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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.

EdwardsDr. 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

GodkinDr. 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

HeitmannDr. 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

KatteshDr. 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

KojimaDr. Cheryl J. Kojima

Assistant 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

LinDr. 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

MathewDr. Alan G. Mathew

Professor and Head
Professional Interests: Animal Health and Well-Being
Contact Information: 2640 Morgan Circle Drive, 102 McCord Hall, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
Phone: (865) 974-7286    Fax: (865) 974-7297    Email: amathew@utk.edu

Noustaid-MoussaDr. 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

OliverDr. Stephen P. Oliver

Professor
Professional Interests: Animal Health and Well-Being
Contact Information: 2640 Morgan Circle Drive, 59 McCord Hall, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
Phone: (865) 974-7260    Fax: (865) 974-7297     Email: soliver@tennessee.edu

PighettiDr. 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

RobbinsDr. 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

SaxtonDr. 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

SchrickDr. 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

SmithDr. 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

VoyDr. Brynn H. Voy

Assistant 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

WallerDr. 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