Apr 04, 2025  
2019-2021 Graduate Catalog 
    
2019-2021 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Graduate Faculty


Karla Addesso, Assistant Professor
B.S. 2002, The College of New Jersey; Ph.D., 2007, University of Florida

Kaushalya G. Amarasekare, Assistant Professor                                                                  B.S., 1993, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; M.S., 2002, Oklahoma State University, Ph.D., 2007, University of Florida

Reginald Archer, Assistant Professor                                                                                    B.S., 1996; M.S., 2005, University of Florida; Ph.D., 2013, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Christine A. Ondzighi-Assoume, Assistant Professor                                                            B.S., 1995, M.S., 1996, D.E.A, 1998, Ph.D. with Honors 2003, University of Rouen, France.

Ahmad N. Aziz, Professor                                                                                                      B.S., 1988, Barani Agricultural College; M. Phil, 1991, Quaid-e-Azam University; Ph.D., 1998, University of New Brunswick

Matthew W. Blair, Associate Professor                                                                                  B.S., 1987, Cornell University; M.S., 1993, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Puerto Rico; Ph.D., 1997, Cornell University

Carolyn Boykins-Winrow, Assistant Professor                                                                       M.S. 1988, Tennessee State University; Ph.D., 2001, Michigan State University

Richard Browning, Jr., Professor
B.S., 1989 Prairie View A&M University; M.S. 1992, Ph.D., 1994; Texas A & M University

Thomas W. Broyles, Associate Professor                                                                              B.S., 1994, M.S., 2000, Ph.D., 2004, Virginia Tech.

Fitzroy D. Bullock, Professor
B.S., 1973, Loma Linda University; M.S., 1975, Tennessee State University; Ph.D., 1980, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Fulya Baysal-Gurel, Assistant Professor                                                                                B.S., 1994, M.S., 1997, Ph.D., 2003, Cukurova University, Turkey.

Arvazena Clardy, Associate Professor
B.S., 1989, Tennessee State University; M.S., 1993, Tennessee State University; Ph.D., 1999, Alabama A & M University

Fur-Chi Chen, Professor
B.S., 1987, Chung Shan Medical & Dental College, Taiwan; M.S., 1994, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Ph.D., 1998, Auburn University

Jason P. de Koff, Associate Professor
B.S., 2000, Ithaca College; M.S., 2004, UC Riverside; Ph.D., 2008, Purdue University

Sam O. Dennis, Associate Professor
B.S., 1978, Middle Tennessee State University; M.S., 1980, Tennessee State University; Ph.D., 1999, Alabama A&M University

Korsi Dumenyo, Associate Professor
B.S., 1990, University of Ghana, Legon; M.S., 1994, Tuskegee University; Ph.D., 2000, University of Missouri

Emmanuel Kudjo Dzantor, Associate Professor
B.S., 1974, University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; MS, 1978; Ph.D. 1980, University of Wisconsin

Enefiok Ekanem, Professor
B.S., 1981, Ohio University, M. A., 1983, Ohio University, M. A.,1986, Ohio University, M. S. 1987, Ohio University, Ph. D. 1992, University of Minnesota

Aliyar Fouladkhah, Assistant Professor                                                                                B.S., 2007, National University of Iran; M.S., 2009, Colorado State University; Ph.D.,  2013, Colorado State University; MPH, 2014, Yale University.

Sky Georges, Assistant Professor                                                                                        B.A., 2011, M.S., 2013, Ph.D., 2018, University of Florida 

Solomon Haile, Associate Professor
B.S., 1993, Alemaya Agricultural University; M.S., 1997, Wageningen University; Ph.D., 2007, University of Florida

Lim, Kar Ho, Assistant Professor                                                                                          B.S. 2004, University of Kentucky; M.S., 2009, University of Kentucky; Ph.D., 2012, University of Kentucky. 

Makonnen Lema, Associate Professor
B.S., 1977 Haile Selassie University; M.S., 1980, Addis Ababa University; Ph.D., 1994, Oklahoma State University

Aditya Khanal, Assistant Professor                                                                                        B.S., 2007, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, M.S.,  2010, Louisiana State University, M.A., 2012, Virginia Tech, M.S., 2014, Louisiana State University, Ph.D., 2015, Louisiana State University. 

Jianwei Li, Assistant Professor
B.S. 2001, China Agricultural University; Ph.D., 2009, Duke University

Lan Li, Assistant Professor
B.S.,1998, Tianjin Polytechnic University; M.S., 2001, China Agricultural University; Ph.D., 2007, University of California, Davis.

