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Graduate Program: Research Faculty
Meet our graduate research faculty! Areas of research emphases include various aspects of animal physiology (ruminant and monogastric nutrition, reproduction, stress and obesity) and health and well-being (immunology, genomics, microbiology, and pre-harvest food safety), with an emphasis on agriculturally-important species.
If you are a prospective graduate student, please review this list of the graduate research faculty for determining if any are engaged in research that is of interest to you. Assuming that several may be, please feel free to contact each individual directly to determine 1) if they are available to serve as your graduate mentor and 2) if they have any opportunities for part-time employment or know of other types of financial assistance that may be available as you pursue your graduate studies.
Please note that every effort should be made to contact and “get to know” our individual graduate research faculty for eventual selection of a graduate mentor. Doing so is of utmost importance for success in any graduate program. Any/all among our graduate research faculty would be able to provide you with the much-needed assistance/guidance should you submit an application or enroll after acceptance into our MS or PhD program. An asterisk (*) indicates an individual is approved to direct doctoral research.
Dr. J. Lannett Edwards*
Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director
Professional Interests: Reproductive Physiology and Embryology
Contact Information: 2640 Morgan Circle Drive,
102 McCord Hall,
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
Phone: (865) 974-7286
Fax: (865) 946-1010
Email: jedwards@utk.edu
Dr. James Godkin*
Professor
Professional Interests: Reproductive Physiology
Contact Information: 2640 Morgan Circle Drive,
105 McCord Hall,
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
Phone: (865) 974-7255
Fax: (865) 974-7297
Email: jgodkin@utk.edu
Dr. Richard Heitmann*
Professor, Undergraduate Program Coordinator
Professional Interests: Dairy Nutrition
Contact Information: 2640 Morgan Circle Drive,
114b McCord Hall,
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
Phone: (865) 974-3154
Fax: (865) 974-7297
Email: rheitman@utk.edu
Dr. Henry G. Kattesh*
Professor
Professional Interests: Animal Health and Well-Being
Contact Information: 2640 Morgan Circle Drive,
201b McCord Hall,
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
Phone: (865) 974-7250
Fax: (865) 974-9043
Email: hkattesh@utk.edu
Dr. Peter D. Krawczel
Assistant Professor
Professional Interests: Behavior and Welfare of Dairy Cows
Contact Information: 2640 Morgan Circle Drive, 201E McCord Hall, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
Phone: (865) 974-8741 Fax: (865) 974-9043 Email: pkrawcze@utk.edu
Dr. Cheryl J. Kojima*
Associate Professor
Professional Interests: Animal Genetics and Genomics
Contact Information: 2640 Morgan Circle Drive,
114d McCord Hall,
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
Phone: (865) 974-5597
Fax: (865) 974-7297
Email: ckojima@utk.edu
Dr. Jun Lin*
Associate Professor
Professional Interests: Infectious Diseases.
Contact Information: 2640 Morgan Circle Drive,
51a McCord Hall,
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
Phone: (865) 974-5598
Fax: (865) 974-7297
Email: jlin6@utk.edu
Dr. Naima Moustaid-Moussa*
Professor
Professional Interests: Adipocyte Biology, Endocrinology, Adipokines; The Renin Angiotensin System; Obesity-Diabetes-Insulin resistance-Hypertension; Genomics and Proteomics; Nutrient-Gene Interactions. Animal Models.
Contact Information: 2640 Morgan Circle Drive,
201L McCord Hall,
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
Phone: (865) 974-6255
Fax: (865) 974-9043
Email: moustaid@utk.edu
Dr. Gina M. Pighetti*
Associate Professor
Professional Interests: Animal Health and Well-Being
Contact Information: 2640 Morgan Circle Drive,
114b McCord Hall,
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
Phone: (865) 974-7225
Fax: (865) 974-7297
Email:pighetti@utk.edu
Dr. Justin Rhinehart
Assistant Professor
Professional Interests:
Contact Information: 5201 Marchant Drive,
Nashville, TN 37211-5201
Phone: (615) 835-4561
Fax: (615) 832-0043
Email: jrhineh3@utk.edu
Dr. Kelly R. Robbins*
Professor
Professional Interests: Research interests include amino acid, protein, & energy nutrition of nonruminants and the interaction of nutrition & other environmental factors on growth, development, & productivity.
Contact Information: 2640 Morgan Circle Drive,
201f McCord Hall,
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
Phone: (865) 974-3124
Fax: (865) 974-9043
Email: krobbins@tennessee.edu
Dr. Arnold Saxton*
Professor
Professional Interests: Statistics, statistical genomics, experimental design, systems biology, microarray data analysis, genetic improvement.
Contact Information: 2640 Morgan Circle Drive,
201a McCord Hall,
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
Phone: (865) 974-2887
Fax: (865) 974-9043
Email: asaxton@utk.edu
Dr. F. Neal Schrick*
Professor
Professional Interests: Reproductive Physiology and Endocrinology
Contact Information: 2640 Morgan Circle Drive,
61 McCord Hall,
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
Phone: (865) 974-3147
Fax: (865) 974-7297
Email: fschrick@utk.edu
Dr. Michael O. Smith*
Professor, Scholarship Coordinator
Professional Interests: Poultry Nutrition
Contact Information: 2640 Morgan Circle Drive,
201c McCord Hall,
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
Phone: (865) 974-7254
Fax: (865) 974-9043
Email: mosmith@utk.edu
Dr. Brynn H. Voy*
Associate Professor
Professional Interests: Adipose Tissue, Obesity, Adipokine, Genomics and
Gene Networks
Contact Information: 2640 Morgan Circle Drive,
51f McCord Hall,
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
Phone: (865) 974-3130
Fax: (865) 974-7297
Email: bhvoy@utk.edu
Dr. John C. Waller*
Associate Professor
Professional Interests: Beef Nutrition
Contact Information: 2640 Morgan Circle Drive,
51c McCord Hall,
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
Phone: (865) 974-3150
Fax: (865) 974-7297
Email: jwaller@utk.edu