Athens Extension Specialists


Production Horticulturist/Organic

Timothy Coolong Professor, Extension Specialist, SARE State Coordinator; Emphasis: Vegetable production
Horticulture Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program - Southern Region

Food Safety Specialist

Laurel Dunn Assistant Professor and Extension Coordinator
Food Science & Technology

Athens Research Faculty


Organic Production

Kate Cassity-Duffey Assistant Professor; Emphasis: Organic production
Horticulture

Controlled Environment Horticulture

Rhuanito Soranz Ferrarezi Associate Professor; Emphasis: Controlled environment horticulture
Horticulture

Cucurbit Breeder

Cecilia E. McGregor Professor; Emphasis: Cucurbit breeding, genetics & genomics
Horticulture Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)

Ripening and Post-Harvest Physiology

Savithri Nambeesan Associate Research Scientist; Emphasis: Ripening & post-harvest physiology
Horticulture

Tomato Breeder

Esther van der Knaap Professor; Emphasis: Tomatoes, plant development, genetics & genomics
Horticulture Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)

Griffin Extension Specialist


Consumer Fruits and Vegetables

Bob Westerfield Senior Public Service Associate
Horticulture

Griffin Research Faculty


Controlled Environment Plant Breeder

Andrew Ogden Assistant Professor
Horticulture Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)

Tifton Extension Specialists


Weed Scientist

Stanley Culpepper Professor - Extension Weed Scientist
Crop & Soil Sciences National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory (NESPAL)

Postharvest Horticulturist

Angelos Deltsidis Assistant Professor & Post-harvest Extension Specialist; Emphasis: Post-harvest fruit & vegetables physiology
Horticulture

Plant Pathologist

Bhabesh Dutta Associate Professor and Extension Vegetable Disease Specialist
Plant Pathology

Economist

Esendugue Greg Fonsah Professor and REI Coordinator
Agricultural & Applied Economics

Public Service Assistant

Guy Hancock Public Service Assistant
Agricultural & Applied Economics

Team Leader & Extension Horticulturist

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

Precision Agriculture

Luan Oliveira Assistant Professor and Precision Ag Extension Specialist
Horticulture

Sustainability Specialist

Taylor Randell Singleton Assistant Professor | Extension Sustainability Specialist
Crop & Soil Sciences

Entomologist

Tifton Research Faculty


Virologist

Sudeep Bag Assistant Professor- Crop Virology
Plant Pathology

Nemotologist

Intiaz Amin Chowdhury Assistant Professor of Cotton and Vegetable Crop Nematology
Plant Pathology

Research Horticulturist

Juan Carlos Diaz-Perez Professor; Emphasis: Vegetable production & plasticulture
Horticulture

Plant Molecular Diagnostic Lab

Alejandra Maria Jimenez Madrid Director- Plant Molecular Diagnostic Lab
Plant Pathology

Vegetable Breeding

Amol Nankar Assistant Professor; Emphasis: vegetable breeding
Horticulture Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)

Entomologist

David G Riley Emeritus Professor
Entomology

Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition Specialist

Henry Y. Sintim Assistant Professor
Crop & Soil Sciences