Jianwei Li, Assistant Professor                                                                                              B.S. 2001, China Agricultural University; Ph.D., 2009, Duke University

Prabodh Illukpitiya, Associate Professor
B.S., University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; M.S., Norwegian University of Life Sciences; Ph.D., University of Hawai’i at Manoa.

Agnes Kilonzo-Nthenge, Associate Professor
B.S., 1992, University of Eastern Africa, Kenya; M.S. 1997, Tuskegee University; Ph.D., 2003, Auburn University

Margaret T. Mmbaga, Professor
B.S., 1974; M.S., 1976, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Ph.D., 1980, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Dilip Nandwani, Associate Professor
B.S. 1985, University of Jodhpur; MS, 1987, University of Jodhpur; Ph.D., 1991, University of Jodhpur

Samuel Nahashon, Professor
B.S., 1987, Andrews University; M.S., 1990, Tuskegee University; Ph.D., 1994, Oregon State University

Jason Oliver, Associate Professor
B.S., 1987, M.S., 1990, University of Tennessee; Ph.D., 1999, Auburn University.

Ankit Patras, Assistant Professor
B.S. 2002, Allahabad Agriculture Institute; India; MS, 2004, Ph.D., 2009, University College DublinTrojan Technologies & University of Guelph, Canada.

Dharma S. Pitchay, Associate Professor
B.Sc. 1981, Agriculture University of Malaysia, M.S., 1997, West Virginia University, Ph.D., 2002, North Carolina State University.

Bharat Pokharel, Assistant Professor                                                                                                                                                                BSc. Hons., 1998; Australian National University, Ph.D., 2008, Michigan Technological University

Sudipta Rakshit, Assistant Professor
BSc., 1997, University of Calcutta; MSc., 1999, University of Calcutta; M.S., 2002, University of Iowa; Ph.D., 2006, University of Kentucky.

Ramasamy Ravi, Assistant Professor                                                                                    BSc., 1987, Madurai Kamaraj University, India; MSc., 1997, Ph.D., 2006, University of Mysore, India

Chandra Reddy, Professor, Dean, and Director of Land Grant Programs
B.S., Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University; M.Sc. - Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University; Ph.D. University of Florida

John Ricketts, Associate Professor
B.S. 1996, Middle Tennessee State University; M.V.T.E., 2000, Middle Tennessee State University; Ph.D., 2003, University of Florida

Yongming (Simon) Sang, Associate Professor                                                                      B.S., 1987, Anhui Science and Technology University, China; D.Sc., 1996, Nanjing Agricultural University, China; Ph.D., 2008, Kansas State University

Roger J. Sauve, Research Professor
B.S., 1970, M.S.,1972, Ph.D., 1978, University of Florida

Hongwei Si, Associate Professor                                                                                          DVM, 1995, Gansu Agricultural University, MS, 1998, Gansu Agricultural University, Ph.D., 2007, Virginia Tech.

George Smith, Assistant Professor
B.L.A., 1975, University of Toronto; M.A. (Planning), 1990, University of Waterloo; Ph.D., 2001, University of Guelph (Canada)

Fisseha Tegegne, Professor
B.A. 1973, Haile Selassie I University; M.S., 1977, University of Strathclyde; Ph.D., 1990, Michigan State University

William Sutton, Assistant Professor
B.S. 2002, Wheeling Jesuit University; M.S., 2004, Marshall University, Ph.D., 2010, Alabama A&M University.

Ali Taheri, Assistant Professor
MSc in Horticulture, 2000, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran; Ph.D. in Plant Molecular Biology 2009, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Anthony Witcher, Assistant Professor                                                                                    B.S., 1998, Louisiana Tech University; M.S., 2003, Louisiana State University, Ph.D., 2013, University of Southern Mississippi 

Ying Wu, Associate Professor
B.S., 1991, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University (P.R. China); M.S., 1994, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University (P.R. China);M.S., 2000, University of Guelph (Canada); Ph.D., 2010, University of Guelph (Canada)

De’Etra Young, Assistant Professor
B.S. 2004, Southern University and A&M College; M.S., 2006, Ph.D., 2010, Texas A&M University

Suping Zhou, Professor
B.S., 1985, Hebei Agricultural University, China; M.S., China; 1988, Shandong Agricultural University; Ph.D., 1998, Naijing Agricultural University, China