Gene discovery and genome-wide analyses of phenotypes.
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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 -
John Burke
Distinguished Research Professor; Department Head, Plant Biology
Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar
jmburke@uga.edu
plant evolutionary genetics -
Josh Clevenger
Adjunct Faculty
Crop & Soil Sciences; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Google Scholar | ResearchGate
jclev@uga.edu
peanut genetic improvement, polyploid genomics -
Joann Conner
Assistant Research Scientist
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website
jconner@uga.edu
apospory, angiosperm asexual reproduction -
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 -
Brian Kvitko
Associate Professor
Plant Biology, Plant Pathology
Website | ResearchGate
bkvitko@uga.edu
mechanisms of plant immune action against bacteria, molecular phytobacteriology -
Soraya Leal-Bertioli
Senior Research Scientist
Plant Pathology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website | ResearchGate
sorayab@uga.edu
peanut, wild arachis, introgression, tetraploidization, disease resistance -
Jim Leebens-Mack
Distinguished Research Professor; Director, UGA Plant Center
Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
jleebensmack@uga.edu
genomic, phylogenetic and experimental analyses -
Zachary Lewis
Associate Professor
Plant Biology; Microbiology
Website | Google Scholar
zlewis@uga.edu
fungal genetics, chromatin structure and function, epigenetics, gene regulation -
Zenglu Li
Professor
Georgia Seed Development Professorship in Soybean Breeding and Genetics
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website
zli@uga.edu
soybean breeding, genetics and genomics -
Xiaorong Lin
Professor
Plant Biology; Microbiology
Website | Google Scholar
Xiaorong.Lin@uga.edu
fungal genetics, human fungal pathogens, sexual reproduction, dimorphism, pathogenesis, protein trafficking -
Cecilia McGregor
Associate Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website | Google Scholar
cmcgre1@uga.edu
vegetables, breeding, genetics, genomics, marker-assisted selection, QTL -
Mohamed Mergoum
Georgia Seed Development UGAF Professorship in Wheat Breeding and Genetics
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website
mmergoum@uga.edu
small grain breeding, genetics and genomics -
Melissa Mitchum
Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Pathology
Website | Google Scholar
melissa.mitchum@uga.edu
molecular plant-nematode interactions, effectors, peptide signaling, host plant resistance, soybean genetics and genomics -
Michelle Momany
Professor
Plant Biology
Website | Twitter
mmomany@uga.edu
fungal genetics, cytoskeleton, polar growth -
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 -
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 -
Wayne Parrott
Distinguished Research Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate | Lab Facebook | Twitter
wparrott@uga.edu
gene editing and transgenic breeding of legumes and grasses -
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 -
Bob Schmitz
Associate Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics
Website | Google Scholar | ResearchGate | Twitter
schmitz@uga.edu
epigenetics, epigenomics -
Shavannor Smith
Associate Professor
Plant Pathology
Website | ResearchGate
shavs@uga.edu
plant-pathogen interactions, structure and evolution of disease resistance loci -
Andrea Sweigart
Associate Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology
Website | Google Scholar
sweigart@uga.edu
evolutionary genetics, speciation -
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 -
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 -
Jason Wallace
Associate 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 -
Dayton Wilde
Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Website | ResearchGate
dwilde@uga.edu
molecular genetics of ornamental plants -
Tanisha Williams
Assistant Professor, UGA Herbarium Director
Plant Biology
Lab Website | Instagram
Tanisha.Williams1@uga.edu
conservation biology, climate change responses, plant diversity, ethnobotany, genetics/genomics, ecology, phenology, herbaria -
Li Yang
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology
Website | Google Scholar
Li.Yang1@uga.edu
molecular genetics of plant immunity and development