Dr. Peng Wha Chee Consideration for Promotion to Professor 1998 PhD in Plant Breeding & Genetics from North Dakota State University Post Doctoral Associate – Texas A & M Univ./Univ. of Georgia Assistant Professor – Univ. of Georgia 2005-present Associate Professor - Univ. of Georgia (Appt – 0.9 EFT Research/0.1 EFT Instruction); Tenured & Member of the Graduate Faculty 2005 – Named Junior Scientist of the Year – Tifton Campus

Dr. Chee - Formal Courses CRSS/HORT 4800/6800 Agricultural Biotechnology (3 hr. course; 50% responsibility)  Taught one semester/year ( ) with an average of 9 students/semester  Student evaluations of instructor’s teaching ability averaged 1.86 (range ); where 1 = excellent and 5 = poor; n = 54  Student evaluations of instructor’s course averaged 1.92 (range ); where 1 = excellent and 5 = poor; n = 54  Student comments were positive (provide examples)  Modified course from lecture format to lecture/lab format in 2009 CRSS 8872 QTL Mapping & Discovery (1 hr. course; 100% responsibility); newly developed course by Dr. Chee; taught first time Spring semester 2010  15 students – Student evaluation scores regarding the course and instructor’s abilities ranged from 1.64 to Many negative comments regarding Tandberg course delivery. CRSS 6000 Plant Breeding Practicum (3 hr. course; 10% responsibility) CRSS 8210 Special Problems course (one MS student)

Dr. Chee – Training Graduate Students/Post Doctoral Associates/Visiting Scientists graduate student major professor (total MS = 2; PhD = 3); since 2005, 1 MS in progress; 3 PhD in progress) graduate student committees (1 PhD and 1 MS in progress) mentor for post doctoral associates (8 total; 5 since 2005) training for visiting scientists (8 total; 5 since 2005)

Dr. Chee - Refereed Journal/ Book Chapters authored or co-authored a total of 32 journal papers (19 since 2005)  of the 19 refereed pubs since 2005; Chee senior-authored 3; his grad students senior-authored 3; his post docs senior-authored 3, and Chee was last author on 5  papers were published in Crop Science; Molecular Breeding; Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution; Journal of Heredity; Genetics; Plant Physiology; TAG; Journal of Cotton Science; Genome; Plant Cell, Tissue, and Organ Culture; Int’l Journal of Plant Genomics authored or co-authored a total of 4 book chapters (all 4 were published since 2005)  of the 4 book chapters; Chee senior-authored 1; his post docs senior-authored 2; and Chee was last author on 1

Dr. Chee – Proceedings/Bulletins authored or co-authored a total of 35 proceedings (26 were published since 2005)  of the 26 proceedings since 2005; Chee senior-authored 3; his graduate students senior-authored 3; his post docs senior-authored 16; a visiting scientist senior-authored 1 authored or co-authored a total of 27 bulletins (14 were published since 2005)  of the 14 bulletins since 2005; Chee senior-authored 1; his post docs senior-authored 12  Of these 14 since 2005, 13 were Cotton Research-Extension Reports

Dr. Chee - Abstracts authored or co-authored a total of 35 abstracts (14 were published since 2005)  of the 14 abstracts since 2005; Chee senior-authored 1; his grad students senior-authored 2; and his post docs senior-authored 8  of these 14 abstracts since 2005, 10 were for the Plant & Animal Genome Conference

Dr. Chee – Germplasms & Cultivars Released Germplasms GA98033 (2004) CRB252 (2009) GA120R1B3 (2010) Cultivars GA (2009) GA (2009) MX0623B2RF (UGA’s genome; company’s transgenes)

Dr. Chee - Technical & Professional Presentations total of 34 presentations (16 since 2005)  8 of the 16 presentations since 2005 were invited  5 of the 16 presentations since 2005 were at international conferences  2 of the 5 presentations at international conferences were invited  Invited international seminar at Nanjing Agriculture University, Nanjing, China 2008  Presentations in China, Brazil, India, Malaysia

Dr. Chee- Contracts and Grants Total = $2,200,969 (PI = $1,821,623; Co-PI = $379,346)

Dr. Chee – Contracts and Grants (since 2005) YearsAgencyAmount Cotton Inc.$88, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan$13, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan$23, Monsanto$20, Fort Valley State Univ. – subcontract$34, Bayer CropScience$7, Phytogen$7, Phytogen$22, Ga Agr Commodity Commission-Cotton$483, Cotton Inc.$352, UGARF-Cultivar Development Program$241, Ga Agr Commodity Commission-Cotton$157, Cotton Inc.$74, NSF-Partnership in Innovation$60,679 (co-PI)

Dr. Chee – Editorial Responsibilities Associate Editor – Int’l Journal of Plant Genetics Associate Editor – Crop Science Serves as peer reviewer on 2 to 6 manuscripts or grant proposals/year

Dr. Chee – Professional Contributions Organizer, Beltwide Cotton Improvement Conference (2010) Co-organizer, Characterizing and Locating Genes for Resistance to Cotton Nematodes Symposium (2010) Co-organizer of the Cotton Workshop at the Plant and Animal Genome Conference (2010) Workshop chair, Cotton Genome Initiative Conference (2008) Session chair, 4 th Cotton Conference (2007)

Dr. Chee – Committee Responsibilities Department of Crop and Soil Sciences  3 rd year review of CSS faculty member (2010)  NESPAL advisory (2008-present)  Cotton physiology position search (2007) College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences  Cultivar/Germplasm release (2009-present)  Micro-Gin steering (2008-present)  Tifton greenhouse (2004-present)

Dr. Chee – Overview of Achievements since Promotion to Associate Professor Developed CRSS 8872; revised CRSS/HORT ; and contributes to CRSS 6000 Expanded graduate student training Nearly doubled annual research support (to ~ $280,000/year) Added germplasm enhancement/cultivar development to research program; released cultivars & germplasms Enhanced rates of all forms of publication Selected by peers for leadership roles (conference program development) and editorial roles Established international reputation

Letters of Evaluation Jonathan Wendel – Professor and Dept. Chair at Iowa State – Evolutionary Molecular Genetics James Starr –Professor in Nematology at Texas A&M Gerald Meyers– Cotton Breeding at LSU Johnie Jenkins– Director of Crops Research Lab, USDA-ARS, Miss. St. F. M. Bourland – Center Director and Professor, Keiser, Ark., U. of Arkansas Don Jones – Director of Research, Cotton Inc.