Tifton Campus Personnel Directory

Mark Abney Associate Professor

mrabney@uga.edu 229-386-3097

Sudeep Bag Associate Professor- Crop Virology

sudeepbag@uga.edu 229-386-3042

Chuck Bargeron Senior Public Service Associate & Director

cbargero@uga.edu 229-386-3298

Apurba Barman Assistant Professor

abarman@uga.edu 229-386-3374

Saumik Basu Assistant Professor

sb13024@uga.edu 229-386-3216

Lisa Baxter Assistant Professor and State Forage Specialist

baxterl@uga.edu 229-386-3459

Akshaya Biswal Assistant Research Scientist; Emphasis: Peanut Genetics, Breeding, Genomics, Genetic Engineering & Genome Editing

akbiswal@uga.edu 229-386-7274

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

Nino Brown Assistant Professor of Peanut Breeding

inbrown@uga.edu 229-386-3561

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

pwchee@uga.edu 229-386-7274

Intiaz Amin Chowdhury Assistant Professor of Cotton and Vegetable Crop Nematology

Intiaz.Chowdhury@uga.edu 229-386-3178

Ye (Juliet) Chu Assistant Professor, Emphasis: Blueberry breeding

ychu@uga.edu 229-386-3583

David C. Clabo Assistant Professor

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

Josh Clevenger Faculty Investigator | HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology

jclevenger@hudsonalpha.org 256-327-0464

Joann Conner Associate Research Scientist; Emphasis: Apomixis, plant reproduction

jconner@uga.edu 229-386-7274

Patrick J. Conner Professor & Tifton REI Coordinator; Emphasis: Pecan & muscadine 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 & Post-harvest Extension Specialist; Emphasis: Post-harvest fruit & vegetables physiology

adeltsidis@uga.edu 229-386-7495

Juan Carlos Diaz-Perez Professor; Emphasis: Vegetable production (conventional, organic & sustainable); plasticulture; environmental physiology

jcdiaz@uga.edu 229-391-6861

Claudia Dunkley Public Service Associate

cdunkley@uga.edu 229-386-3363

Bhabesh Dutta Professor and Extension Vegetable Disease Specialist

bhabesh@uga.edu 229-386-7495

Vasilia Fasoula Adjunct Assistant Research Scientist and Consultant

vfasoula@uga.edu 917-684-9906

Esendugue Greg Fonsah Professor and REI Coordinator

gfonsah@uga.edu 229-386-3512

Timothy Lane Grey Professor

tgrey@uga.edu 229-386-7239

Guy Hancock Public Service Assistant

ghancock@uga.edu 229-386-7275

Camp Hand Assistant Professor

camphand@uga.edu 229-386-3366

Wayne W Hanna Professor Emeritus

whanna@uga.edu 229-386-3184

Alejandra Maria Jimenez Madrid Director- Plant Molecular Diagnostic Lab

a.jimenez@uga.edu 229-386-3372

Robert C Kemerait Jr Professor

kemerait@uga.edu 229-386-3355

Joseph LaForest Public Service Associate

laforest@uga.edu 229-386-3298

Yangxuan Liu Associate Professor

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

Ted McAvoy Assistant Professor & Vegetable Production Extension Specialist; Emphasis: Vegetable production

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

Elizabeth McCarty Forest Health Outreach Specialist

elizabeth.mccarty@uga.edu 706-389-9725

Walter Scott Monfort Professor

smonfort@uga.edu 229-386-3696

J.Michael Moore Extension Agronomist - Tobacco

jmmoore@uga.edu 229-386-3006

Amol Nankar Assistant Professor; Emphasis: vegetable breeding

amolnankar@uga.edu 229-386-7274

Jonathan E. Oliver Associate Professor - Fruit Pathologist

jonathanoliver@uga.edu 229-386-3036

Peggy Ozias-Akins Distinguished Research Professor; Emphasis: Molecular genetics of plant development, peanuts

pozias@uga.edu 229-386-3902

Laxmi Pandey Plant Disease Diagnostician

lp63923@uga.edu 229-386-3355

Luan Oliveira Assistant Professor and Precision Ag Extension Specialist

luan@uga.edu 229-386-3377

Cristiane Pilon Associate 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

Phillip Marion Roberts Extension Entomologist - Cotton

proberts@uga.edu 229-386-3835

Zilfina Rubio Ames Assistant Professor and Small Fruit Extension Specialist; Emphasis: Blueberry, small fruits

Zilfina.RubioAmes@uga.edu 229-386-7495

M'Randa Sandlin Academic Professional Associate

mranda.sandlin@uga.edu 229-386-3558

Jason Schmidt Associate Professor

jschmid2@uga.edu 229-386-3374

Brian M Schwartz Professor

tifturf@uga.edu 229-386-3272

Nicholas John Shay Assistant Professor

njs40075@uga.edu 229-472-7425

Taylor Randell Singleton Assistant Professor | Extension Sustainability Specialist

trandell@uga.edu 229-472-7425

Henry Y. Sintim Assistant Professor

hsintim@uga.edu 229-386-3555

Amanda R Smith Senior Public Service Associate

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

John L Snider Professor

jlsnider@uga.edu 229-386-7197

Alton N Sparks Professor

asparks@uga.edu 229-386-3835

Nobuko Sugimoto Assistant Professor

Nobuko.Sugimoto@uga.edu (229) 386-3680

Mary Sutton Assistant Professor & Citrus Extension Specialist; Emphasis: Citrus production

mary.sutton25@uga.edu

Miaoying Tian Ji/Georgia Vegetable Industry Distinguished Professorship in Plant Pathology; Associate Professor

mtian@uga.edu 229-386-3160

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

Lenny Wells Professor & Pecan Extension Specialist; Emphasis: Pecans

lwells@uga.edu 229-386-7495

Faculty

Tifton Campus Faculty