
Genetics

Assistant Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology
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global change, ecophysiology, natural selection, evolutionary genetics, local adaptation

Professor
Genetics
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systems biology, symbiosis of fungi and plants, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, biological clocks

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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cereal comparative genomics, genome structure and evolution

Distinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology; Genetics
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centromeres, cytogenetics

Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor
Genetics
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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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plant genetics, genomics, evolution, crop improvement, domestication

Associate Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics
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epigenetics, epigenomics

Associate Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology
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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
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phenylpropanoid metabolism, stress response, wood formation, gene family evolution, gene-metabolite networks

Professor
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 Genomics

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 management

Assistant Research Scientist
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Biology
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small grains breeding and genetics

Professor, Georgia Research Alliance Distinguished Investigator
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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peanut genetics and improvement using wild species

GRA 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 biology

Assistant Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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peach breeding, genetics and production

Professor
Molecular Cotton Breeding Laboratory; National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory;
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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molecular breeding of cotton

Adjunct Faculty
Crop & Soil Sciences; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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peanut genetic improvement, polyploid genomics

Assistant Research Scientist
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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apospory, angiosperm asexual reproduction

Distinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Institute of Bioinformatics
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comparative genomics in cereals

Senior Research Scientist
Plant Pathology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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peanut, wild arachis, introgression, tetraploidization, disease resistance

Professor
Georgia Seed Development Professorship in Soybean Breeding and Genetics
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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soybean breeding, genetics and genomics

Associate Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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vegetables, breeding, genetics, genomics, marker-assisted selection, QTL

Georgia 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 genomics

Associate Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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bioenergy, forages, breeding, genomics

Professor
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 genomics

D.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 grasses

Distinguished Research Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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gene editing and transgenic breeding of legumes and grasses

Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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turfgrass breeding and genetics

Associate Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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turfgrass breeding

Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Biology; Genetics
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tomato developmental genetics, genomics, molecular biology

Adjunct Faculty
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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gene discovery, population genomics characterization and visualization, simulation of genetic systems

Associate Professor
Institute of Bioinformatics, Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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quantitative genetics and genomics of crops and their microbiomes

Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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molecular genetics of ornamental plants

Dirr Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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woody ornamental improvement
Plant Biology

Associate Research Scientist, Director Georgia Genomics & Bioinformatics Core
Plant Biology; Georgia Genomics Facility
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functional genomics, epigenetics, small RNA

Assistant Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology
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global change, ecophysiology, natural selection, evolutionary genetics, local adaptation

Assistant Professor, Plant Biology
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
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Tree ecophysiology, forest biogeochemistry, fire ecology, sustainability of bioenergy production

Professor
Plant Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
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complex carbohydrates synthesis and regulation, biochemistry and molecular biology

Assistant Research Scientist
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Biology
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small grains breeding and genetics

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics
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fungal domestication, bioinformatics, population genetics, evolution

Distinguished Research Professor; Department Head, Plant Biology
Plant Biology
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plant evolutionary genetics

Professor
Plant Biology
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evolution and ecology of plant reproduction and mating systems

Distinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology; Genetics
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centromeres, cytogenetics

Distinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Institute of Bioinformatics
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comparative genomics in cereals

Professor
Plant Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
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study of plant cell wall polysaccharides using monoclonal antibodies

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology
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plant-fungal interactions, rice, blast fungus

Associate Professor
Plant Biology, Plant Pathology
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mechanisms of plant immune action against bacteria, molecular phytobacteriology

Distinguished Research Professor; Director, UGA Plant Center
Plant Biology
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genomic, phylogenetic and experimental analyses

Associate Professor
Plant Biology; Microbiology
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fungal genetics, chromatin structure and function, epigenetics, gene regulation

ProfessorPlant Biology; Microbiology
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fungal genetics, human fungal pathogens, sexual reproduction, dimorphism, pathogenesis, protein trafficking

Associate Professor
Plant Biology
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plant development and cell biology

Associate 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 shifts

Georgia Athletics Association Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Plant Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
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biosynthesis of plant cell wall polysaccharides

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology
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plant reproduction, genomics and gene regulatory networks, single-cell RNA-sequencing, reprogramming cell fate

Regents Professor; Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory
Genetics; Institute of Bioinformatics; Plant Biology
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plant genetics, genomics, evolution, crop improvement, domestication

