Brian M. Schwartz Joined UGA in Jan. 2009 as Assistant Prof. Appointment 0.95 EFT Research 0.05...

Brian M. Schwartz

• Joined UGA in Jan. 2009 as Assistant Prof.• Appointment

0.95 EFT Research 0.05 EFT Teaching

• Graduate Faculty since 2009 Adjunct Graduate Faculty at Univ. of Florida

Background

• Ph.D. – 2008 University of Florida Agronomy -Turfgrass Breeding

• M. S. – 2005 Texas A&M University Plant Breeding

• B. S. – 2002 Texas A&M University Plant Science (Magna Cum Laude)

• Industry Experience – ProdiGene Genetics Dept. Research Associate 2001-2003

Teaching

• 0.05 EFT – No formal course taught but has provided guest lectures at UGA, ABAC, Texas A&M, Univ. of Florida and currently major advisor for two graduate students.

Guest Lectures (14 since coming to UGA)

UGA Agro-Ecology CRSS 4440/6400 (1 lecture)Plant Breeding CRSS 4140/6140 (3 lectures)Plant Breeding Practicum CRSS 6000 (3 lectures)

ABACGolf Course Design and Management Hort 2233 (2 lectures)Grounds Irrigation Hort 2239 (3 lectures)Management of Fine Turf Hort 4320 (1 lecture)Turfgrass Resources Hort 4610 (1 lecture)

Direction of Graduate Students

• Major Professor 2 M. S. students

Eric ElsnerAustin Grimshaw

• Advisory Committee Member 2 M.S. students 5 Ph.D. student

Research

• 0.95 EFT

• Areas of Research Turfgrass Cultivar Development

BermudagrassZoysiagrassCentipedegrass

Ploidy Manipulation of Warm-Season Turfgrass Species

Improved Drought Tolerance in Turfgrass

Publications

• Book Chapters – 1 Breeding and Genetics of Warm-Season Grasses (co-author)

• Referred Journal Articles – 18 12 on work at UGA 4 from PhD work at Univ. of FLA 2 from MS work at Texas A&M

• Referred Proceedings – 3• Abstracts and Published Proceedings – 19

12 from work at UGA• International and National Popular Press Articles – 8

6 from work at UGA• Plant Patents

1 from work at UGA

Journal Articles

Institution 1st/Last Author Jr. Author

Texas A&M 2 -

Univ. of Florida 4 1

Univ. of Georgia 0 11

Totals 6 12

Funded Research Grants

Year Source Total Schwartz

2010-2015 USDA-NIFA

Specialty Crops

3,802,678 225,000

2012 UGARF 132,850 113,350

2011 UGARF 112,010 94,435

2010 UGARF 112,940 93,360

2011 UGARF 62,906 62,906

TOTALS 4,223,384 589,051

Research Grants Submitted

• Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research• USDA-SCRI • USDA-NIFA (Risk Assessment)• UGARF Cultivar Development • Georgia Golf Course Superintendents Assoc. • GA Department of Agriculture• USGA• SARE

Invited Presentations, Seminars, and Workshops

National Presentations (22)

Griffin, GA Auburn, AL San Juan, Puerto Rico Athens, GA Tifton, GA Macon, GA Baton Rouge, LA St. Simons, GA Helen, GA Poteet, TX Jay, FL Savannah, GA Gainesville, FL Ft. Lauderdale, FA Duluth, GA Douglasville, GA Ocala, FL Orlando, FL Bonita Springs, FL Citra, FL

• International Presentations (4)

CHINA Golf Superintendents of China – US

Conference 2010 (live video presentation)

THAILAND - 2011 Asian Pacific Golf Course Superintendents

Summit (2 presentations) Asian Pacific Golf Summit (Panel Discussion)

Other Scholarly Activities

Crop Science C-5 Symposium Committee 2012 Committee Chair

Manuscript Review Crop Science (3) HortScience (2) Journal of Plant Registrations (1) Plant Management Network (1) Texas A&M AgriLife Plant Release Committee (1)

• Internal Reviews Hort Science (2) UGA Coop. Extension (2) Journal of Plant Registrations (1) Crop Science (1) BioEnergy Research (1) Journal of Am. Soc. For Horticultural Sci. .

Professional Memberships and Service

• International International Turfgrass Society

• National Crop Science Society of America American Society of Agronomy Turfgrass Breeders Association U.S. Golf Association Golf Course Superintendents Association of America Sports Turf Managers Association

• Regional SERA-IEG 25-Turf Florida Turfgrass Association

• State Georgia Turfgrass Association Georgia Golf Course Superintendents Association

Committee Service• Georgia State Seed Arbitration Council

Alternate CAES member

• UGA Research Foundation Cultivar Development Research Program Committee

• CAES Agronomic Cultivar and Germplasm Release Committee Office of Communications Sunbelt Expo Steering Committee

• Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics Steering Committee

• Department of Crop and Soil Sciences Forage Breeding Faculty Search Committee Soybean Breeding Faculty Search Committee

• Tifton Campus Social Committee

• ABAC School of Agriculture and Natural Resources Turfgrass Faculty Search Committee

Extension Related Activities

• Sunbelt Ag Expo Organized and manned Turfgrass Exhibit at the UGA

Building (2 years)

• Annual Southeastern Turfgrass Conference Coordinator (3 years)

• Turfgrass Identification Service Phenotypic and genotypic evaluation of 61 unknown

turfgrass samples for GC and sod farmers.