular Genetics
John Clinton Stier
Associate Dean | Herbert College of Agriculture Administration
Specialty: Turfgrass Science
Virginia Roseanna Sykes
Associate Professor | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Agroecology, Variety Testing
Kellie Jean Walters
Assistant Professor | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Controlled Environment Agriculture, Hydroponic Production, Plant Physiology
Clint Wayman
Assistant Professor | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Sustainable and Ecological Landscape Design
Dennis R West
Professor | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Corn and Wheat Breeding
Annette Lynn Wszelaki
Professor | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Vegetable production, organic and sustainable production, high tunnels, produce safety
Staff
Hafiz Muhammad Khalid Abbas
Post-Doctoral Research Associate | Plant Sciences
Shannon Bowman
Administrative Support Assistant II | Plant Sciences
Gregory K Breeden
Extension Specialist I
Specialty: Weed Control (Turf and Roadsides)
Lauren Carver
Research Technician III | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Horticulture
Victoria Cavaliere
Recruitment And Marketing Specialist | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Meteorology, Science Communication, Broadcast Television
Nicole Coffey
Research Tech-Plant Molecular Nematology | Plant Sciences
