Skip to main content
ARS Home » Southeast Area » Griffin, Georgia » Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit » Docs » S-009 Technical Committee

S-009 Technical Committee
headline bar
Membership List

ADMINISTRATIVE ADVISOR

Bob Stougaard, PhD.
Assistant Dean of Research
College of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences
University of Georgia
107 Conner Hall
147 Cedar Street
Athens, GA 30602
P: (706) 542-2151
C: (706) 201-9842
bob.stougaard@uga.edu

ALABAMA

Charles Chen, PhD.
Auburn University
258 Funchess Hall
Auburn, AL 36849
(334) 844-4100
cyc0002@auburn.edu 

ARKANSAS

James Correll, PhD.
University of Arkansas
Department of Plant Pathology
PTSC 217
Fayetteville, AR 72701
(479) 575-2710
jcorrell@uark.edu 

FLORIDA

Kevin E. Kenworthy, PhD.
University 
of Florida
Institute of Food and Agricultural
Sciences, Agronomy Department
304 Newell Hall
P.O. Box 110965
Gainesville, FL 32611-0965
(352) 262-8719
FAX: 352-392-6110
kenworth@ufl.edu

GEORGIA

Soraya Leal-Bertioli, PhD.
University of Georgia
Plant Pathology Department/
Center for Applied Genetic Technolgies
Weed Science Building
111 Riverbend Rd
Athens, GA 300602
(706) 296-4863
sbertioli@uga.edu

GUAM

Mari Marutani, PhD.
University of Guam
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
CALS Building, Room 318
UOG Station, Mangilao, GU 96923
(671) 735-2131
FAX: 671-734-4600
marutani@uguam.uog.edu

KENTUCKY

Timothy D. Phillips, PhD.
University of Kentucky
Department of Agronomy
325 Plant Science
Building 0312
Lexington, KY 40506
(859) 218-0769
FAX: 859-257-7125
tphillip@uky.edu

LOUISIANA

Don LaBonte, PhD.
Louisiana State University
Department of Horticulture
137 Julian C. Miller Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
(225) 578-1024
FAX: 225-578-1068
dlabonte@agcenter.lsu.edu

MISSISSIPPI

Brian S. Baldwin, PhD.
Mississippi State University
Plant and Soil Sciences
P.O. Box 9555
Mississippi State, MS 39762
(662) 325-8862
FAX: 662-325-8742
bbaldwin@pss.msstate.edu
 

NORTH CAROLINA

Carlos Iglesias, PhD.
North Carolina State University
Crop and Soil Sciences
272 Kilgore Hall
2721 Founders Drive
Raleigh, NC 27607
(919) 515-1211
caiglesi@ncsu.edu

OKLAHOMA

Yanqi Wu, PhD.
Oklahoma State University
Department of Plant & Soil Sciences
368 Agricultural Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078-6028
(405) 744-9627
FAX: 405-744-5269
yanqi.wu@okstate.edu

PUERTO RICO

Carlos Flores Ortega, MS.
University of Puerto Rico
Dept. of Agro-Environmental Sciences
Juana Diaz Research Substation
Road 510 K.m.3.2
Barrio Sabana Llana
Juana Diaz, PR 00795
787-837-3905/6823
CELL: 787-597-2412
carlos.flores3@upr.edu

SOUTH CAROLINA

Rick Boyles, PhD.
Clemson University
PeeDee Research and Education Center
210 Pitner Center
Clemson, SC 29634
(803) 300-1104
rboyles@clemson.edu

TENNESSEE

Virginia R. Sykes, PhD.

University of Tennessee
Department of Plant Sciences
2431 Joe Johnson Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
(865) 974-7285
FAX: 865-974-7997
vsykes@utk.edu

TEXAS

G. Ray Smith, PhD.
Texas A&M University
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
P.O. Box 200
1710 North Highway 3053
Overton, TX 75684
(903) 834-6191
FAX: 903-834-7140
g-smith@tamu.edu

VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)

Thomas W. Zimmerman, PhD.
University of the Virgin Islands
Agricultural Experiment Station
Biotechnology
RR 2, Box 10,000
Kingshill, St. Croix, VI 00850
(340) 692-4074
FAX: 340-692-4035
tzimmer@uvi.edu

VIRGINIA

Bastiaan Bargmann, PhD.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
544 Lathan Hall
20 Ag Quad Lane
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0327
(540) 231-3461
bastiaan@vt.edu

 

 

Ex-Officio

 

Peter K. Bretting, PhD
National Program Leader,
Plant Germplasm
USDA, ARS
Room 4-2211, Mailstop 5139
5601 Sunnyside Avenue
Beltsville, MD 20705-5139
(301) 504-5541
FAX: 301-504-6191
peter.bretting@ars.usda.gov

Mr. Archie Tucker 
Area Director
USDA, ARS
Southeast Area
P.O. Box 225 
Stoneville, MS 38776
(662) 686-5266
FAX: 662-686-5309
archie.tucker
@ars.usda.gov

James Frelichowski, PhD.
USDA, ARS, SPARC
Crop Germplasm Research Unit - Cotton
2881 F&B Road
College Station, TX 77845
(979) 260-9329
FAX: 979-260-9333
james.frelichowski
@ars.usda.gov

Ricardo J. Goenaga, PhD.
USDA, ARS
Nat'l Germplasm Repository
Tropical Agric. Res. Station
P.O. Box 70
Mayaguez, PR 00681-0070
(787) 831-3435 x238
FAX: 787-831-3386
ricardo.goenaga
@ars.usda.gov

L.J. Grauke, PhD.
USDA, ARS
National Germplasm Repository
Pecan Breeding & Genetics
10200 FM50
Somerville, TX 77879
(979) 272-1402
FAX: 979-272-1401
lj.grauke@ars.usda.gov
 

Melanie Harrison, PhD.
Research Leader/Coordinator
USDA, ARS
Plant Genetic Resources
Conservation Unit
1109 Experiment Street
Griffin, GA 30223-1797
(770) 228-7254
FAX: 770-229-3323
melanie.harrison@ars.usda.gov

Ann Stapleton, PhD.
National Program Leader,
USDA, NIFA
Beacon Complex
Kansas City, MO
(816) 274-1942
ann.stapleton@usda.gov

Christian Tobias, PhD.
National Program Leader,
USDA, NIFA
Beacon Complex
Kansas City, MO
(816) 312-7619
christian.tobias@usda.gov