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Research Leadership

The Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research (IAgER) is the primary research enterprise in the College of Agriculture at TSU. Direction and oversight of the IAgER is provided by Dr. Chandra Reddy, Dean and Director of Research/ Administrator of Extension and Dr. Fulya Baysal-Gurel, Associate Dean of Research.

Faculty, students, and staff perform research in our network of laboratories in the Agriculutral Complex on the TSU Main Campus, plus at our three satellite Agricultural Research and Education Centers in Nashville, Ashland City, and McMinnville, Tennessee.

Research Funding

Faculty in the College of Agriculture are supported in their research and Extension activities with Land-grant funding from the USDA/NIFA and the State of Tennessee. Faculty also pursue external competitive funding to support research and Extension efforts. Funding is obtained from a variety of federal, state, and private sources.

Research Facilities

Our state-of-the-art research facilities include over 52,000 sq.ft. of laboratory and office space on the TSU main campus and the Otis L. Floyd Nursery Research Center in McMinnville, Tennessee, plus over 400 acres of field research space. In addition to the College’s facilities, our students and faculty also utilize the TSU Core Facilities, a new $2 million laboratory for scanning electron microscopy, flow cytometry, protenomics, and nano-technology research.

Research Faculty

The research faculty in the College of Agriculture are highly trained and experts in their fields. We employ over 70 PhD-level scientists to conduct research in areas such as animal science, environmental science, plant science, food science, agribusiness, and human sciences.