Production Horticulturist/Organic
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Timothy Coolong
Interim ANR Leader, Assistant Dean for Extension | Professor, Extension Specialist, Emphasis: Vegetable
Horticulture
Food Safety Specialist
Organic Production
Controlled Environment Horticulture
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Rhuanito Soranz Ferrarezi
Associate Professor; Emphasis: Controlled environment horticulture
Horticulture
Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture
Cucurbit Breeder
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Cecilia E. McGregor
Professor; Emphasis: Cucurbit breeding, genetics & genomics
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)
Ripening and Post-Harvest Physiology
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Savithri Nambeesan
Associate Research Scientist; Emphasis: Ripening & post-harvest physiology
Horticulture
Tomato Breeder
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Esther van der Knaap
Professor; Emphasis: Tomatoes, plant development, genetics & genomics
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)
Consumer Fruits and Vegetables
Controlled Environment Plant Breeder
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Andrew Ogden
Assistant Professor
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)
Entomologist
Weed Scientist
Stanley Culpepper
Stanley Culpepper
Professor - Extension Weed Scientist
Crop & Soil Sciences
National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory (NESPAL)
Postharvest Horticulturist
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Angelos Deltsidis
Assistant Professor & Post-harvest Extension Specialist; Emphasis: Post-harvest fruit & vegetables physiology
Horticulture
Plant Pathologist
Economist
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Esendugue Greg Fonsah
Professor and REI Coordinator
Agricultural & Applied Economics
Public Service Assistant
Team Leader & Extension Horticulturist
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Ted McAvoy
Assistant Professor & Vegetable Production Extension Specialist; Emphasis: Vegetable production
Horticulture
Precision Agriculture
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Luan Oliveira
Assistant Professor and Precision Ag Extension Specialist
Horticulture
Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture
Sustainability Specialist
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Taylor Randell Singleton
Assistant Professor | Extension Sustainability Specialist
Crop & Soil Sciences
Entomologist
Virologist
IPM Entomologist
Nemotologist
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Intiaz Amin Chowdhury
Assistant Professor of Cotton and Vegetable Crop Nematology
Plant Pathology
Research Horticulturist
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Juan Carlos Diaz-Perez
Professor; Emphasis: Vegetable production (conventional, organic & sustainable); plasticulture; environmental physiology
Horticulture
Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture
Plant Molecular Diagnostic Lab
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Alejandra Maria Jimenez Madrid
Director- Plant Molecular Diagnostic Lab
Plant Pathology
Vegetable Breeding
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Amol Nankar
Assistant Professor; Emphasis: vegetable breeding
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)
Plant Pathologist
Entomologist
Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition Specialist
Horticulture
Plant Pathologist
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Miaoying Tian
Ji/Georgia Vegetable Industry Distinguished Professorship in Plant Pathology; Associate Professor
Plant Pathology