Jill Anderson
Assistant Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology
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jta24@uga.edu
global change, ecophysiology, natural selection, evolutionary genetics, local adaptation
Assistant Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology
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jta24@uga.edu
global change, ecophysiology, natural selection, evolutionary genetics, local adaptation
Norman and Doris Giles Professor, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar,
National Academy of Sciences Member
Genetics; Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics
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maize@uga.edu
cereal comparative genomics, genome structure and evolution
Distinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology; Genetics
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kdawe@uga.edu
centromeres, cytogenetics
Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor
Genetics
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mauricio@uga.edu
conservation genetics, invasive species, ecological genetics, evolutionary ecology, plant-animal interactions, evolutionary quantitative genetics, adaptation
Regents Professor; Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory
Genetics; Institute of Bioinformatics; Plant Biology
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paterson@uga.edu
plant genetics, genomics, evolution, crop improvement, domestication
Associate Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate | Twitter
schmitz@uga.edu
epigenetics, epigenomics
Associate Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar
sweigart@uga.edu
evolutionary genetics, speciation
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
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
Professor, Georgia Research Alliance Distinguished Investigator
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Google Scholar
bertioli@uga.edu
Peanut genetics and improvement using wild species
Assistant Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
UGA Peach Blog | ResearchGate
dchavez@uga.edu
peach breeding, genetics and production
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
Adjunct Faculty
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Google Scholar | ResearchGate
jclev@uga.edu
peanut genetic improvement, polyploid genomics
Assistant Research Scientist
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website
jconner@uga.edu
apospory, angiosperm asexual reproduction
Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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pconner@uga.edu
pecan and muscadine grape breeding
Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | ResearchGate
kdevos@uga.edu
comparative genomics in cereals
Professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar; Director, Plant Center; Director, Center for Applied Genetic Technologies
Institute of Bioinformatics; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
sjackson@uga.edu
genomics, crops, bioinformatics
Senior Research Scientist
Plant Pathology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website | ResearchGate
sorayab@uga.edu
peanut, wild arachis, introgression, tetraploidization, disease resistance
Associate Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website
zli@uga.edu
soybean breeding, genetics and genomics
Associate Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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cmcgre1@uga.edu
vegetables, breeding, genetics, genomics, marker-assisted selection, QTL
Professor, Georgia Seed Development/UGA Foundation Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website
mmergoum@uga.edu
small grain breeding, genetics and genomics
Assistant Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website | ResearchGate
cssamm@uga.edu
bioenergy, forages, breeding, genomics
D.W. Brooks Distinguished Professor, UGA Distinguished Research Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Horticulture
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pozias@uga.edu
developmental biology and molecular mechanisms of apomixis, genetic enhancement of peanut and grasses
Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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wparrott@uga.edu
transgenics, breeding
Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website
praymer@uga.edu
turfgrass breeding and genetics
Associate Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website
tifturf@uga.edu
turfgrass breeding
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
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
Assistant 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
Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website | ResearchGate
dwilde@uga.edu
molecular genetics of ornamental plants
Dirr Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website
donglin@uga.edu
woody ornamental improvement
Associate Research Scientist
Plant Biology; Georgia Genomics Facility
Website | ResearchGate
malabady@uga.edu
functional genomics, epigenetics, small RNA
Assistant Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar
jta24@uga.edu
global change, ecophysiology, natural selection, evolutionary genetics, local adaptation
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
Professor
Plant Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Website
peled@uga.edu
complex carbohydrates synthesis and regulation, biochemistry and molecular biology
Assistant Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics
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dbensasson@uga.edu
fungal domestication, bioinformatics, population genetics, evolution
Assistant Professor
Plant Biology; Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate | Twitter
bucksch@uga.edu
computational plant science, phenomics, plant roots, plant imaging and simulation
Professor
Plant Biology
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jmburke@uga.edu
plant evolutionary genetics
Professor
Plant Biology
Website | ResearchGate
smchang@uga.edu
evolution and ecology of plant reproduction and mating systems
Distinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology; Genetics
Website | Google Scholar
kdawe@uga.edu
centromeres, cytogenetics
Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | ResearchGate
kdevos@uga.edu
comparative genomics in cereals
Distinguished Research Professor; Department Head, Plant Biology
Plant Biology
Website | ResearchGate | Focus on Faculty
ldonovan@uga.edu
plant evolutionary ecophysiology, stress physiology, resource allocation
