University of Georgia Turfgrass Team

University of Georgia Turfgrass Team - 2022

Kris Braman, Professor & Department Head Entomology (706) 542 – 2816 kbraman@uga.edu Gary Hawkins, Assistant Professor Crop & Soil Sciences – Water Resource Mngt. (706) 310 – 3526 ghawkins@uga.edu Elizabeth Little, Assistant Professor Plant Pathology – Extension Specialist (706) 542 – 4774 elittle@uga.edu

Athens Campus

Ben Campbell, Assistant Professor Ag & Applied Economics (706) 542 – 0852 bencamp@uga.edu Gerald Henry, Professor Crop & Soil Sciences – Env. Turfgrass Science (706) 542 – 0898 gmhenry@uga.edu Wayne Parrot, Distinguished Research Professor Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics (706) 542 – 0928 wparrott@uga.edu Katrien Devos, Professor Crop & Soil Sciences – Breeding & Genomics (706) 542 – 0925 kdevos@uga.edu Will Hudson, Professor Entomology (229) 386 – 3424 wghudson@uga.edu Andrew H. Paterson, Professor Crop & Soil Sciences – Geneticist (706) 583 – 0162 paterson@uga.edu

Bochra Bahri, Assistant Professor Plant Pathology – Turfgrass (770) 229 – 3004 bbahri@uga.edu Ellen Bauske, Program Coordinator Center for Urban Ag. (770) 233 – 5558 ebauske@uga.edu

MussieHabteselassie,AssociateProfessor Crop & Soil Sciences – Env. Soil Microbiology (770) 229 – 3336 mussieh@uga.edu David Jespesen, Assistant Professor Crop & Soil Sciences – Physiology (770) 228 – 7357 djesper@uga.edu Alfredo Martinez, Professor Plant Pathology – Turfgrass (770) 228 – 7375 amartine@uga.edu Rolando Orellana, Irrigation Specialist Center for Urban Ag. (770) 229 – 6107 jrolando@uga.edu

Gary Burtle, Associate Professor Animal & Dairy Science (229) 386 – 3218 gburtle@uga.edu Karen Harris-Shultz, Research Geneticist USDA – Crop Genetics and Breeding Research (229) 386 – 3906 karen.harris@ars.usda.gov Brian Schwartz, Associate Professor Crop & Soil Sciences – Turfgrass Breeder (229) 386 – 3272 tifturf@uga.edu

Griffin Campus

Jack Huang, Professor Crop & Soil Sciences – Environmental Sciences (770) 220 – 3302 qhuang@uga.edu Shimat Joseph, Assistant Professor Entomology (770) 228 – 7312 svjoseph@uga.edu Patrick McCullough, Associate Professor Crop & Soil Sciences – Weed Science (770) 228 – 7300 pmccull@uga.edu Paul Raymer, Professor Crop & Soil Sciences – Turfgrass Breeder (770) 228 – 7234 praymer@uga.edu

Tifton Campus

Zhenbang Chen,ResearchScientist Crop & Soil Sciences – Turfgrass (770) 228 – 7331 zchen@uga.edu Greg Huber, Training Coordinator Center for Urban Ag. (770) 229 – 3251 ghuber@uga.edu Monique Leclerc, Professor Crop & Soil Sciences – Biomicrometeorology (770) 228 – 7279 mleclerc@uga.edu Brad Morris, Curator USDA – PGRCU (770) 229-3253 brad.morris@usda.gov Clint Waltz, Professor Crop & Soil Sciences – Turfgrass Management (770) 228 – 7300 cwaltz@uga.edu