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Tim Davis
Department Head
Department of Horticultural Sciences
Room 202, Horticulture/Forestry Bldg.
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-2133
979-845-0627 fax
e-mail: t-davis5@tamu.edu
Education
PhD- Oregon State University (1983)
MS- Oregon State University (1980)
BS- Brigham Young University (1978), Magna Cum Laude
Employment Experience
Head, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (2003-present)
Resident Director, Texas A&M University Research and Extension Center, Dallas, Texas (1996-2005)
Professor of Environmental Horticulture, Texas A&M University Research and Extension Center , Dallas , Texas (1995-present)
Interim Associate Resident Director, Texas A&M University Research and Extension Center, Dallas, Texas (1995-1996)
Associate Professor of Environmental Horticulture, Texas A&M University Research and Extension Center, Dallas, Texas (1989-1995)
Associate Professor of Horticulture, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah (1987-1989; tenure granted 1987)
Assistant Professor of Horticulture, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah (1982-1987)
Leadership Activities
President-Elect and President, American Society for Horticultural Science-Western Region (1989-1991)
Chairperson, Organizing Committee, First International Symposium on the Biology of Adventitious Root Formation, April 19-22, 1993, Dallas, Texas
Associate Editor, HortScience, 1992; Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, 1992-1995
Vice President and Program Chair (1994-96), and President (1996-97), Plant Growth Regulation Society of America
Completed A Management Skills Development Program at the Center for Executive Development, Graduate School of Business, Texas A&M University, November 1996
Member, Executive Committee and Board of Directors, Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society, 1999-present
Chair, Administrators Working Group, American Society for Horticultural Science, 2001 -2002
Chair, Organizing Committee, symposium on A Urban Agriculture: Emerging Opportunities in Science, Education, and Policy held May 2002 in Dallas
Chair, Council of Resident Directors, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University System, 2002
Chair, Southern Region Horticulture Administrators, 2004-2005
Areas of Specialization - Research and Teaching
Research topics : Horticultural applications of plant physiology; plant stress physiology, plant growth regulation; adventitious root formation; University courses taught: Introduction to Horticultural Science; Home Landscape Design; Arboriculture; Physiological Development of Horticultural Crops.
International Experience
India, Denmark, Hungary, United Arab Emirates 2-4-05