Dr. Scott TubbsDr. Scott Tubbs
Promotion & Tenure DiscussionCrop and Soil Sciences
Department
Promotion & Tenure DiscussionCrop and Soil Sciences
Department
Assistant ProfessorCropping Systems Agronomist
Question before the Associate Professors and Professors in the Department
• Should Dr. Scott Tubbs prepare a dossier for faculty vote in August to be considered for the rank of Associate Professor and granting of Tenure?
Job Announcement / DescriptionJob Announcement / Description• Position – Assistant Professor/Cropping Systems Agronomist
• Tenure Track – 75% Research, 25% Extension• Expectations - The successful candidate will be
expected to develop and implement a nationally and internationally recognized research program that focuses on cropping systems centered on peanut production.
• Responsibilities - Develop and conduct an applied research program on cropping systems that: (1) is based on peanut response to rotation with other agronomic crops and certain vegetable crops, (2) determines the impact of tillage systems, fertility, and pest management on yield and quality, and (3) develops a systems approach to peanut production that ensures profitability and sustainability.
Academic CareerAcademic Career
• May 2007 – present – Assistant Professor, UGA Crop and Soil Sciences Dept.
• Aug 2004 – May 2007 – Post Doctoral Soil Scientist, USDA-ARS, Lincoln, NE
• Jan 2004 – Aug 2004 – Post Doctoral Research Associate, Univ. of Florida, Agronomy Dept.
IMPACT
• Graduate Student Mentoring• Inoculant / Fertilizer Effects• Systems Production centered around
Peanut – tillage, agronomic interactions
• Seeding Rate with large-seeded runner cultivars
• Organic Production
Achievements in Research (75%)Publications
Achievements in Research (75%)Publications• 15 referred journal articles published
or accepted– Agronomy Journal, Peanut Science, Crop Management,
Journal of Plant Nutrition, and Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, Plant Health Progress, Pest Management Science, Weed Science, Plant Disease
• 2 referred journal articles submitted– Crop Management
• 5 manuscripts in preparation• 10 non-referred articles
– Conference proceedings, Research-Extension Reports
• 43 published abstracts
Achievements in Research (75%)Presentations of Professional Meetings
Achievements in Research (75%)Presentations of Professional Meetings• 19 volunteered presentations• 3 invited presentations• 29 invited seminar presentations at
regional and national meetings
Achievements in Research (75%)Grantsmanship
Achievements in Research (75%)Grantsmanship• Commodity specific (competitive)
– $781,275 (Tubbs portion)– National Peanut Board, Georgia Peanut
Commission, Georgia Cotton Commission, Georgia Corn Commission
• Competitive/Federal Funding– $557,438
Collaborator with 20+ scientists from UGA, USDA, Univ. of Florida, Auburn Univ.
Achievements in Extension (25%)Achievements in Extension (25%)• Extension Publications
– 1 Extension bulletin– 14 Production Guide chapters– 24 popular press articles– 6 newsletter articles
• Agent Training lectures – 14• Field Day presentations - 23• County Production Meetings – 6• TV programs – 8 (4 live, 4 taped)• Radio programs – 4 (3 live, 1
taped)
Achievements in Teaching (0%)Achievements in Teaching (0%)• Instructor of Record – AESC 3920,
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Internship – Casey Horton– Results from internship included paper at
APRES meeting, nominated for Bailey Award• Invited Guest Lectures - 5
– CRSS 4300 – Crop Production and Management (Fall 2007) – “Cropping Systems and Rotation”
– BIOL 4000/6000 – Organic Agriculture (May Term 2008) – “Organic Cropping Systems”
– CRSS 7050 – Advanced Crop Production (Summer 2008) – “Data Collection Devices for Agronomic Research”
