Crop & Soil Sciences: Personnel
Staff
Athens Campus
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Georgi Austin,
Senior Accountant Manages fiscal and financial affairs for the department. Provides account oversight for all locations. Serves as liaison between department and CAES Business Office, Contracts & Grants, Sponsored Programs, Expenditure Control, Accounts Payable, Accounting, Payroll and Bursar’s Office. Manages sales and services accounts, disbursement of funds, fiscal year opening & closing. P-card Manager, assists with budget development, graduate assistantships and accounting access for faculty & staff. Authorizes various requests for payments and services. Location: Phone: 706/542-0907 Email: austing@uga.edu |
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Ryan Baerne, Research Technician III Location: Plant Science Farm Phone: 706/769-6578 Email: rbaerne@uga.edu |
| Bochra Bahri Location: Devos Lab Phone: 706/542-0911 Email: bbahri@uga.edu |
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| Ailie Byers, Administrative Manager II Location: Plant Genome Mapping Lab Phone: 706/583-0166 Email: ailie@uga.edu |
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Gina Bishop, Research Professional II Insect screening, data analysis Location: Agronomy Seed Lab Phone: 706/227-7953 Email: growan@uga.edu |
| Ken Bradshaw, Research Technician III Location: Phone: 706/542-3708 Email: jbradsha@uga.edu |
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Pamela Brown, Administrative Manager II Manages the day-to-day activities within the administrative office Location: Phone: 706/542-0900 Email: pjbrown@uga.edu |
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Laura Burris, Administrative Assistant II Location: Phone: 706/542-2461 Email: ldburris@uga.edu |
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Greg Durham, Research Technician III Assists in all areas of the forage utilization and management research program Location: Agronomy Seed Lab Phone: 706/369-5713 Email: gdurham@uga.edu |
| Steve Finnerty, Research Professional I Location: Greenhouse complex Phone: 706/542-8712 Email: slfinn@uga.edu |
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| Sandra Hood, Research Technician II Location: Phone: 706/542-0898 Email: sandrah@uga.edu |
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| Peter Lafayette, Research Professional IV Location: Center for Applied Genetic Technologies Phone: Email: plaf@uga.edu |
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Kurk Lance, Greenhouse Supervisor Oversees operation of the greenhouse/headhouse complex Full Position Description Location: Greenhouse Complex Phone: 706/542-0491 Email: klance@uga.edu |
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Nehru Mantripragada, Research Professional I Pesticide residue analysis and metabolism studies of water, soil and plant tissue in weed sciences, develops GC, HPLC, Purge and Trap Instrumentation techniques for chem. analysis Location: Phone: 706/542-0926 Email: nmantri@uga.edu |
| Jonathan Markham, Research Professional I Location: Agronomy Seed Lab Phone: 706/369-5712 Email: jonboy@uga.edu |
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Mike Mathis, Research Professional I Coordinates field and greenhouse work for herbicide research program Location: Greenhouse Complex Phone: 706/542-9680 Email: dmathis@uga.edu |
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John Rema, Research Professional I Field and lab work related to application of animal manures, particularly poultry litter and a mixture of poultry litter and bedding material, to crop and pasture land Location: Phone: 706/542-0926 or 706/542-0872 Email: jrema@uga.edu |
| Kevin Roach, Research Professional I Location: Phone: 706/542-0918 Email: |
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Vivienne Sturgill, Academic Advisor Assists students from department admission until graduation. Works with student advisors/coordinators and maintains student records/files. Coordinates recruiting efforts for dept. Location: Phone: 706/583-8053 Email: sturgill@uga.edu |
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Trudi Thomas, Research Technician III Lab and greenhouse study of biodiversity in Finger Millet Location: Devos Lab Phone: 706/542-4066 Email: tthomas@uga.edu |
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Donna Tucker, Research Technician III Maintenance of soybean tissue culture Location: Center for Applied Genetic Technologies Phone: 706/542-0916 Email: dotucker@uga.edu |
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Kevin Tucker, Research Technician III Maintains rhizotron and turfgrass facility; evaluates wetting agents and effects of biostimulants, fertilizers, and soil modifiers on root growth of turfgrasses Location: Phone: 706/542-2494 Email: katucker@uga.edu |
| Xuewen Wang, Post Doctoral Associate Location: Devos Lab Phone: 706/542-0377 Email: xwwang@uga.edu |
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Gene Weeks, Research Professional I Writes statistical programs; field work in chemical and environmental aspects of land application of industrial waste products; soil laboratory analysis Location: ICP Lab Phone: 706/227-7993 Email: gweeks@uga.edu |
| Yanling Wei, Lab Manager I Location: Center for Applied Genetic Technologies Phone: Email: yweiuga@uga.edu |
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| Angie Wheless, Administrative Associate II Provides bookkeeping and administrative support for Athens, including payroll, purchasing, check and travel requests, A/R representative for ICP lab, and p-card statement review. Location: Phone: 706/542-9717 Email: awheless@uga.edu |
