CAES Leadership

Meet the administrators, campus leadership and department heads for the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

Dean and Director


Nick Place
Nick Place CAES Dean and Director
Dean and Directors Office Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communication

Associate and Assistant Deans

Leadership for academics, faculty affairs, research, international programs, and UGA Cooperative Extension

 

Academic and Faculty Affairs


Dean Kopsell
Dean Kopsell Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs
Office of the Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs
Douglas A Bailey
Douglas A Bailey Assistant Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs
Office of the Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs

Research


Harshavardhan Thippareddi
Harshavardhan Thippareddi Associate Dean for Research, John Bekkers Professor in Poultry Science
Office of the Associate Dean for Research Poultry Science

Extension


Arch D. Smith
Arch D. Smith Interim Associate Dean for Extension
Office of the Associate Dean for Extension
Timothy Coolong
Timothy Coolong Interim ANR Leader, Assistant Dean for Extension | Professor, Extension Specialist, SARE State Coordinator; Emphasis: Vegetable
Horticulture Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program - Southern Region

International Programs


Todd Applegate
Todd Applegate Assistant Dean for International Programs; Department Head and R. Harold and Patsy Harrison Chair in Poultry Science
Poultry Science

Assistant Provost and Assistant Dean

Leadership for the campuses at Tifton and Griffin


Griffin Campus

Jeffrey Dean
Jeffrey Dean Assistant Provost & Campus Director
Campus Director's Office - Griffin Plant Pathology

Tifton Campus

Michael D Toews
Michael D Toews Assistant Dean, Tifton Campus, Professor
Tifton Campus Entomology

Department Heads

Our nine disciplinary departments are responsible for developing the core instruction, research and extension programming.


Agricultural and Applied Economics

Gregory Colson
Gregory Colson Interim Department Head, Interim CAED Director, Professor
Agricultural & Applied Economics

Ag Leadership, Education and Communication

Jennifer H Waldeck
Jennifer H Waldeck Professor and Department Head
Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communication

Animal and Dairy Science

Francis Fluharty
Francis Fluharty Department Head Academic
Animal & Dairy Science

Crop and Soil Sciences

Entomology

S. Kris Braman
S. Kris Braman Department Head and Professor
Entomology

Food Science and Technology

Manpreet Singh
Manpreet Singh Department Head and Professor
Food Science & Technology

Horticulture

Leonardo Lombardini
Leonardo Lombardini Professor and Head, Department of Horticulture
Horticulture

Plant Pathology

Harald Scherm
Harald Scherm Professor & Department Head
Plant Pathology

Poultry Science

Todd Applegate
Todd Applegate Assistant Dean for International Programs; Department Head and R. Harold and Patsy Harrison Chair in Poultry Science
Poultry Science

Unit Heads


Cassie Ann Kiggen
Cassie Ann Kiggen Chief Communications Officer
Office of Marketing and Communications (OMC)
Sean Rogers
Sean Rogers Senior Director, Finance and Administration
CAES Business Office - Athens
Mary Ann Parsons
Mary Ann Parsons Senior Director of Development
Office of Development and Alumni Relations