Dr. Peng Wha Chee
Consideration for Promotion to Professor
• 1998 PhD in Plant Breeding & Genetics from North Dakota State
University
• 1998-2000 Post Doctoral Associate – Texas A & M Univ./Univ. of Georgia
• 2000-2005 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
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CRSS/HORT 4800/6800 Agricultural Biotechnology (3 hr. course; 50%
responsibility)
 Taught one semester/year (2004-2009) with an average of 9 students/semester
 Student evaluations of instructor’s teaching ability averaged 1.86 (range 1.25 2.5); where 1 = excellent and 5 = poor; n = 54
 Student evaluations of instructor’s course averaged 1.92 (range 1.25 - 2.63);
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 3.36. 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
• GA2004303 (2009)
• GA2004230 (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)
$350,000
$300,000
$250,000
$200,000
$150,000
$100,000
$50,000
$0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Dr. Chee – Contracts and Grants (since 2005)
Years
Agency
Amount
2005-08
Cotton Inc.
$88,299
2006
Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
$13,200
2007
Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
$23,500
2007-08
Monsanto
$20,640
2007-09
Fort Valley State Univ. – subcontract
$34,000
2007
Bayer CropScience
$7,700
2007
Phytogen
$7,000
2008
Phytogen
$22,500
2002-10
Ga Agr Commodity Commission-Cotton
$483,000
2005-10
Cotton Inc.
$352,824
2005-10
UGARF-Cultivar Development Program
$241,900
2007-10
Ga Agr Commodity Commission-Cotton
$157,136
2009-10
Cotton Inc.
$74,000
2009-12
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, 4th Cotton Conference (2007)
Dr. Chee – Committee Responsibilities
• Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
 3rd 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 4800-6800; 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.