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Core Faculty

	Wayne Bailey Forage and Field Crop Entomology		Bruce Barrett Horticultural & Agroforestry Entomology		Kevin Bradley Weed Science
	Johann Bruhn Research Forest Mycology		Michael Collins Division Director		Georgia Davis Maize Functional Genomics
	James English Molecular Biology & Ecology of Phytophthora		Deborah Finke Insect Ecology; Plant-Insect Interactions		Brad Fresenburg Turfgrass Research & Extension
	Felix Fritschi Crop Physiology		Walter Gassmann Molecular Plant Pathology		Mary Ann Gowdy Floriculture
	Robert Hall Associate Vice Chancellor for Research		Richard Houseman Urban Entomology		Won Kyo Jung Rice Production
	Robert Kallenbach Forage Production & Management		Marc Linit Associate Dean for Research & Extension, CAFNR		John Lory Nutrient Management
	Anne McKendry Wheat Genetics & Breeding		David Mendoza-Cozatl Plant Stress Biology		Jeanne Mihail Fungal Biology & Ecology
	Lee Miller Turfgrass Pathology		Melissa Mitchum Molecular Plant Nematology		Manjula Nathan Soil Testing/Nutrient Management
	Kelly Nelson Grain & Forage Production Systems		Henry Nguyen Molecular Genetics & Soybean Biotechnology		Thomas L. Payne Vice Chancellor and Dean, CAFNR
	Melissa Remley Plant Sciences Instructor		Craig Roberts Forage Quality		Peter Scharf Nutrient Management
	James Schoelz Plant Virology		Jack Schultz Director, Bond Life Sciences Center		J. Grover Shannon Soybean Breeding
	Robert (Bob) Sharp Plant Physiology		Robert Sites Systematic & Aquatic Entomology		Reid Smeda Weed Science
	Qisheng Song Molecular Insect Physiology		Gary Stacey Soybean Biotechnology		Christopher Starbuck Woody Ornamentals
	William (Gene) Stevens Crop Production/Soils		Laura Sweets Field Crop Diseases		Andrew Thomas Horticulture
	David Trinklein Floriculture		Michele Warmund Fruit Crops		William (Bill) Wiebold Corn & Soybean Management
	James Wrather Field Crop Disease Management		Xi Xiong Turfgrass Science		Zhanyuan Zhang Plant Genetic Engineering

Adjunct Faculty

	Stephen Anderson Environmental Soil Physics		Prakash Arelli Crop Genetics & Production		Brenda Beerntsen Medical-Veterinary Entomology
	Jennifer Benne Genetics		Paul Beuselinck Plant Genetics		Kristin Bilyeu Soybean Seed Quality
	David Burner Agroforestry		Edgar Cahoon Molecular Plant Biology		Tom Coudron Insect Biochemistry
	Claude Fauquet Tropical Agricultural Biotechnology		Sherry Flint-Garcia Plant Genetics		Sanjun Gu State Horticulture
	Perry Gustafson Plant Breeding & Genetics		Eliot Herman Modification of Soybean Proteins		Bruce Hibbard Host-Plant Resistance/Resistance Management
	Jong Chan Hong Molecular Plant Biology & Functional Genomics		Chin-Feng Hwang Grape Genetics and Breeding		Newell Kitchen Cropping Systems/Soil Science
	Laszlo Kovacs Molecular Grape Pathology		Robert Kremer Soil Microbiology & Biochemistry		Hari Krishnan Soybeen Seed Composition
	Robert Lawrence Forest Insect Management		Art McIntosh Insect Virology		Michael McMullen Maize Genetics
	Peter Motavalli Soil Nutrient Management		Robert L. Myers Alternative Crops		Mel Oliver Plant Genetics
	Holly Popham Insect Virology & Molecular Biology		Wenping Qiu Molecular Plant Virology		Daniel Schachtman Molecular Plant Physiology
	Mary Schaeffer (Polacco) Maize Bioinformatics		Kent Shelby Molecular Biology		David Stanley Insect Immunology & Insect Biochemistry
	Chris Taylor Molecular Nematology		Paul Tracy Agronomic Production		Leszek Vincent Medicinal Plant Science & Plant Systematics
	John Walker Molecular & Cellular Plant Biology		Oliver Yu Plant Genetic Engineering

Research Scientists

	Heidi Appel Plant-Insect Interactions		Saikat Bhattacharjee Plant-Pathogen Interactions		Laurent Brechenmacher Molecular Biology
	Rajesh Kumar		Marc Libault Soybean Functional Genomic		M.S. Pathan Genetics and Molecular Breeding
	Terrell Stamps Entomology; Ecology & Behavior		Minviluz Stacey		Babu Valliyodan
	Tri D. Vuong Molecular Genetics & Soybean Breeding		Jinrong Wan		Mineo Yamaguchi Plant Physiology
	Xiaoyan Yin Plant Genetic Engineering

Emeritus Faculty

	Sam Anand		Dale Blevins		Michael Chippendale
	Arun Chatterjee		Edward Coe		Larry Darrah
	John Dunn		Armon Keaster		Gary Krause
	Roger Mitchell		C. Jerry Nelson		Gerry Neuffer
	Anton Novacky		Ben Puttler		David Sleper