Horticultural Sciences

On-Campus Faculty Directory

Faculty may be reached at the listed phone numbers. All area codes are (352) unless indicated.

Name	Title	Specialization	Phone Number	E-mail
Balmant, Kelly	Assistant Professor	Bioinformatics and Transformation	294-7546	balmant@ufl.edu
Basset, Gilles J.	Associate Professor	Biochemical Genetics	273-4808	gbasset@ufl.edu
Boehlein, Susan	Research Assistant Professor	Biochemical Genetics	392-3991	sboehlei@ufl.edu
Baysal, Can	Assistant Professor	Virus-Mediated Genome Engineering	273-4354	can.baysal@ufl.edu
Brecht, Jeffrey K.	Professor Extension Specialist	Postharvest Biology	273-4778	jkbrecht@ufl.edu
Chaparro, Jose X.	Associate Professor	Breeding Genetics	562-3076	jaguey58@ufl.edu
Chase, Carlene A.	Associate Professor	Weed Science	273-4770	cachase@ufl.edu
Dittmar, Peter J.	Associate Professor Extension Specialist	Weed Science	273-4771	pdittmar@ufl.edu
Febres, Vincente	Research Assistant Scientist	Breeding Genetics	273-4799	vjf@ufl.edu
Ferl, Robert J.	Distinguished Professor, Assistant Vice President for Research	Molecular Genetics	273-4835	robferl@ufl.edu
Ferrão, Felipe	Research Assistant Scientist	Blueberry Breeding Statistical Genetics	392-1928	lferrao@ufl.edu
Folta, Kevin M.	Professor	Plant Physiology Molecular Biology	273-4766	kfolta@ufl.edu
Guan, Jiahn-Chou	Research Associate Professor	Plant Physiology Strigolactones	273-8118	guanjc@ufl.edu
Gunter, Christopher	Chair Professor		294-6795	cc.gunter@ufl.edu
Hanson, Andrew D.	Professor Griffin Eminent Scholar	Stress Physiology	273-4856	adha@ufl.edu
Hoffmann Jr., Leo	Associate Scientist	Potato Breeding	273-4766	hoffmannleo@ufl.edu
Huo, Heqiang	Associate Professor	Plant Biotechnology Plant Molecular Developmental Biology	392-1928	hhuo@ufl.edu
Kim, Jeongim	Associate Professor	Plant Hormones Secondary Metabolism	273-4779	jkim6@ufl.edu
Koch, Karen E.	Professor	Plant Physiology Molecular Biology	273-4833	kekoch@ufl.edu
Liebowitz, Dina M	Plant Science Program Director	Experiential Education Agroecology	392-1040	dinalieb@ufl.edu
Liu, Guodong "David"	Associate Professor Extension Specialist	Plant Physiology Crop Nutrient Management	273-4814	guodong@ufl.edu
Liu, Tie	Assistant Professor Undergraduate Advisor	Postharvest Genomics	846-2638	tieliu@ufl.edu
McCarty, Donald R.	Professor	Seed Physiology	273-4846	drm@ufl.edu
Merchant, Amethyst	Lecturer		273-4595	amethyst@ufl.edu
Messina, Carlos D	Professor	Predictive Breeding	273-4862	cmessina@ufl.edu
Munoz, Patricio R	Associate Professor	Blueberry Breeding and Genomics	273-4837	p.munoz@ufl.edu
Nunez, Gerardo	Assistant Professor	Small fruit physiology and nutrition	273-4765	g.nunez@ufl.edu
Paul, Anna-Lisa	Research Professor Director of ICBR	Plant Molecular Genetics	273-4835	alp@ufl.edu
Rathinasabapathi, Bala	Professor Undergraduate Advisor	Plant Physiology Molecular Biology	273-4847	brath@ufl.edu
Resende, Marcio	Associate Professor	Corn Breeding and Genomics	273-4772	mresende@ufl.edu
Sargent, Steven A.	Professor Associate Chair Extension Specialist	Postharvest Biology Postharvest Technology	273-4780	sasa@ufl.edu
Sarkhosh, Ali	Associate Professor Extension Specialist	Fruit Crops Production and Physiology	273-4788	sarkhosha@ufl.edu
Simonne, Eric H.	Northeast District Extension Director	Extension	392-1791	esimonne@ufl.edu
Suzuki, Masaharu	Research Associate Professor	Molecular Genetics of Seed Development	273-4854	masaharu@ufl.edu
Tieman, Denise	Research Associate Professor	Molecular Genetics	846-2490	dtieman@ufl.edu
Treadwell, Danielle	Associate Professor Extension Specialist	Organic Farming & Vegetable Production Food Systems	273-4775	ddtreadw@ufl.edu
Vallejos, C. Eduardo	Professor Graduate Coordinator	Physiological Genetics	273-4845	vallejos@ufl.edu
Voiniciuc, Cătălin	Associate Professor	Synthetic Biology Plant Cell Walls Polysaccharides	273-4782	cvoiniciuc@ufl.edu
Williamson, Jeffery G.	Professor Extension Specialist	Deciduous Fruit Production	273-4823	jgrw@ufl.edu
Zhao, Xin	Professor Undergraduate Coordinator	Vegetable Grafting Organic & Sustainable Vegetable Production	273-4773	zxin@ufl.edu
Zhou, Mingqi	Research Assistant Scientist	Space Biology Plant Stress Biology Biotechnology	273-4835	mqzhou@ufl.edu
Zotarelli, Lincoln	Professor Extension Specialist	Vegetable Production	273-4949	lzota@ufl.edu