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology
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population dynamics, evolutionary ecology, responses to climate change

Associate Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology
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evolutionary genetics, speciation

Associate Professor
Plant Biology
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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
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phenylpropanoid metabolism, stress response, wood formation, gene family evolution, gene-metabolite networks

Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Biology; Genetics
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tomato developmental genetics, genomics, molecular biology

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
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fungal pathogens, resistance mechanisms of trees, chemical ecology, insect-fungi symbioses

Associate Professor
Plant Biology
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ecosystem biogeochemistry, plant-microbial symbioses, disturbance ecology

Professor
Plant Biology
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molecular genetics and biochemistry of secondary cell wall biosynthesis
Plant Pathology

Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology
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plant virology: detection, disease epidemiology, genomics, small RNA, virus-host interaction, and virus disease management

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 management

Associate Professor
Plant Pathology
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plant-pathogenic fungi, population genomics, mating systems, host specialization

Professor
Plant Pathology
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virus-host interactions, biotic and abiotic stress in groundnut varieties

Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology
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mycotoxicology, postharvest pathology, fungal genetics

Associate Professor
Plant Biology, Plant Pathology
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mechanisms of plant immune action against bacteria, molecular phytobacteriology

Senior Research Scientist
Plant Pathology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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peanut, wild arachis, introgression, tetraploidization, disease resistance

Professor
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 genomics

Associate Professor
Plant Pathology
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plant-pathogen interactions, structure and evolution of disease resistance loci

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
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fungal pathogens, resistance mechanisms of trees, chemical ecology, insect-fungi symbioses

Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology
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molecular genetics of plant immunity and development
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Georgia Athletics Association Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Plant Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
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biosynthesis of plant cell wall polysaccharides

Assistant Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
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structure and function of plant carbohydrate active enzymes
Horticulture

Assistant Research Scientist
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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apospory, angiosperm asexual reproduction

Associate Professor
Horticulture
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irrigation, mineral nutrition, sap analysis, hydroponics, cropping systems

Associate Professor
Horticulture
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fruit growth and developmental physiology

Assistant Research Scientist
Horticulture
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ripening and postharvest physiology

D.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 grasses

Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Biology; Genetics
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
tomato developmental genetics, genomics, molecular biology

Vincent J. Dooley Professorship in Horticulture
Horticulture
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physiology, drought, photosynthesis

Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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molecular genetics of ornamental plants

Dirr Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website
woody ornamental improvement
Institute of Bioinformatics

Associate Research Scientist, Director Georgia Genomics & Bioinformatics Core
Plant Biology; Georgia Genomics Facility
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functional genomics, epigenetics, small RNA

Norman 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 evolution

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | Google Scholar
fungal domestication, bioinformatics, population genetics, evolution

Distinguished Research Professor; Department Head, Plant Biology
Plant Biology
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plant evolutionary genetics

Distinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | ResearchGate
comparative genomics in cereals

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar
plant reproduction, genomics and gene regulatory networks, single-cell RNA-sequencing, reprogramming cell fate

Regents Professor; Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory
Genetics; Institute of Bioinformatics; Plant Biology
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plant genetics, genomics, evolution, crop improvement, domestication

Associate Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics
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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
phenylpropanoid metabolism, stress response, wood formation, gene family evolution, gene-metabolite networks

Adjunct Faculty
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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gene discovery, population genomics characterization and visualization, simulation of genetic systems

Associate 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 Resources

Assistant Professor
Warnell
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biogeochemical cycles, post-wildfire erosion, soil C sequestration

Assistant Professor, Plant Biology
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
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Tree ecophysiology, forest biogeochemistry, fire ecology, sustainability of bioenergy production

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
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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
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phenylpropanoid metabolism, stress response, wood formation, gene family evolution, gene-metabolite networks

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
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fungal pathogens, resistance mechanisms of trees, chemical ecology, insect-fungi symbioses
Entomology

Associate Professor
Entomology
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predator-prey interactions in agroecosystems, prey selection and environmental effects

Professor
Entomology
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species conservation, sustainable agriculture
Microbiology

Associate Professor
Plant Biology; Microbiology
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fungal genetics, chromatin structure and function, epigenetics, gene regulation

ProfessorPlant Biology; Microbiology
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fungal genetics, human fungal pathogens, sexual reproduction, dimorphism, pathogenesis, protein trafficking