
- GeneticsJill Anderson
Assistant Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology
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global change, ecophysiology, natural selection, evolutionary genetics, local adaptationJonathan ArnoldProfessor
Genetics
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systems biology, symbiosis of fungi and plants, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, biological clocksJeff BennetzenNorman and Doris Giles Professor, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar,
National Academy of Sciences Member
Genetics; Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics
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cereal comparative genomics, genome structure and evolutionKelly DaweDistinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology; Genetics
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centromeres, cytogeneticsRodney MauricioJosiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor
Genetics
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conservation genetics, invasive species, ecological genetics, evolutionary ecology, plant-animal interactions, evolutionary quantitative genetics, adaptationAndrew PatersonRegents Professor; Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory
Genetics; Institute of Bioinformatics; Plant Biology
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plant genetics, genomics, evolution, crop improvement, domesticationBob SchmitzAssociate Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics
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epigenetics, epigenomicsAndrea SweigartAssociate Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology
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evolutionary genetics, speciationCJ TsaiWinfred 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
phenylpropanoid metabolism, stress response, wood formation, gene family evolution, gene-metabolite networksEsther van der KnaapProfessor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Biology; Genetics
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tomato developmental genetics, genomics, molecular biology - Institute for Plant Breeding, Genetics and GenomicsBochra Bahri
Assistant Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Pathology
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pathogen population structure, pathogen adaptation to hosts and to climate change, plant-pathogen interactions, resistance gene and virulence factor identification, turfgrass and forage disease managementJessica BarbAssistant Research Scientist
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Biology
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small grains breeding and geneticsDavid BertioliProfessor, Georgia Research Alliance Distinguished Investigator
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Pathology
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peanut genetics and improvement using wild speciesRobin BuellGRA Eminent Scholar Chair in Crop Genomics
Crop & Soil Sciences; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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plant genome biology, genome-enabled breeding, plant resilience, genome editing, synthetic biologyDario ChavezAssistant Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website | UGA Peach Blog | ResearchGate
peach breeding, genetics and productionPeng W. CheeProfessor
Molecular Cotton Breeding Laboratory; National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory;
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website
molecular breeding of cottonJosh ClevengerAdjunct Faculty
Crop & Soil Sciences; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Google Scholar | ResearchGate
peanut genetic improvement, polyploid genomicsJoann ConnerAssistant Research Scientist
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website
apospory, angiosperm asexual reproductionKatrien DevosDistinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | ResearchGate
comparative genomics in cerealsSoraya Leal-BertioliSenior Research Scientist
Plant Pathology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website | ResearchGate
peanut, wild arachis, introgression, tetraploidization, disease resistanceZenglu LiProfessor
Georgia Seed Development Professorship in Soybean Breeding and Genetics
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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soybean breeding, genetics and genomicsCecilia McGregorAssociate Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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vegetables, breeding, genetics, genomics, marker-assisted selection, QTLMohamed MergoumGeorgia Seed Development UGAF Professorship in Wheat Breeding and Genetics
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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small grain breeding, genetics and genomicsAli MissaouiAssociate Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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bioenergy, forages, breeding, genomicsMelissa MitchumProfessor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Pathology
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molecular plant-nematode interactions, effectors, peptide signaling, host plant resistance, soybean genetics and genomicsPeggy Ozias-AkinsD.W. Brooks Professorship, UGA Distinguished Research Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Horticulture
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developmental biology and molecular mechanisms of apomixis, genetic enhancement of peanut and grassesWayne ParrottDistinguished Research Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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gene editing and transgenic breeding of legumes and grassesPaul RaymerProfessor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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turfgrass breeding and geneticsBrian SchwartzAssociate Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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turfgrass breedingEsther van der KnaapProfessor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Biology; Genetics
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tomato developmental genetics, genomics, molecular biologyJustin VaughnAdjunct Faculty
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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gene discovery, population genomics characterization and visualization, simulation of genetic systemsJason WallaceAssociate Professor
Institute of Bioinformatics, Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website | ORCiD | Google Scholar
quantitative genetics and genomics of crops and their microbiomesDayton WildeProfessor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website | ResearchGate
