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Team Members

   Nick J. Gawel, Interim Team Coordinator

Rank/Title:

Assistant Dean/Superintendent

Educational Background:

Ph.D., 1989, Texas Tech University

M.S., 1984, Texas Tech University

B.S., 1981, Michigan State University

Field of Specialization:

Crop Science - Genetics Emphasis

Current Research Area:

Plant breeding and genetics

Contact Information:

Otis L. Floyd Nursery Crop Research Center
Tennessee State University
472 Cadillac Lane
McMinnville, TN 37110

Voice:  931.815.5141

E-mail:  gaweln@blomand.net

Biographical Information

  

   Ahmad Naseer Aziz

Rank/Title:

Research Assistant Professor

Educational Background:

Ph.D., 1998, University of New Brunswick

M.Phil., 1991, Quaid-e-Azam University

B.S., 1988, Barani Agricultural College

Field of Specialization:

Molecular Genetics/Plant Tissue Culture

Current Research Area:

DNA analyses of medicinal plant cultivars

Contact Information:

Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research
Tennessee State University
3500 John A. Merritt Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37209-1561

Voice:  615.963.1595

E-mail:  aaziz@tnstate.edu

  

   Sarabjit M. Bhatti

Rank/Title:

Research Associate

Educational Background:

M.S., 1978, Ranchi University

B.S., 1977, Ranchi University

Field of Specialization:

Biology

Current Research Areas:

Molecular biology

Tissue culture

Contact Information:

Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research
Tennessee State University
3500 John A. Merritt Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37209-1561

Voice:  615.963.5320

E-mail:  sbhatti@tnstate.edu

  

   C. Korsi Dumenyo

Rank/Title:

Research Assistant Professor

Educational Background:

Ph.D., 2000, University of Missouri-Columbia

M.S., 1994, Tuskegee University

B.S., 1990, University of Ghana, Legon

Field of Specialization:

Genetics of plant-microbe interaction

Current Research Area:

Regulation of virulence in plant pathogenic bacteria

Contact Information:

Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research
Tennessee State University
3500 John A. Merritt Blvd., Box 9610
Nashville, TN 37209-1561

Voice, Office:  615.963.5634

Voice, Lab:  615.963.1884

E-mail:  cdumenyo@tnstate.edu

  

   William F. Hayslett

Rank/Title:

Assistant Professor

Educational Background:

M.S., 1975, Tennessee State University

B.S., 1973, Tennessee State University

Field of Specialization:

Agricultural Sciences/Plant Science

Current Research Area:

Cultural Practices

       -   Media

       -   Nutrition

Contact Information:

Department of Agricultural Sciences
Tennessee State University
3500 John A. Merritt Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37209-1561

Voice:  615.963.5438

E-mail:  whayslett@tnstate.edu

  

   Roger J. Sauve

Rank/Title:

Research Professor

Educational Background:

Ph.D., 1978, University of Florida

M.S., 1972, University of Florida

B.S., 1969, University of Florida

A.A., 1965, Miami Dade Junior College

Field of Specialization:

Plant Pathology

Current Research Areas:

Plant breeding

Plant evaluation

Contact Information:

Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research
Tennessee State University
3500 John A. Merritt Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37209-1561

Voice:  615.963.5828

E-mail:  rsauve@tnstate.edu

  

   Suping Zhou

Rank/Title:

Research Assistant Professor

Educational Background:

Ph.D., 1998, Naijing Agricultural University

M.S., 1988, Shandong Agricultural University

B.S., 1985, Hebei Agricultural University

Field of Specialization:

Crop Science, Molecular Genetics

Current Research Area:

Genetic transformation of Japanese flowering cherries

Contact Information:

Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research
Tennessee State University
3500 John A. Merritt Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37209-1561

Voice:  615.963.7481

E-mail:  szhou@tnstate.edu