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University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Country

United States

State

Tennessee

City

Knoxville

Institution IPED

221759

Liaison(s)

Alan Rutenberg

Title

Director

Address

Knoxville, TN
United States

Phone

Email

arutenberg@utk.edu

Dr. Gretchen Neisler

Title

Vice Provost for International Affairs

Address

Knoxville, TN
United States

Email

gneisler@utk.edu

Alan Rutenberg

Phone

1 (865) 974-8686

Email

arutenberg@utk.edu

Dr. Gretchen Neisler

Email

gneisler@utk.edu

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years Sort descending	Program
William Judge	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Moscow State Institute of International Relations	Business	Russia	2000-2001	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Sharon Judge	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Moscow Pedagogical State University	Education	Russia	2000-2001	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Mary Erickson	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Royal Institute of Technology	Music	Sweden	2000-2001	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Benjamin Bates	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	University of Tampere	Communications	Finland	2000-2001	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Beauvais Lyons	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Fine Arts Academy of Poznan	Arts	Poland	2002-2003	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Leslie Gay	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	University of Aarhus	Music	Denmark	2002-2003	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Michael Handelsman	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Simon Bolivar Andean University	Literature	Ecuador	2002-2003	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Gregory Stein	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	Law	China	2002-2003	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Carol Harden	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	University of Cuenca	Geography	Ecuador	2004-2005	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Jack Barkenbus	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Kokkalis Foundation	Environmental Sciences	Greece	2004-2005	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Naima Moustaid-Moussa	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	European Institute of Chemistry and Biology	Biology	France	2004-2005	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
William Fox	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Johann Wolfgang Goethe University	Economics	Germany	2004-2005	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Malaika Serrano	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	The German-American Fulbright Commission	Education	Germany	2006-2007	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Detelin Elenkov	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski	Business	Bulgaria	2007-2008	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Jon Shefner	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Simon Bolivar Andean University	Sociology	Ecuador	2007-2008	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
G Piehler	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Kobe University	History	Japan	2007-2008	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Catherine Luther	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	University of Tsukuba	Communications	Japan	2007-2008	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
David Tompkins	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	The German-American Fulbright Commission	History	Germany	2007-2008	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Mohanan M.K	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	The German-American Fulbright Commission	Political Science	Germany	2008-2009	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Lorraine Wallace	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Moldova State University of Medicine and Pharmacy Nicolae Testemitsanu	Public Health	Moldova	2009-2010	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years Sort descending	Program
Mukhayyo Oripova	The Academy of Mass Communication	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Journalism	Tajikistan	2012-2013	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Nikhil Singha	Indian Institute of Tech, Kharagpur	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Chemistry	India	2013-2014	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Marco Sebastiani	University of Rome--Tre	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Engineering	Italy	2013-2014	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Indrikis Krams	Daugavpils University	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Biology	Latvia	2014-2015	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Eddy Nurtjahya Budi Hartono	Universitas Bangka Belitung - University	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Biology	Indonesia	2015-2016	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Dmytro Zaitsev	International Humanitarian University	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Computer Science	Ukraine	2017-2018	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Edwin Atabay	Philippine Carabao Center	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Veterinary Medicine	Philippines	2017-2018	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Mariana Bernstein	Faculty of Veterinary Science, La Plata National University	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Public Health	Argentina	2017-2018	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Ondrej Novak	Czech Technical University in Prague	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Engineering	Czech Republic	2018-2019	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Wei Chee Wong	Advanced Agriecological Research SDN. BHD.	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Biology	Malaysia	2018-2019	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Maria Soledad Orellano	National University of Rio Cuarto	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Biology	Argentina	2018-2019	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Majed Mohammadali Y Albokari	King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Chemistry	Saudi Arabia	2019-2020	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Uram Anibal Sosa Aguirre	Universidad Icesi	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Mathematics	Colombia	2019-2020	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Carlos Mario Zuluaga Dominguez	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Agriculture	Colombia	2019-2020	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Ivan Dimov	Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Mathematics	Bulgaria	2021-2022	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Leonardo Henrique Gil Azevedo	Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Zoology	Brazil	2021-2022	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Lukasz Ryszard Kurpaska	National Center for Nuclear Research	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Materials Science	Poland	2021-2022	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Cecilia Accoroni	Instituto Superior del Parque España	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Agriculture	Argentina	2022-2023	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Gisela Ariana Marcoppido	Conicet	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Social Work	Argentina	2022-2023	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Tomas Karlik	Czech TV	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Journalism	Czech Republic	2022-2023	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program