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Dale Wood, Research Professional II Coordinates work flow for lab, greenhouse, field and winter nursery projects of the soybean breeding and genetics program Location: Agronomy Seed Lab Phone: 706/227-7954 Email: dwood@uga.edu |
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Jennifer Wood, Research Technician III Field, greenhouse and lab work in forage and breeding program Location: Agronomy Seed Lab Phone: 706/227-7127 Email: jkrogers@uga.edu |
| Limin Wu, Research Technician III Location: Devos Lab Phone: 706/542-4066 Email: lmwu@uga.edu |
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| Xiaomei Wu Location: Devos Lab Phone: 706/542-4066 Email: xmwu@uga.edu |
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Xiangyang Xu, Post Doctoral Associate Location: Devos Lab Phone: 706/542-4066 Email: xxu@uga.edu |
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Herb Yeomans, Farm Manager/Research Professional II Manager of Plant Sciences Farm Full Position Description Location: Plant Sciences Farm Phone: 706/769-6578 Email: hyeomans@uga.edu |
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Griffin Campus
| Name / Job Title | Phone | |
| R. Clay Bennett,
Laboratory Technician III |
770/228-7278 | rbenn82@uga.edu |
| Dan Bland, Research Professional II Manages small grain breeding program, including planning and performing cross pollinations, screens segregating populations for diseases and insect pests |
770/228-7345 | dbland@griffin.uga.edu |
| Champunut Chayawat, Education Program Specialist |
770/229-3476 | |
| Rodney Connell,
Research Technician II Maintains turf plots and greenhouse with emphasis on seashore paspalum |
770/228-7249 | rconnel@griffin.uga.edu |
| John Gassett, Research Professional I |
770/233-5500 | |
| J. Mitchell Gilmer, Research Professional I |
770/228-5500 | mgilmer@uga.edu |
| James Hudson, Mechanical Technician II |
770/229-3326 | jhudson@griffin.uga.edu |
| Joseph Krum, Research Professional I |
770/229-3326 | krumjose@uga.edu |
| Junhe Lu, Post Doctoral Associate |
770/228-7332 | |
| Patricia McLaren, Education Program Specialist |
770/228-7289 | |
| Lilian Miranda, Post Doctoral Associate |
770/228-7335 | |
| Liang Mao, Education Program Specialist |
770/228-3302 | |
| William Nutt, Research Professional I |
770/229-3303 | bnutt@griffin.uga.edu |
| Natchaya Pingintha, Education Program Specialist |
770/228-3484 | |
| Steve Sutton, Research Technician III |
770/228-7345 | ssutton@griffin.uga.edu |
| L. Jackie White, research Technician III |
770/228-7249 | lewayne@uga.edu |
| Gary Ware, Research Professional II |
770/233-5500 | |
| Gengsheng Zhang, Post Doctoral Associate |
770/228-7279 |
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Tifton Campus
| Name / Job Title | Phone | |
| Larry Baldree, Research Technician III Field and greenhouse work in grass breeding and cytogenetics |
229/386-3353 | lbaldree@tifton.uga.edu |
| Michael Baldree, Research Technician III |
229/386-3351 | |
| Carolyn Bowman, Research Technician II |
229/386-3360 | |
| Robert E. Brooke, Research Professional I |
229/391-2683 | |
| Anna (Tina) Carter, Research Technician I |
229/386-3563 | |
| Dana Cheek, Research Technician II Lab, field and greenhouse work in crop physiology and NESPAL research |
229/386-7274 | dcheek@uga.edu |
| Shane Conger, Research Professional II |
229/386-7274 | sconger@uga.edu |
| Dudley Cook, Research Professional I Lab, field and greenhouse research in cotton physiology |
229/386-7233 | dudleyc@uga.edu |
| Anton Coy, Research Technician III Plans, organizes, manages and supports variety testing program |
229/386-7093 | coy@uga.edu |
| Sidney Cromer, Research Technician III Plans crop management for research plots, supervises and participates in field operations, assists with sampling water, plant, soil and waste products |
229/386-3190 | srcromer@uga.edu |
| Amy Davis, Research Technician III |
229/386-7238 | |
| Stacy Douglas, Research Technician III |
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| Dustin Dunn, Research Professional I |
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| Yajun He, Research Professional I |
229/386-3477 | |
| Charlie Hilton, Research Technician III Lab, field and greenhouse research in weed science |
229/386-7238 | |
| Marilyn Law, Research Technician III Field and laboratory work in peanut genetics |
229/386-3563 | |
| Edward Lubbers, Research Professional II |
229/386-3829 | |
| Steve McLeod, Research Technician II |
229/386-3351 | |
| Staci Mullis, Senior Secretary |
229/386-3360 | smmullis@uga.edu |
| Josh Olsen, Research Technician II |
229/386-3351 | |
| Jesse Parker, Research Technician III |
229/386-7238 | |
| John Paulk, Research Professional I All aspects of field and lab work in Extension peanut production research |
229/386-3430 | jpaulk3@uga.edu |
| Robert Pippin, Agricultural Research Assistant III All aspects of field and lab work in Extension corn production research |
229/391-2545 | |
| Lola Sexton, Research Technician III Involved in all aspects of field work in cotton physiology research |
229/386-7299 | |
| Lynn Sosnoskie |
229/386-7238 | lynnsos@uga.edu |
| James (Corey) Thompson, Research Technician III |
229/386-3351 | necropsy@uga.edu |
| Suman Veeramasu, Research Technician III |
229/386-3477 | |
| Baohu Wang, Post Doctoral Associate |
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| Amanda Webb, Research Technician III
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229/386-3351 | dela0214@uga.edu |