Professor, Georgia Research Alliance Distinguished Investigator
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Pathology
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bertioli@uga.edu
peanut genetics and improvement using wild species 

GRA Eminent Scholar Chair in Crop Genomics
Joining UGA August 2021
Crop & Soil Sciences; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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Robin.Buell@uga.edu
plant genome biology, genome-enabled breeding, plant resilience, genome editing, synthetic biology

Distinguished Research Professor; Department Head, Plant Biology
Plant Biology
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jmburke@uga.edu
plant evolutionary genetics

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

Assistant Research Scientist
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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jconner@uga.edu
apospory, angiosperm asexual reproduction

Distinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology; Genetics
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kdawe@uga.edu
centromeres, cytogenetics

Distinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Institute of Bioinformatics
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kdevos@uga.edu
comparative genomics in cereals

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology, Plant Pathology
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bkvitko@uga.edu
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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sorayab@uga.edu
peanut, wild arachis, introgression, tetraploidization, disease resistance

Distinguished Research Professor; Director, UGA Plant Center
Plant Biology
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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
Georgia Seed Development Professorship in Soybean Breeding and Genetics
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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zli@uga.edu
soybean breeding, genetics and genomics

ProfessorPlant Biology; Microbiology
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Xiaorong.Lin@uga.edu
fungal genetics, human fungal pathogens, sexual reproduction, dimorphism, pathogenesis, protein trafficking

Associate Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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cmcgre1@uga.edu
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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mmergoum@uga.edu
small grain breeding, genetics and genomics

Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Pathology
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melissa.mitchum@uga.edu
molecular plant-nematode interactions, effectors, peptide signaling, host plant resistance, soybean genetics and genomics

Professor
Plant Biology
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mmomany@uga.edu
fungal genetics, cytoskeleton, polar growth

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology
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nelms@uga.edu
plant reproduction, genomics and gene regulatory networks, single-cell RNA-sequencing, reprogramming cell fate

D.W. Brooks Professorship, 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

Distinguished Research Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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wparrott@uga.edu
gene editing and transgenic breeding of legumes and grasses

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
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schmitz@uga.edu
epigenetics, epigenomics

Associate Professor
Plant Pathology
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shavs@uga.edu
plant-pathogen interactions, structure and evolution of disease resistance loci

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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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
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vanderkn@uga.edu
tomato developmental genetics, genomics, molecular biology

Associate Professor
Institute of Bioinformatics, Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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jason.wallace@uga.edu
quantitative genetics and genomics of crops and their microbiomes

Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
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dwilde@uga.edu
molecular genetics of ornamental plants

Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology
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Li.Yang1@uga.edu

molecular genetics of plant immunity and development