The University of Tennessee is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a Research University (very high research activity), placing it in the highest ranks of all colleges and universities in the country. Research activities magnify the university's educational mission and enhance its state, national, and international public service role.
University of Tennessee research encompasses programs on the main campus in Knoxville as well as initiatives of the Institute of Agriculture, the Institute for Public Service, the Health Science Center in Memphis, and the Space Institute in Tullahoma.
The University of Tennessee Chattanooga and the University of Tennessee Martin are also active in research and other sponsored programs that provide strong regional impact.
The university has collaborative relationships with public and private agencies including Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Battelle Memorial Institute (forming UT-Battelle), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the Memphis Biotech Foundation, and the Boston-Baskin Cancer group (forming UT Cancer Institute).
Stacey Patterson, Ph.D.
Phone: (865) 974-3140
J. Daniel Stewart, Ph.D.
Phone: (865) 974-0758
Fred Tompkins, Ph.D.
Phone: (865) 974-7696
Jean Ponder
Phone: (865) 974-4048
Diane McNeil
Phone: (865) 974-8036
David Millhorn, Ph.D.
David Millhorn, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President & Vice President for Research
813 Andy Holt Tower
1331 Circle Park
Knoxville, TN 37996-0180
Phone: (865) 974-4048
Fax: (865) 974-9580
Email: millhorn@tennessee.edu
