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Rebecca Abney
Assistant Professor
Warnell
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
Rebecca.Abney@uga.edu
biogeochemical cycles, post-wildfire erosion, soil C sequestration -
Jill Anderson
Assistant Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar
jta24@uga.edu
global change, ecophysiology, natural selection, evolutionary genetics, local adaptation -
Doug P. Aubrey
Assistant Professor, Plant Biology
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
Website
daubrey@uga.edu
Tree ecophysiology, forest biogeochemistry, fire ecology, sustainability of bioenergy production -
Sudeep Bag
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
sudeepbag@uga.edu
plant virology: detection, disease epidemiology, genomics, small RNA, virus-host interaction, and virus disease management -
Bochra Bahri
Assistant Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Pathology
Website | Google Scholar | Research Gate
bbahri@uga.edu
pathogen population structure, pathogen adaptation to hosts and to climate change, plant-pathogen interactions, resistance gene and virulence factor identification, turfgrass and forage disease management -
Maor Bar-Peled
Professor
Plant Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Website
peled@uga.edu
complex carbohydrates synthesis and regulation, biochemistry and molecular biology -
Jessica Barb
Assistant Research Scientist
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Google Scholar
jessica.barb@uga.edu
small grains breeding and genetics -
Jeff Bennetzen
Norman and Doris Giles Professor, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar,
National Academy of Sciences Member
Genetics; Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | Google Scholar
maize@uga.edu
cereal comparative genomics, genome structure and evolution -
Douda Bensasson
Assistant Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | Google Scholar
dbensasson@uga.edu
fungal domestication, bioinformatics, population genetics, evolution -
David Bertioli
Professor, Georgia Research Alliance Distinguished Investigator
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website | Google Scholar
bertioli@uga.edu
peanut genetics and improvement using wild species -
Akshaya Kumar Biswal
Assistant Research Scientist
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
ResearchGate | Google Scholar | CAES Profile
akbiswal@uga.edu
Peanut Molecular Biology, Genetics and Breeding -
Marin Brewer
Associate Professor
Plant Pathology
Website | ResearchGate
mtbrewer@uga.edu
plant-pathogenic fungi, population genomics, mating systems, host specialization -
Nino Brown
Assistant Research Scientist
Institute of Plant Breeding Genetics and Genomics
Google Scholar | ResearchGate
inbrown@uga.edu
peanut breeding; plant breeding; cultivar development; high throughput phenotyping -
Robin Buell
GRA Eminent Scholar Chair in Crop Genomics
Crop & Soil Sciences; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
Robin.Buell@uga.edu
plant genome biology, genome-enabled breeding, plant resilience, genome editing, synthetic biology -
John Burke
Distinguished Research Professor; Department Head, Plant Biology
Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar
jmburke@uga.edu
plant evolutionary genetics -
Shu-Mei Chang
Professor
Plant Biology
Website | ResearchGate
smchang@uga.edu
evolution and ecology of plant reproduction and mating systems -
Dario Chavez
Assistant Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website | UGA Peach Blog | ResearchGate
dchavez@uga.edu
peach breeding, genetics and production -
Peng W. Chee
Professor
Molecular Cotton Breeding Laboratory; National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory;
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website
pwchee@uga.edu
molecular breeding of cotton -
Juliet Chu
Assistant Professor – Blueberry Breeder
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics
Google Scholar | ResearchGate
ychu@uga.edu
mycotoxicology, postharvest pathology, fungal genetics -
Anny Chung
Haines Assistant Professor
Plant Biology, Plant Pathology
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
yyachung@uga.edu
plant-microbe interactions, competition and coexistence, population and community ecology, global change -
Josh Clevenger
Adjunct Faculty
Crop & Soil Sciences; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Google Scholar | ResearchGate
jclev@uga.edu
peanut genetic improvement, polyploid genomics -
Joann Conner
Assistant Research Scientist
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website
jconner@uga.edu
apospory, angiosperm asexual reproduction -
Kelly Dawe
Distinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology; Genetics
Website | Google Scholar
kdawe@uga.edu
centromeres, cytogenetics -
Katrien Devos
Distinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | ResearchGate
kdevos@uga.edu
comparative genomics in cereals -
Christopher Dundas
Assistant Professor
Plant Biology, Institute of Bioinformatics
Google Scholar | Lab Website
cmdundas@uga.edu
plant & microbial synthetic biology, microbiome engineering, biological carbon sequestration -
Rhuanito Ferrarezi
Associate Professor
Horticulture
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
ferrarezi@uga.edu
irrigation, mineral nutrition, sap analysis, hydroponics, cropping systems -
Jake Fountain
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology
Google Scholar | ResearchGate
jfount1@uga.edu
mycotoxicology, postharvest pathology, fungal genetics -
Dan Johnson
Assistant Professor
Plant Biology, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
Website | Google Scholar
danjohnson@uga.edu
tree ecophysiology, water use, drought -
Chang Hyun Khang
Assistant Professor
Plant Biology
Website | ResearchGate
ckhang@uga.edu
plant-fungal interactions, rice, blast fungus -
Brian Kvitko
Associate Professor
Plant Biology, Plant Pathology
Website | ResearchGate
bkvitko@uga.edu
mechanisms of plant immune action against bacteria, molecular phytobacteriology -
Soraya Leal-Bertioli
Senior Research Scientist
Plant Pathology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website | ResearchGate
sorayab@uga.edu
peanut, wild arachis, introgression, tetraploidization, disease resistance -
Jim Leebens-Mack
Distinguished Research Professor; Director, UGA Plant Center
Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
jleebensmack@uga.edu
genomic, phylogenetic and experimental analyses -
Zachary Lewis
Associate Professor
Plant Biology; Microbiology
Website | Google Scholar
zlewis@uga.edu
fungal genetics, chromatin structure and function, epigenetics, gene regulation -
Zenglu Li
Professor
Georgia Seed Development Professorship in Soybean Breeding and Genetics
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website
zli@uga.edu
soybean breeding, genetics and genomics -
Xiaorong Lin
Professor
Plant Biology; Microbiology
Website | Google Scholar
Xiaorong.Lin@uga.edu
fungal genetics, human fungal pathogens, sexual reproduction, dimorphism, pathogenesis, protein trafficking -
Wolfgang Lukowitz
Associate Professor
Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar
lukowitz@uga.edu
plant development and cell biology -
Anish Malladi
Associate Professor
Horticulture
Website | ResearchGate
malladi@uga.edu
fruit growth and developmental physiology -
Cecilia McGregor
Associate Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website | Google Scholar
cmcgre1@uga.edu
vegetables, breeding, genetics, genomics, marker-assisted selection, QTL -
Mohamed Mergoum
Georgia Seed Development UGAF Professorship in Wheat Breeding and Genetics
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website
mmergoum@uga.edu
small grain breeding, genetics and genomics -
Ali Missaoui
Associate Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website | ResearchGate
cssamm@uga.edu
bioenergy, forages, breeding, genomics -
Melissa Mitchum
Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Pathology
Website | Google Scholar
melissa.mitchum@uga.edu
molecular plant-nematode interactions, effectors, peptide signaling, host plant resistance, soybean genetics and genomics -
Jacqueline Mohan
Associate Professor, School of Ecology
Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar| ResearchGate
jmohan@uga.edu
ecosystem ecology, population and community ecology, biogeochemistry, global change, climate change, conservation biology, geographic genetic variation, species range shifts -
Debra Mohnen
Georgia Athletics Association Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Plant Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Website | ResearchGate
dmohnen@uga.edu
biosynthesis of plant cell wall polysaccharides -
Michelle Momany
Professor
Plant Biology
Website | Twitter
mmomany@uga.edu
fungal genetics, cytoskeleton, polar growth -
Savithri Nambeesan
Assistant Research Scientist
Horticulture
Website
sunamb@uga.edu
ripening and postharvest physiology -
Amol Nankar
Assistant Professor
Horticulture
Google Scholar | ResearchGate
amolnankar@uga.edu
vegetable crop breeding, biotic and abiotic stress adaptation , fruit quality -
Brad Nelms
Assistant Professor
Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar
nelms@uga.edu
plant reproduction, genomics and gene regulatory networks, single-cell RNA-sequencing, reprogramming cell fate -
Andrew Ogden
Assistant Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
ResearchGate
aogden@uga.edu
traditional and molecular assisted breeding techniques to generate new cultivars of horticultural crops for Controlled Environment Agriculture(CEA) systems -
Peggy Ozias-Akins
