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Faculty	Phone	Office	email	Expertise
Ahmad Aziz	615-963-1595	204 Farrell-Westbrook Complex	aaziz@tnstate.edu	Plant Genetics
Fulya Baysal-Gurel	931-815-5143	155 Otis. L. Floyd Nursery Res. Center	fbaysalg@tnstate.edu	Plant Pathology
Matthew Blair	615-963-7467	Ag Biotech Building	mblair@tnstate.edu	Plant Breeding and Genetics
Charles Dumenyo	615-963-5634	111A CARP Bldg.	cdumenyo@tnstate.edu	Plant Pathology
Samuel Nahashon	615-963-2575	Lawason Hall	snahashon@tnstate.edu	Animal Biotech. and Poultry Nutrition
Christine A. Ondzighi-Assoume	615-963-6334	205BB Lawson W. Hall	condzigh@tnstate.edu	Genetic and Molecular Engineering, and Bioenergy
Ali Tahari	615-963-6056	204F Farrell-Westbrook Complex	atahari1@tnstate.edu	Plant Molecular Genetics and Breeding
Suping Zhou	615-963-2146	Ag Biotech building	zsuping@tnstate.edu	Plant Biotech.