Dr. Scott Tubbs

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Dr. Scott Tubbs
Assistant Professor Cropping Systems Agronomist

• Promotion Tenure Discussion
• Crop and Soil Sciences Department

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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?

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Job 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.

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Academic 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.

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IMPACT

• Graduate Student Mentoring
• Inoculant / Fertilizer Effects
• Systems Production centered around Peanut
  tillage, agronomic interactions
• Seeding Rate with large-seeded runner cultivars
• Organic Production

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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

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Achievements in Research (75)Presentations of
Professional Meetings

• 19 volunteered presentations
• 3 invited presentations
• 29 invited seminar presentations at regional and
  national meetings

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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.

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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)

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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)

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Achievements 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 Intl Plant Nut. Inst. Scholar Award
• 1st place 2011 SWSS Grad. Stud. Oral
  Competition
• 2011 GA Feed Grain Assoc. Fellowship
• 2011 Annies 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

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Achievements 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

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Achievements 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 AM for Ph.D. program

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Achievements 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

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Achievements in Service

• Crop Science Society of America
• Crop Sci. Exten. Educ. Award Committee (apptd)
• Seed Sci. Award Committee (apptd)
• Southern Branch American Society of Agronomy
• Session Moderator, Graduate Student Competition,
  2008
• Judge, Graduate Student Oral Competition, 2009
• Judge, Graduate Student Poster Competition, 2010

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Achievements 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

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Achievements 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

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Achievements 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