Faculty & Staff

Environmental Horticulture is composed of seventeen faculty members, ten staff members, and twenty-seven graduate students.  On staff are three research specialists, a lab manager, a landscape specialist, an agricultural and animal associate, a webmaster, an information coordinator, and an information resource consultant.

The faculty research fields span plant and vegetable physiology, pomology, cultural systems and germplasm enhancement, landscape architecture, pest management, molecular genetics, and turfgrass management and physiology.

See the faculty, staff, and graduate students links to the left for more information about individuals in the section.

Faculty & Staff Listing

• Jeff Adelberg, Associate Professor
• Douglas G. Bielenberg, Associate Professor
• Judy Caldwell, Faculty Emerita
• Zhongping Cheng, Visiting Professor
• Robert J. Dufault, Professor and CREC Interim Director
• Jim Faust, Associate Professor
• Ksenija Gasic, Assistant Professor
• Mary B. Taylor Haque, Alumni Distinguished Professor/Faculty Emerita
• Richard L. Hassell, Associate Professor
• Desmond R. Layne, Associate Professor of Pomology
• Haibo Liu, Professor
• Bert McCarty, Professor

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P-Z

• Dara Michelle Park, Assistant Professor
• Robert F. Polomski, Horticulture and Urban Forestry
• Nihal C. Rajapakse, Professor Emeritus
• Gregory L. Reighard, Professor
• Ellen Vincent, Environmental Landscape Specialist/Extension Associate
• Christina E. Wells, Associate Professor
• Sarah A. White, Assistant Professor
• Ted Whitwell, Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

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Post-Docs

• Zhigang (Carl) Li F-151 P&A Bldg., Clemson University

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Adjunct Faculty

• Basil Acock Six Mile, SC
• James Blake HGIC, Clemson University
• Jeanne Briggs Dept. of Horticulture, Clemson University
• Jeanine Davis NC State University--Hort Crops Res. & Ext.
• Mark W. Famham USDA Vegetable Lab, Charleston, SC
• Richard L. Fery USDA Vegetable Lab, Charleston, SC
• Chelcy Ford Coweeta Hyrologic Lab
• Philip Gibson Gwinnett Technical College
• Howard Harrison USDA Vegetable Lab, Charleston, SC
• Greg Hoyt NC State University--Hort Crops Res. & Ext.
• Richard Hull Univ. of Rhode Island, Plant Science
• Nirmal Joshee Fort Valley State University, GA
• Louis B. Lynn Monsanto Co., Columbia, SC
• David Marren Bartlett Tree Research Lab
• Seth Pritchard College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
• Christopher Ray Dept. of Plant Industry, Clemson University
• Anand Yadav Fort Valley State University, GA

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Ph.D. Students

Student Major Advisor(s) Research
Asma Abdelgafar PES Gasic Marker Assisted Breeding in Peach
Jeffrey Atkinson  (Turfgrass) PES McCarty Biology and Control of Doveweed (Murdannia nudiflora) in Turfgrasses
Lance Beecher ENTOX White Remediation of Steroid Compounds from Agricultural Wastewater
Jeremy Crook
PES Faust Water Use and Physiology of Floriculture Crops

Rabia El-Hawaz
PES
Adelberg Understanding Primary and Secondary Metabolism of Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) by in vitro Microrgizome Technique
Ray Hubbard (Turfgrass) PES McCarty Developing Best Aerification Strategies for Golf Course Putting Greens
Allison Justice
PES Faust Using Mycorrhizae to Promote Adventitious Root Formation in Cuttings
Jeffrey Marvin  (Turfgrass) PES McCarty Using Biopesticides for Disease Control In Turfgrasses

Nicholas Menchyk  (Turfgrass) PES Liu

Gilbert Miller PES
Wells Sensor Based Irrigation Effects on Root Distribution and Growth of Grafted and Non-grafted Watermelons
James Parris
PES
Knap

Nannan Yang
PES Gasic Developing Markers for Bacterial Spot Resistance/Tolerance in Peach

(as of 1/31/12)

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M.S. Students

Student Major Advisor(s) Research
Emre Akturk PES Gasic Marker Assisted Breeding in Peach
Frank Bethea  (Turfgrass) [NT] PES
Liu

Ralph Burrell, III
PES Reighard Reducing Split Pits On Early Season Peaches

Bob Cross, III (Turfgrass)
PES McCarty Mechanism and Control of Herbicide-Resistant Annual Bluegrass (Poa annua) Populations In Turfgrasses
Todd Driesse PES Adelberg Optimizing Tissue Culture Medium for Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.)  using Multivariate and Correlation Analysis
Terrence Frett PES Gasic Inheritance of Blush and Marker Assisted Selection for Fruit Quality in Peach
James Gann (Turfgrass) PES McCarty Biocontrol of Soil Borne Nematodes In Turfgrasses
Jack Harrell  (Turfgrass) [NT] PES McCarty

Robin Landry  (Turfgrass) PES McCarty Evaluation of A Humectant for Water Conservation In Turfgrasses

Sean Markovic
PES Reighard

Elizabeth Nyberg ENTOX White Remediation of Phytophthora Zoospores from Irrigation Runoff
Garrett Ridge PES White Susceptibility of Wetland Plant Species to Infestation by Phytophthora spp.
Lee Roberson  (Turfgrass) [NT] PES McCarty

(as of 1/31/12)

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Staff

• Linda D. Alexander, Administrative Specialist, Department Webmaster
• Deanna Burns, Administrative Assistant
• Alan Estes, Agriculture and Animal Associate II
• Brenda Green, Accountant/Fiscal Analyst I
• Jacqueline Naylor-Adelberg, Ag./Animal Assoc. I
• Kelly P. Prevete-Lewis, Research Technician
• David M. Price, Information Resource Consultant I, SPSES
• Brad Rauh, Research Specialist II

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