D.W. Brooks Professorship, UGA Distinguished Research Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Horticulture
Website | ResearchGate
pozias@uga.edu
developmental biology and molecular mechanisms of apomixis, genetic enhancement of peanut and grasses -
Wayne Parrott
Distinguished Research Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate | Lab Facebook | Twitter
wparrott@uga.edu
gene editing and transgenic breeding of legumes and grasses -
Andrew Paterson
Regents Professor; Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory
Genetics; Institute of Bioinformatics; Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar
paterson@uga.edu
plant genetics, genomics, evolution, crop improvement, domestication -
Chris Peterson
Professor
Plant Biology
Website
cjpete@uga.edu
carbon cycling, forest recovery, landscape patterns -
Megan DeMarche
Assistant Professor
Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar
megan.peterson@colorado.edu
population dynamics, evolutionary ecology, responses to climate change -
Jason Schmidt
Associate Professor
Entomology
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
jschmid2@uga.edu
predator-prey interactions in agroecosystems, prey selection and environmental effects -
Bob Schmitz
Associate Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate | Twitter
schmitz@uga.edu
epigenetics, epigenomics -
Brian Schwartz
Associate Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website
tifturf@uga.edu
turfgrass breeding -
Shavannor Smith
Associate Professor
Plant Pathology
Website | ResearchGate
shavs@uga.edu
plant-pathogen interactions, structure and evolution of disease resistance loci -
William Snyder
Professor
Entomology
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
wesnyder@uga.edu
species conservation, sustainable agriculture -
Andrea Sweigart
Associate Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar
sweigart@uga.edu
evolutionary genetics, speciation -
Miaoying Tian
Associate Professor and Ji/Georgia Vegetable Industry Distinguished Professorship in Plant Pathology
Plant Pathology
Google Scholar | ResearchGate
mtian@uga.edu
molecular interactions of plants with oomycete and fungal pathogens, plant genome editing for disease resistance -
CJ Tsai
Winfred N. Haynes Professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; Plant Biology; Genetics; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate | Lab Facebook
cjtsai@uga.edu
phenylpropanoid metabolism, stress response, wood formation, gene family evolution, gene-metabolite networks -
Breeanna Urbanowicz
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Website | LinkedIn | Google Scholar
breeanna@uga.edu
structure and function of plant carbohydrate active enzymes -
Esther van der Knaap
Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Biology; Genetics
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
vanderkn@uga.edu
tomato developmental genetics, genomics, molecular biology -
Justin Vaughn
Adjunct Faculty
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website | Google Scholar
justin.vaughn@ars.usda.gov
gene discovery, population genomics characterization and visualization, simulation of genetic systems -
Caterina Villari
Assistant Professor
Plant Biology, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
cvillari@uga.edu
fungal pathogens, resistance mechanisms of trees, chemical ecology, insect-fungi symbioses -
Jason Wallace
Associate Professor
Institute of Bioinformatics, Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website | ORCiD | Google Scholar
jason.wallace@uga.edu
quantitative genetics and genomics of crops and their microbiomes -
Ian Wallace
Associate Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Plant Biology
Google Scholar | ResearchGate | Lab Website
ian.wallace@uga.edu
biosynthesis and regulation of plant cell wall polysaccharides -
Dayton Wilde
Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website | ResearchGate
dwilde@uga.edu
molecular genetics of ornamental plants -
Tanisha Williams
Assistant Professor, UGA Herbarium Director
Plant Biology
Lab Website | Instagram
Tanisha.Williams1@uga.edu
conservation biology, climate change responses, plant diversity, ethnobotany, genetics/genomics, ecology, phenology, herbaria -
Nina Wurzburger
Associate Professor
Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar | Focus on Faculty
ninawurz@uga.edu
ecosystem biogeochemistry, plant-microbial symbioses, disturbance ecology -
Li Yang
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology
Website | Google Scholar
Li.Yang1@uga.edu
molecular genetics of plant immunity and development -
Zheng-Hua Ye
Professor
Plant Biology
Website
yh@uga.edu
molecular genetics and biochemistry of secondary cell wall biosynthesis -
Donglin Zhang
Dirr Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website
donglin@uga.edu
woody ornamental improvement
