Shawn Butler earned his BS at the University of Tennessee at Martin, majoring in Agricultural Sciences, and his MS at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, where he majored in Plant Pathology. Shawn first began conducting application technology work during his undergraduate years while employed as a student assistant in Dr. Larry Steckel's weed science program at the University of Tennessee. Shawn continued working with application methods in his MS program under the direction of Dr. Heather Kelly at the University of Tennessee. He is now employed as a Research Associate to Dr. Tyson Raper at the University of Tennessee. Shawn is currently a PhD candidate, with project emphasis on utilizing an aerial platform to build a replant decision making tool. His research emphasis have specifically been with corn, cotton, soybean, and wheat management.