– CRSS 7050/8220 – Advanced Crop Production (Summer 2011) – “Tillage and Fertilizer Affects on Peanut Production”
– CRSS 4400/6400 – Agro Ecology (Spring 2012)
Achievements inGraduate Student EducationAchievements inGraduate Student Education
• Graduate Student Mentoring – Advisor– Dylan Wann, MS, Crop and Soil
Sciences• 1st place – 2010 SBASA Grad. Stud. Oral Competition• featured in “Graduate Spotlight” - UGA Grad. School
website• 2nd place – 2010 APRES Grad. Stud. Oral Competition• 2010 NPB – George Washington Carver Award• 2010 Int’l Plant Nut. Inst. Scholar Award• 1st place – 2011 SWSS Grad. Stud. Oral Competition• 2011 GA Feed & Grain Assoc. Fellowship• 2011 Annie’s Homegrown Sustain. Ag. Scholarship• 1st place – 2011 CSSA, C03 Div. Ph.D. Student Poster
Competition• $17,000 in awards (2010-2011)• Two refereed journal articles from thesis• Currently on Ph.D. program in cotton breeding at Texas
Tech
– Justin Moss, MS, Crop and Soil Sciences• In first semester of MS degree program
Achievements inGraduate Student EducationAchievements inGraduate Student Education
• Graduate Student Mentoring – Advisor– Jason Sarver, PhD, Crop and Soil
Sciences• 2nd place – 2011 CSSA, C03 Div. Ph.D. Stud. Poster
Competition
– Justin Moss, MS, Crop and Soil Sciences• 2nd place – 2011 APRES Grad. Stud. Oral Competition• 1st place – 2011 CSSA, C03 Div. M.S. Stud. Poster
Competition• 2012 GA Feed & Grain Assoc. Fellowship
Achievements inGraduate Student EducationAchievements inGraduate Student Education
• Graduate Student Mentoring – Committee Member– Jason Jackson, MS, Crop and Soil Sciences
• 5 professional meeting presentations• 2nd place in Graduate Student Competition, Oral
Presentations, SB-ASA Annual Meeting, 2009• Honorable Mention in Graduate Student
Competition, Oral Presentations, SB-ASA Annual Meeting, 2008
– George “Trey” Cutts, MS, Crop and Soil Sciences• Won 4 scholarship awards• 5 professional meeting presentations• Accepted to Texas A&M for Ph.D. program
Achievements in ServiceAchievements in Service• American Peanut Research and Education
Society– Dow AgroSciences Awards Committee (2008 –
present)– Publications and Editorials Committee (2009 –
2011)– Fellows Committee (2011 – present)– Board of Directors (2011 – present)
• American Society of Agronomy– Session Moderator, 2008– Agron. Exten. Educ. Award Committee– Carl Sprengel Agron. Res. Award Committee
Achievements in ServiceAchievements in Service• Crop Science Society of America
– Crop Sci. Exten. Educ. Award Committee (appt’d)– Seed Sci. Award Committee (appt’d)
• Southern Branch – American Society of Agronomy– Session Moderator, Graduate Student Competition,
2008– Judge, Graduate Student Oral Competition, 2009– Judge, Graduate Student Poster Competition, 2010
Achievements in ServiceAchievements in Service• Service as Judge or Moderator of Professional
Society meeting sessions and graduate student competition– Graduate Student Competition
• CSSA• ASA• SB-ASA
– APRES Bailey Award– Session Moderator
• SSSA• SCASC• SB-ASA• Georgia Peanut Commission Research Reports
Achievements in ServiceAchievements in Service• Invited Peer Reviewer of Journal Articles
(22)– Agronomy Journal– Crop Management– Crop Science– Journal of Agronomy & Crop Science– Peanut Science– Soil & Tillage Research
Achievements in ServiceAchievements in Service• Southern Conservation Agricultural Systems
– Conference Planning Committee, 2008– Moderator, Pest Management in Conservation
Tillage session, 2008• Sigma Xi – Tifton Chapter
– Program Committee, 2009 – present– Scholarship Committee, 2011 - present
• University of Georgia – Tifton Campus– Awards Committee, 2008 – present– Library Committee, 2009 - present
• Georgia Peanut Tour– Secretary, 2008– Chairman, 2009