| Name | Ph.D. Area | Doctoral Institution | Area of Research | MTSU Department |
| Bailey, Frank | Environmental Toxicology | Clemson University | Environmental Toxicology | Biology |
| Bergemann, Sarah | Botany | University of Wyoming | Botany, Mycology, Population Genetics | Biology |
| Cahoon, Bruce | Biology | University of Virginia | Plant Genetics and Proteomics | Biology |
| Farone, Anthony | Microbiology | Miami University | Microbiology, Immunology | Biology |
| Farone, Mary | Microbiology | Miami University | Microbiology | Biology |
| Leblond, Jeffrey | Microbiology | University of Tennessee | Microbiology, Lipid Biochemistry | Biology |
| Otter, Ryan | Environmental Toxicology | Clemson University | Environmental Toxicology | Biology |
| Reagan, Jerry | Molecular and Cellular Pathobiology | Wake Forest University | Cell Biology, Biochemistry | Biology |
| Seipelt, Rebecca | Medical Microbiology and Immunology | University of Kentucky | Biotechnology | Biology |
| DiVincenzo, John | Environmental Soil Chemistry | University of Delaware | Environmental Chemistry | Chemistry |
| Kline, Paul | Chemistry | Notre Dame | Biochemistry | Chemistry |
| Hong, Don | Applied Mathematics | Texas A and M University | Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Computational Mathematics | Mathematics |
| Quinn, Terrance | Mathematics | Dalhousie University | Mathematical Biology, Biological Dynamics, Cancer Modeling | Mathematics |
| Sinkala, Zachariah | Mathematics | University of South Florida | Mathematical Biology | Mathematics |
| Zha, Xiaoya | Mathematics | Ohio State University | Mathematical Biology | Mathematics |
| Erenso, Daniel | Physics | University of Arkansas | Biophysics, Physics of Light | Physics |