molecular genetics of ornamental plantsDonglin ZhangDirr Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website
woody ornamental improvement - Plant BiologyMagdy Alabady
Associate Research Scientist, Director Georgia Genomics & Bioinformatics Core
Plant Biology; Georgia Genomics Facility
Website | ResearchGate
functional genomics, epigenetics, small RNAJill AndersonAssistant Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology
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global change, ecophysiology, natural selection, evolutionary genetics, local adaptationDoug P. AubreyAssistant Professor, Plant Biology
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
Website
Tree ecophysiology, forest biogeochemistry, fire ecology, sustainability of bioenergy productionMaor Bar-PeledProfessor
Plant Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Website
complex carbohydrates synthesis and regulation, biochemistry and molecular biologyJessica BarbAssistant Research Scientist
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Biology
Google Scholar
small grains breeding and geneticsDouda BensassonAssistant Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics
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fungal domestication, bioinformatics, population genetics, evolutionAlexander BuckschAssistant Professor
Plant Biology; Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate | Twitter
computational plant science, phenomics, plant roots, plant imaging and simulationJohn BurkeDistinguished Research Professor; Department Head, Plant Biology
Plant Biology
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plant evolutionary geneticsShu-Mei ChangProfessor
Plant Biology
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evolution and ecology of plant reproduction and mating systemsKelly DaweDistinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology; Genetics
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centromeres, cytogeneticsKatrien DevosDistinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | ResearchGate
comparative genomics in cerealsLisa DonovanDistinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology
Website | ResearchGate | Focus on Faculty
plant evolutionary ecophysiology, stress physiology, resource allocationMichael G. HahnProfessor
Plant Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
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study of plant cell wall polysaccharides using monoclonal antibodiesChang Hyun KhangAssistant Professor
Plant Biology
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plant-fungal interactions, rice, blast fungusBrian KvitkoAssociate Professor
Plant Biology, Plant Pathology
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mechanisms of plant immune action against bacteria, molecular phytobacteriologyJim Leebens-MackDistinguished Research Professor; Director, UGA Plant Center
Plant Biology
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genomic, phylogenetic and experimental analysesZachary LewisAssociate Professor
Plant Biology; Microbiology
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fungal genetics, chromatin structure and function, epigenetics, gene regulationXiaorong LinProfessorPlant Biology; Microbiology
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fungal genetics, human fungal pathogens, sexual reproduction, dimorphism, pathogenesis, protein traffickingWolfgang LukowitzAssociate Professor
Plant Biology
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plant development and cell biologyJacqueline MohanAssociate Professor, School of Ecology
Plant Biology
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ecosystem ecology, population and community ecology, biogeochemistry, global change, climate change, conservation biology, geographic genetic variation, species range shiftsDebra MohnenGeorgia Athletics Association Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Plant Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Website | ResearchGate
biosynthesis of plant cell wall polysaccharidesBrad NelmsAssistant Professor
Plant Biology
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plant reproduction, genomics and gene regulatory networks, single-cell RNA-sequencing, reprogramming cell fateAndrew PatersonRegents Professor; Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory
Genetics; Institute of Bioinformatics; Plant Biology
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plant genetics, genomics, evolution, crop improvement, domesticationMegan DeMarcheAssistant Professor
Plant Biology
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population dynamics, evolutionary ecology, responses to climate changeAndrea SweigartAssociate Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology
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evolutionary genetics, speciationDorset TrapnellAssociate Professor
Plant Biology
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ecology, landscape disturbances, phylogeographyCJ TsaiWinfred 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
phenylpropanoid metabolism, stress response, wood formation, gene family evolution, gene-metabolite networksEsther van der KnaapProfessor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Biology; Genetics
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
tomato developmental genetics, genomics, molecular biologyCaterina VillariAssistant Professor
Plant Biology, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
fungal pathogens, resistance mechanisms of trees, chemical ecology, insect-fungi symbiosesNina WurzburgerAssociate Professor
Plant Biology
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ecosystem biogeochemistry, plant-microbial symbioses, disturbance ecologyZheng-Hua YeProfessor
Plant Biology
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molecular genetics and biochemistry of secondary cell wall biosynthesis - Plant PathologySudeep Bag
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology
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plant virology: detection, disease epidemiology, genomics, small RNA, virus-host interaction, and virus disease managementBochra BahriAssistant Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Pathology
Website | Google Scholar | Research Gate
pathogen population structure, pathogen adaptation to hosts and to climate change, plant-pathogen interactions, resistance gene and virulence factor identification, turfgrass and forage disease managementMarin BrewerAssociate Professor
Plant Pathology
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plant-pathogenic fungi, population genomics, mating systems, host specializationMichael DeomProfessor
Plant Pathology
