Brian M. Schwartz Joined UGA in Jan 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

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) ABAC Golf 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 Elsner  Austin Grimshaw Advisory Committee Member  2 M.S. students  5 Ph.D. student

Research 0.95 EFT Areas of Research  Turfgrass Cultivar Development  Bermudagrass  Zoysiagrass  Centipedegrass  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 Institution1 st /Last AuthorJr. Author Texas A&M2- Univ. of Florida41 Univ. of Georgia011 Totals612

Funded Research Grants YearSourceTotalSchwartz USDA-NIFA Specialty Crops 3,802,678225, UGARF132,850113, UGARF112,01094, UGARF112,94093, UGARF62,906 TOTALS4,223,384589,051

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  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.

Impact Areas Turfgrass Water Management  Water conversation plan  GGCSA BMP’s Initiative  Water Conservation Implementation Plan  BMP’s for Landscape Water Conservation  HB 1281  GCSAA – WATER (online water management training)  GCSAA – 6 hr. workshop on golf course water management

Letters of Evaluation Dr. Grady Miller – Prof. and Turf Ext. Specialist  NC State University Dr. Peter Landschoot- Professor  Penn State University Dr. J. Michael Goatley, Jr. – Prof. and Turf Ext. Specialist  Virginia Tech Dr. Jack Fry – Professor  Kansas State Univ. Dr. David Chambers – Prof. and Turf Ext. Specialist  Texas A & M