Professor
Plant Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
hahn@ccrc.uga.edu
study of plant cell wall polysaccharides using monoclonal antibodies
Professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar; Director, Plant Center; Director, Center for Applied Genetic Technologies
Institute of Bioinformatics; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
sjackson@uga.edu
genomics, crops, bioinformatics
Assistant Professor
Plant Biology
Website | ResearchGate
ckhang@uga.edu
plant-fungal interactions, rice, blast fungus
Assistant Professor
Plant Biology, Plant Pathology
Website | ResearchGate
bkvitko@uga.edu
mechanisms of plant immune action against bacteria, molecular phytobacteriology
Professor, Director of Georgia Genomics Facility
Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
jleebensmack@uga.edu
genomic, phylogenetic and experimental analyses
Associate Professor
Plant Biology; Microbiology
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zlewis@uga.edu
fungal genetics, chromatin structure and function, epigenetics, gene regulation
Professor
Plant Biology; Microbiology
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Xiaorong.Lin@uga.edu
fungal genetics, human fungal pathogens, sexual reproduction, dimorphism, pathogenesis, protein trafficking
Associate Professor
Plant Biology
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lukowitz@uga.edu
plant development and cell biology
Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Plant Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Website | ResearchGate
dmohnen@uga.edu
biosynthesis of plant cell wall polysaccharides
Professor
Plant Biology
Website | Twitter
mmomany@uga.edu
fungal genetics, cytoskeleton, polar growth
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
Professor
Plant Biology
Website
cjpete@uga.edu
carbon cycling, forest recovery, landscape patterns
Associate Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar
sweigart@uga.edu
evolutionary genetics, speciation
Associate Professor
Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
ecology, landscape disturbances, phylogeography
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
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
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
Associate Professor
Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar | Focus on Faculty
ninawurz@uga.edu
ecosystem biogeochemistry, plant-microbial symbioses, disturbance ecology
Professor
Plant Biology
Website
yh@uga.edu
molecular mechanisms and evolution of vascular differentiation and patterning
Associate Professor
Plant Biology
Website
xiaoyu@uga.edu
genome-wide studies of the mechanisms, functions and interactions of plant epigenetic pathways
Professor, Curator of the University of Georgia Herbarium
Plant Biology
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wendyz@uga.edu
plant systematics, phylogenetics
Associate Professor
Plant Pathology
Website | ResearchGate
mtbrewer@uga.edu
plant-pathogenic fungi, population genomics, mating systems, host specialization
Professor
Plant Pathology
Website | ResearchGate
deom@uga.edu
virus-host interactions, biotic and abiotic stress in groundnut varieties
Assistant Professor
Plant Biology, Plant Pathology
Website | ResearchGate
bkvitko@uga.edu
mechanisms of plant immune action against bacteria, molecular phytobacteriology
Senior Research Scientist
Plant Pathology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website | ResearchGate
sorayab@uga.edu
peanut, wild arachis, introgression, tetraploidization, disease resistance
Associate Professor
Plant Pathology
Website | ResearchGate
shavs@uga.edu
plant-pathogen interactions, structure and evolution of disease resistance loci
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology
Website | Google Scholar
Li.Yang1@uga.edu
molecular genetics of plant immunity and development
Assistant Research Scientist
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website
jconner@uga.edu
apospory, angiosperm asexual reproduction
Associate Professor
Horticulture
Website | ResearchGate
malladi@uga.edu
fruit growth and developmental physiology
Assistant Research Scientist
Horticulture
Website
sunamb@uga.edu
ripening and postharvest physiology
D.W. Brooks Distinguished Professor, 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
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
Dooley Professor
Horticulture
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
mvanier@uga.edu
physiology, drought, photosynthesis
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
Assistant Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | Google Scholar
dbensasson@uga.edu
fungal domestication, bioinformatics, population genetics, evolution
Assistant Professor
Plant Biology; Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate | Twitter
bucksch@uga.edu
computational plant science, phenomics, plant roots, plant imaging and simulation
Adjunct Faculty
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Google Scholar | ResearchGate
jclev@uga.edu
peanut genetic improvement, polyploid genomics
Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | ResearchGate
kdevos@uga.edu
comparative genomics in cereals
Professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar; Director, Plant Center; Director, Center for Applied Genetic Technologies
Institute of Bioinformatics; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
sjackson@uga.edu
genomics, crops, bioinformatics
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
Associate Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate | Twitter
schmitz@uga.edu
epigenetics, epigenomics
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
Assistant 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
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
Assistant Professor
Plant Biology; Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate | Twitter
bucksch@uga.edu
computational plant science, phenomics, plant roots, plant imaging and simulation
Assistant Professor
Plant Biology, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
Website | Google Scholar
danjohnson@uga.edu
tree ecophysiology, water use, drought
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
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
Associate Professor
Plant Biology; Microbiology
Website | Google Scholar
zlewis@uga.edu
fungal genetics, chromatin structure and function, epigenetics, gene regulation
Professor
Plant Biology; Microbiology
Website | Google Scholar
Xiaorong.Lin@uga.edu
fungal genetics, human fungal pathogens, sexual reproduction, dimorphism, pathogenesis, protein trafficking