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virus-host interactions, biotic and abiotic stress in groundnut varietiesBrian KvitkoAssociate Professor
Plant Biology, Plant Pathology
Website | ResearchGate
mechanisms of plant immune action against bacteria, molecular phytobacteriologySoraya Leal-BertioliSenior Research Scientist
Plant Pathology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website | ResearchGate
peanut, wild arachis, introgression, tetraploidization, disease resistanceMelissa MitchumProfessor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Pathology
Website | Google Scholar
molecular plant-nematode interactions, effectors, peptide signaling, host plant resistance, soybean genetics and genomicsShavannor SmithAssociate Professor
Plant Pathology
Website | ResearchGate
plant-pathogen interactions, structure and evolution of disease resistance lociCaterina VillariAssistant Professor
Plant Biology, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
fungal pathogens, resistance mechanisms of trees, chemical ecology, insect-fungi symbiosesLi YangAssistant Professor
Plant Pathology
Website | Google Scholarmolecular genetics of plant immunity and development
- Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyDebra Mohnen
Georgia Athletics Association Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Plant Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Website | ResearchGate
biosynthesis of plant cell wall polysaccharidesBreeanna UrbanowiczAssistant Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Website | LinkedIn | Google Scholar
structure and function of plant carbohydrate active enzymes - HorticultureJoann Conner
Assistant Research Scientist
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website
apospory, angiosperm asexual reproductionRhuanito FerrareziAssociate Professor
Horticulture
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
irrigation, mineral nutrition, sap analysis, hydroponics, cropping systemsAnish MalladiAssociate Professor
Horticulture
Website | ResearchGate
fruit growth and developmental physiologySavithri NambeesanAssistant Research Scientist
Horticulture
Website
ripening and postharvest physiologyPeggy Ozias-AkinsD.W. Brooks Professorship, UGA Distinguished Research Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Horticulture
Website | ResearchGate
developmental biology and molecular mechanisms of apomixis, genetic enhancement of peanut and grassesEsther van der KnaapProfessor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Biology; Genetics
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
tomato developmental genetics, genomics, molecular biologyMarc van IerselVincent J. Dooley Professorship in Horticulture
Horticulture
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
physiology, drought, photosynthesisDayton WildeProfessor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website | ResearchGate
molecular genetics of ornamental plantsDonglin ZhangDirr Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website
woody ornamental improvement - Institute of BioinformaticsMagdy Alabady
Associate Research Scientist, Director Georgia Genomics & Bioinformatics Core
Plant Biology; Georgia Genomics Facility
Website | ResearchGate
functional genomics, epigenetics, small RNAJeff BennetzenNorman and Doris Giles Professor, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar,
National Academy of Sciences Member
Genetics; Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | Google Scholar
cereal comparative genomics, genome structure and evolutionDouda BensassonAssistant Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | Google Scholar
fungal domestication, bioinformatics, population genetics, evolutionAlexander BuckschAssistant Professor
Plant Biology; Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate | Twitter
computational plant science, phenomics, plant roots, plant imaging and simulationJohn BurkeDistinguished Research Professor; Department Head, Plant Biology
Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar
plant evolutionary geneticsKatrien DevosDistinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | ResearchGate
comparative genomics in cerealsBrad NelmsAssistant Professor
Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar
plant reproduction, genomics and gene regulatory networks, single-cell RNA-sequencing, reprogramming cell fateAndrew PatersonRegents Professor; Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory
Genetics; Institute of Bioinformatics; Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar
plant genetics, genomics, evolution, crop improvement, domesticationBob SchmitzAssociate Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate | Twitter
epigenetics, epigenomicsCJ TsaiWinfred 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
phenylpropanoid metabolism, stress response, wood formation, gene family evolution, gene-metabolite networksJustin VaughnAdjunct Faculty
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website | Google Scholar
gene discovery, population genomics characterization and visualization, simulation of genetic systemsJason WallaceAssociate Professor
Institute of Bioinformatics, Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website | ORCiD | Google Scholar
quantitative genetics and genomics of crops and their microbiomes - Warnell School of Forestry and Natural ResourcesRebecca Abney
Assistant Professor
Warnell
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
biogeochemical cycles, post-wildfire erosion, soil C sequestrationDoug P. AubreyAssistant Professor, Plant Biology
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
Website
Tree ecophysiology, forest biogeochemistry, fire ecology, sustainability of bioenergy productionAlexander BuckschAssistant Professor
Plant Biology; Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate | Twitter
computational plant science, phenomics, plant roots, plant imaging and simulationDan JohnsonAssistant Professor
Plant Biology, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
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tree ecophysiology, water use, droughtCJ TsaiWinfred 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
phenylpropanoid metabolism, stress response, wood formation, gene family evolution, gene-metabolite networksCaterina VillariAssistant Professor
Plant Biology, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
fungal pathogens, resistance mechanisms of trees, chemical ecology, insect-fungi symbioses - MicrobiologyZachary Lewis
Associate Professor
Plant Biology; Microbiology
Website | Google Scholar
fungal genetics, chromatin structure and function, epigenetics, gene regulationXiaorong LinProfessorPlant Biology; Microbiology
Website | Google Scholar
fungal genetics, human fungal pathogens, sexual reproduction, dimorphism, pathogenesis, protein trafficking