State-Funded Centers of Excellence

Center for Materials Processing

Dr. Claudia J. Rawn
Director
UT Knoxville
423 Ferris Hall
1508 Middle Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
crawn@utk.edu
Phone: 865-974-2744

Center of Excellence for Experiential Learning in the Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Wes Totten
Director
UT Martin
257 Brehm Hall
Martin, TN 38238
wtotten@utm.edu
Phone: 731-881-7262

Center of Excellence for Laser Applications

Dr. James Simonton
Director
UT Space Institute
411 B. H. Goethert Parkway
Tullahoma, TN 37388-8897
jsimonto@utsi.edu
Phone: 931-393-7523

Center of Excellence in Applied Computational Science and Engineering

Dr. Anthony Skjellum
Director
UT Chattanooga
615 McCallie Ave.
Dept. 7200
Chattanooga, TN 37403
Tony-Skjellum@utc.edu
Phone: 423-425-5497

Center of Excellence in Livestock Diseases and Human Health

Dr. David Anderson
Assoc. Dean for Research & Graduate Studies
UT Institute of Agriculture
A205 Veterinary Medicine Building
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-4543
dander48@utk.edu
Phone: 865-974-0227

The Center for Pediatric Experimental Therapeutics

Dr. Jarrod Fortwendel
Director
UT Health Science Center
881 Madison Avenue
Memphis, TN 38163
jfortwen@uthsc.edu
Phone: 901-448-5140

Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment

Dr. Mingzhou Jin
Director
UT Knoxville
UT Conference Center Building
600 Henley Street, Suite 311
Knoxville, TN 37996-4134
jin@utk.edu
isse@utk.edu
Phone: 865-974-4251

Molecular Resource Center of Excellence

Dr. Tiffany Seagroves
Executive Director
UT Health Science Center
71 S. Manassas, Room 110 TSRB
Memphis, TN 38163
tseagro1@uthsc.edu
Phone: 901-448-6191

The Neuroscience Institute

Dr. Matthew Ennis
Director
UT Health Science Center
875 Monroe Avenue, Suite 426
Memphis, TN 38163
mennis@uthsc.edu
Phone: 901-448-5960

Science Alliance

Dr. Shawn Campagna
Director
1534 White Avenue, Suite 118
Knoxville, TN 37996
campagna@utk.edu
Phone: 865-974-6765