Genetics
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Jill Anderson
Assistant Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar
jta24@uga.edu
global change, ecophysiology, natural selection, evolutionary genetics, local adaptation -
Jonathan Arnold
Professor
Genetics
Website | Google Scholar| ResearchGate
arnold@uga.edu
systems biology, symbiosis of fungi and plants, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, biological clocks -
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 -
Kelly Dawe
Distinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology; Genetics
Website | Google Scholar
kdawe@uga.edu
centromeres, cytogenetics -
Rodney Mauricio
Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor
Genetics
Website
mauricio@uga.edu
conservation genetics, invasive species, ecological genetics, evolutionary ecology, plant-animal interactions, evolutionary quantitative genetics, adaptation -
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
Institute for Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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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 -
Jessica Barb
Assistant Research Scientist
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Biology
Google Scholar
jessica.barb@uga.edu
small grains breeding and genetics -
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 -
Robin Buell
GRA Eminent Scholar Chair in Crop Genomics
Crop & Soil Sciences; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
Robin.Buell@uga.edu
plant genome biology, genome-enabled breeding, plant resilience, genome editing, synthetic biology -
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
Plant Biology
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Magdy Alabady
Associate Research Scientist, Director Georgia Genomics & Bioinformatics Core
Plant Biology; Georgia Genomics Facility
Website | ResearchGate
malabady@uga.edu
functional genomics, epigenetics, small RNA -
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 -
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; Plant Biology
Google Scholar
jessica.barb@uga.edu
small grains breeding and genetics -
Douda Bensasson
Assistant Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | Google Scholar
dbensasson@uga.edu
fungal domestication, bioinformatics, population genetics, evolution
Plant Pathology
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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 -
Marin Brewer
Associate Professor
Plant Pathology
Website | ResearchGate
mtbrewer@uga.edu
plant-pathogenic fungi, population genomics, mating systems, host specialization -
Michael Deom
Professor
Plant Pathology
Website | ResearchGate
deom@uga.edu
virus-host interactions, biotic and abiotic stress in groundnut varieties -
Jake Fountain
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology
Google Scholar | ResearchGate
jfount1@uga.edu
mycotoxicology, postharvest pathology, fungal genetics -
Brian Kvitko
Associate Professor
Plant Biology, Plant Pathology
Website | ResearchGate
bkvitko@uga.edu
mechanisms of plant immune action against bacteria, molecular phytobacteriology
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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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 -
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
Horticulture
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Joann Conner
Assistant Research Scientist
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website
jconner@uga.edu
apospory, angiosperm asexual reproduction -
Rhuanito Ferrarezi
Associate Professor
Horticulture
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
ferrarezi@uga.edu
irrigation, mineral nutrition, sap analysis, hydroponics, cropping systems -
Anish Malladi
Associate Professor
Horticulture
Website | ResearchGate
malladi@uga.edu
fruit growth and developmental physiology -
Savithri Nambeesan
Assistant Research Scientist
Horticulture
Website
sunamb@uga.edu
ripening and postharvest physiology -
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 -
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
Institute of Bioinformatics
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Magdy Alabady
Associate Research Scientist, Director Georgia Genomics & Bioinformatics Core
Plant Biology; Georgia Genomics Facility
Website | ResearchGate
malabady@uga.edu
functional genomics, epigenetics, small RNA -
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 -
John Burke
Distinguished Research Professor; Department Head, Plant Biology
Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar
jmburke@uga.edu
plant evolutionary genetics -
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 -
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
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
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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 -
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 -
Dan Johnson
Assistant Professor
Plant Biology, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
Website | Google Scholar
danjohnson@uga.edu
tree ecophysiology, water use, drought -
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 -
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
Entomology
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Jason Schmidt
Associate Professor
Entomology
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
jschmid2@uga.edu
predator-prey interactions in agroecosystems, prey selection and environmental effects -
William Snyder
Professor
Entomology
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
wesnyder@uga.edu
species conservation, sustainable agriculture
Microbiology
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Zachary Lewis
Associate Professor
Plant Biology; Microbiology
Website | Google Scholar
zlewis@uga.edu
fungal genetics, chromatin structure and function, epigenetics, gene regulation -
Xiaorong Lin
ProfessorPlant Biology; Microbiology
Website | Google Scholar
Xiaorong.Lin@uga.edu
fungal genetics, human fungal pathogens, sexual reproduction, dimorphism, pathogenesis, protein trafficking