UT AgResearch Representative
Ethan Trent Parker
Research Center Director | East Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center
Kellie Jean Walters
Associate Professor | Plant Sciences
Specialty: Controlled Environment Agriculture, Hydroponic Production, Plant Physiology
Qixin Zhong
Professor | Food Science
Specialty: Physical properties of foods, food ingredient science and technology
UT Extension Representatives
Liz Eckelkamp
Associate Professor | Animal Science
Specialty: Dairy systems management
Facilities
Precision Technology
Dairy cow health
Michelle Parrott
Ext Agent III & County Dir | Putnam County
Specialty: Family and Consumer Sciences
Lauren McKinley Patterson
Ext Agent II & Co Director | Robertson County
Specialty: Family and Consumer Sciences
Kane Reeves
Extension Agent III & County Director | Madison County
Specialty: Child and Family Life
Kelli Roberson
Ext Regional Director | Eastern Region Office
Specialty: Extension Administration and Leadership
Herbert College of Agriculture Representative
Alejandro Molina Moctezuma
Assistant Professor of Teaching | School of Natural Resources
Charity Grace Owings
Teaching Assistant Professor | Entomology and Plant Pathology
Specialty: Forensic Entomology, Decomposition Ecology, Population Genetics, Molecular Ecology
College of Veterinary Medicine Representatives
Richard William Gerhold Jr
Professor | Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences Department
Faculty Senate Representatives (ex officio)
Executive Committee
Ethan Trent Parker
Research Center Director | East Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center
Role: Chair
Kellie Jean Walters
Associate Professor | Plant Sciences
Role: Chair-Elect
Specialty: Controlled Environment Agriculture, Hydroponic Production, Plant Physiology
Liz Eckelkamp
Associate Professor | Animal Science
Role: Secretary
Specialty: Dairy systems management
Facilities
Precision Technology
Dairy cow health
