The University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF) celebrated the researchers whose achievements made 2018 a record-breaking year at the annual Innovation Awards ceremonies, held December 4 at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis and December 5 at The Foundry on the Fair Site in Knoxville. The Innovation Awards recognize the researchers from (read more)
Ag Research
UTRF Inventor Spotlight: Dr. Scott Lenaghan
Scott Lenaghan, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Food Science at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (UTIA) and holds an adjunct position in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering (MABE). His research focuses primarily on synthetic biology and bioengineering, and his lab is nationally recognized for its research (read more)
Inventor Spotlight: Dr. Robert Trigiano
Dr. Robert Trigiano is an Institute Professor, Ornamental Plant Biotechnology, and Plant Pathology, in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (UTIA).His primary research interests are in molecular genetics; population analyses of native plants; and diseases, biotechnology, and breeding of ornamental crops. Dr. Trigiano received his master’s in (read more)