Department of Plant Sciences

The UTIA Hurricane Helene Flood Recovery Team recently received the Success in Multidisciplinary Research Award from the Provost. This team is led by Dr. Bruno Pedreira, Director of the UT Beef and Forage Center, and includes Dr. Annette Wszelaki, a Professor in the Department of Plant Sciences and the Commercial Vegetable Extension Specialist, as well as Drs. Emin...

The Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement, or EURēCA, is an annual event that showcases research and creative activities across all disciplines by currently enrolled undergraduate students collaborating with a University of Tennessee, Knoxville, or UTIA faculty mentor. This year three students in the Department of Plant Sciences placed in th...

Lily Cooper, an undergraduate student in the Department of Plant Sciences recently received two awards for her work as an undergraduate researcher. Lily received the 2026 Edward Neal Duncan Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research in the Herbert College of Agriculture and the Undergraduate Researcher of the Year Award from the Provost.

Lily won these ...

Plant Sciences graduate student, Jacob Friedrich, recently received two awards for his work as a graduate teaching assistant. Jacob was named a “Volunteer of Distinction in Recognition of Outstanding Teaching” and received the “Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award of Merit in the Herbert College of Agriculture”. Jacob received these awards for his work as a ...