Tifton Campus Personnel Directory

Mark Abney Associate Professor

mrabney@uga.edu 229-386-3097

Emran Ali Assistant Research Scientist (Principal Investigator of Plant Molecular Diagnostic Lab)

emran.ali@uga.edu 229-386-7230

Sudeep Bag Assistant Professor- Crop Virology

sudeepbag@uga.edu 229-386-3042

Chuck Bargeron Senior Public Service Associate & Co-Director

cbargero@uga.edu 229-386-3298

Lisa Baxter Assistant Professor and Extension Forage Agronomist

baxterl@uga.edu 229-386-3459

William D. Branch Georgia Seed Development Professor in Peanut Breeding and Genetics

wdbranch@uga.edu 229-386-3561

Timothy Branner Brenneman Professor, Peanut and Pecan Disease Management

arachis@uga.edu

Jason H. Brock Plant Disease Diagnostician - Row Crops and Commercial Vegetables

jbrock@uga.edu 229-386-7495

Nino Brown Assistant Research Scientist

inbrown@uga.edu 229-386-3561

Corey Bryant Assistant Professor

cjb05175@uga.edu 229-386-3571

Gary J. Burtle Associate Professor

gburtle@uga.edu 229-386-3218

Peng Chee Professor | Cotton Breeding and Genetics, Host- Plant Resistance, Quantitative Trait Loci, Genomics

pwchee@uga.edu 229-386-7274

David C. Clabo Assistant Professor

david.clabo@uga.edu 229-386-3672

Joann Conner Associate Research Scientist; Areas of Interest: Apomixis

jconner@uga.edu 229-386-7274

Patrick J. Conner Professor; Areas of Interest: Pecan breeding

pconner@uga.edu 229-386-3903

D. Barry Croom Professor

dbcroom@uga.edu 229-386-3116

Albert K. Culbreath Professor, Foliar fungal diseases and Tomato spotted wilt of peanut

spotwilt@uga.edu 229-386-3156

Stanley Culpepper Professor - Extension Weed Scientist

stanley@uga.edu 229-386-7274

Angelos Deltsidis Assistant Professor; Area of Interest: Postharvest Physiology

adeltsidis@uga.edu 229-386-7495

Juan Carlos Diaz-Perez Professor; Areas of Interest: Vegetables, plasticulture, protected agricultural technologies, organic production

jcdiaz@uga.edu 229-391-6861

Claudia Dunkley Public Service Associate

cdunkley@uga.edu 229-386-3363

Bhabesh Dutta Associate Professor and Extension Vegetable Disease Specialist

bhabesh@uga.edu 229-386-7495

Esendugue Greg Fonsah Professor

gfonsah@uga.edu 229-386-3512

Timothy Lane Grey Interim Department Head; Professor

tgrey@uga.edu 229-386-7239

Abolfazl Hajihassani Assistant Professor of Nematology - Vegetable Research

abolfazl.hajihassani@uga.edu 229-386-3010

Camp Hand Assistant Professor

camphand@uga.edu 229-386-3366

Wayne W Hanna Professor

whanna@uga.edu 229-386-3184

Glendon H. Harris Professor, Extension Agronomist - Environmental Soil & Fertilizer

gharris@uga.edu 229-386-3006

Darren Henry Assistant Professor

darrenhenry@uga.edu 229-386-3364

Francine Henry Assistant Professor

francine.henry@uga.edu 229-386-3328

Robert C Kemerait Jr Professor

kemerait@uga.edu 229-386-3355

Joseph LaForest Public Service Assistant

laforest@uga.edu 229-386-3298

Yangxuan Liu Assistant Professor

Yangxuan.Liu@uga.edu 229-386-3512

Ted McAvoy Assistant Professor; Area of Interest: Vegetable production

ted.mcavoy@uga.edu 229-386-3806

Elizabeth McCarty Forest Health Outreach Specialist

elizabeth.mccarty@uga.edu 229-386-3298

Walter Scott Monfort Associate Professor

smonfort@uga.edu 229-386-3696

J.Michael Moore Extension Agronomist - Tobacco

jmmoore@uga.edu 229-386-3006

Jonathan E. Oliver Assistant Professor - Fruit Pathologist

jonathanoliver@uga.edu 229-386-3036

Peggy Ozias-Akins D.W. Brooks Professor (Areas of Interest: Molecular genetics of plant development)

pozias@uga.edu 229-386-3902

Cristiane Pilon Assistant Professor - Row Crop Physiology

cpilon@uga.edu 229-386-7274

Wesley Porter Associate Professor

wporter@uga.edu 229-386-7328

Eric P. Prostko Extension Agronomist - Weed Science

eprostko@uga.edu

Glen C. Rains Professor

grains@uga.edu 229-386-3520

David G Riley Professor

dgr@uga.edu 229-386-3374

Phillip Marion Roberts Extension Entomologist - Cotton

proberts@uga.edu 229-386-3835

Zilfina Rubio Ames Assistant Professor; Areas of Interest: Blueberries and small fruits

Zilfina.RubioAmes@uga.edu 229-386-3449

Jason Schmidt Associate Professor

jschmid2@uga.edu 229-386-3374

Brian M Schwartz Associate Professor

tifturf@uga.edu 229-386-3272

Henry Y. Sintim Assistant Professor

hsintim@uga.edu 229-386-3555

Amanda R Smith Public Service Associate

a.smith@uga.edu 229-386-3512

John L Snider Associate Professor

jlsnider@uga.edu 229-386-7197

Alton N Sparks Professor

asparks@uga.edu 229-386-3835

Michael D Toews Assistant Dean, Tifton Campus, Professor

mtoews@uga.edu 229-386-3338

Ronald Scott Tubbs Professor

tubbs@uga.edu 229-386-3360

Jennifer J. Tucker Associate Professor

jjtucker@uga.edu 229-386-3215

George Vellidis University Professor

yiorgos@uga.edu 229-402-1278

Simerjeet Virk Assistant Professor and Extension Precision Ag Specialist

svirk@uga.edu 229-386-3552

Lenny Wells Professor; Areas of Interest: Pecans

lwells@uga.edu 229-386-7495

Faculty

Tifton Campus Faculty