Faculty By Department / Institute

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Mohnen, Debra

Georgia Athletics Association Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Plant Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

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Urbanowicz, Breeanna

Assistant Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

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Wallace, Ian

Associate Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Plant Biology

Schmidt, Jason

Associate Professor
Entomology

Snyder, William

Professor
Entomology

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Anderson, Jill

Professor
Genetics; Ecology

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Bennetzen, Jeff

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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Chu, Ye

Assistant Professor – Blueberry Breeder
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics

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Dawe, Kelly

Distinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology; Genetics

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Leebens-Mack, Jim

Distinguished Research Professor
Genetics, Plant Biology

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Schmitz, Bob

Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics

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Sweigart, Andrea

Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology

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Tsai, CJ

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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van der Knaap, Esther

Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Biology; Genetics

Chu, Ye

Assistant Professor – Blueberry Breeder
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics

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Conner, Joann

Assistant Research Scientist
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

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Ferrarezi, Rhuanito

Associate Professor
Horticulture

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Malladi, Anish

Associate Professor
Horticulture

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Nambeesan, Savithri

Assistant Research Scientist
Horticulture

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Nankar, Amol

Assistant Professor
Horticulture

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Ogden, Andrew

Assistant Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

Oliveira, Luan Dr.

Assistant Professor
Horticulture

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Ozias-Akins, Peggy

D.W. Brooks Professorship, UGA Distinguished Research Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Horticulture

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Ruter, John

Professor, UGA Trial Gardens Director

van der Knaap, Esther

Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Biology; Genetics

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Wilde, Dayton

Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

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Zhang, Donglin

Dirr Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

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Bahri, Bochra

Assistant Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Pathology

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Barb, Jessica

Assistant Research Scientist
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

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Bertioli, David

Professor
Georgia Research Alliance Distinguished Investigator
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

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Biswal, Akshaya Kumar

Assistant Research Scientist
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

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Brown, Nino

Assistant Research Scientist
Institute of Plant Breeding Genetics and Genomics

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Buell, Robin

Director
Plant Center
GRA Eminent Scholar Chair in Crop Genomics
Crop & Soil Sciences; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Institute of Bioinformatics

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Chavez, Dario

Assistant Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

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Chee, Peng W.

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

Chu, Ye

Assistant Professor – Blueberry Breeder
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics

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Clevenger, Josh

Adjunct Faculty
Crop & Soil Sciences; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

Conner, Joann

Assistant Research Scientist
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

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Devos, Katrien

Distinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Institute of Bioinformatics

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Leal-Bertioli, Soraya

Senior Research Scientist
Plant Pathology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

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Li, Zenglu

Professor
Georgia Seed Development Professorship in Soybean Breeding and Genetics
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

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McGregor, Cecilia

Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

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Mergoum, Mohamed

Georgia Seed Development UGAF Professorship in Wheat Breeding and Genetics
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

Missaoui, Ali

Associate Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

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Mitchum, Melissa

Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Pathology

Nankar, Amol

Assistant Professor
Horticulture

Ogden, Andrew

Assistant Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

Ozias-Akins, Peggy

D.W. Brooks Professorship, UGA Distinguished Research Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Horticulture

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Parrott, Wayne

Distinguished Research Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

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Schwartz, Brian

Associate Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

van der Knaap, Esther

Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Biology; Genetics

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Vaughn, Justin

Adjunct Faculty
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

Phillip Vines Assistant Professor Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

Vines, Phillip

Assistant Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

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Wallace, Jason

Associate Professor
Institute of Bioinformatics, Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

Wilde, Dayton

Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

Zhang, Donglin

Dirr Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

Bennetzen, Jeff

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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Bensasson, Douda

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics

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Burke, John

Distinguished Research Professor
Department Head
Plant Biology

Devos, Katrien

Distinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Institute of Bioinformatics

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Dundas, Christopher

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology, Institute of Bioinformatics

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Nelms, Brad

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology

Schmitz, Bob

Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics

Tsai, CJ

Winfred N. Haynes Professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; Plant Biology; Genetics; Institute of Bioinformatics

Vaughn, Justin

Adjunct Faculty
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

Wallace, Ian

Associate Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Plant Biology

Wallace, Jason

Associate Professor
Institute of Bioinformatics, Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

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Lewis, Zachary

Associate Professor
Plant Biology; Microbiology

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Lin, Xiaorong

Professor
Plant Biology; Microbiology

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Aubrey, Doug

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology, Warnell School of
Forestry and Natural Resources,
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory

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Bar-Peled, Maor

Professor
Plant Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

Bensasson, Douda

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics

Bothwell, Helen

Assistant Professor
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; Plant Biology,

Burke, John

Distinguished Research Professor
Department Head
Plant Biology

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Chung, Anny

Haines Associate Professor
Plant Biology, Plant Pathology

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Cruse-Sanders, Jennifer

Director
State Botanical Garden of Georgia
Plant Biology

Dawe, Kelly

Distinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology; Genetics

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DeMarche, Megan

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology

Devos, Katrien

Distinguished Research Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Institute of Bioinformatics

Dundas, Christopher

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology, Institute of Bioinformatics

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Gent, Jonathan

Associate Research Scientist
Plant Biology

Harkess, Alex

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Plant Biology
Faculty Investigator, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology

Khang, Chang Hyun

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology

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Kvitko, Brian

Associate Professor
Plant Biology, Plant Pathology

Leebens-Mack, Jim

Distinguished Research Professor
Genetics, Plant Biology

Lewis, Zachary

Associate Professor
Plant Biology; Microbiology

Lin, Xiaorong

Professor
Plant Biology; Microbiology

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Lukowitz, Wolfgang

Associate Professor
Plant Biology

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Mohan, Jacqueline

Associate Professor
School of Ecology
Plant Biology

Mohnen, Debra

Georgia Athletics Association Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Plant Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

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Momany, Michelle

Professor
Plant Biology

Nelms, Brad

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology

Schmitz, Bob

Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics

Sweigart, Andrea

Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology

Tsai, CJ

Winfred N. Haynes Professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; Plant Biology; Genetics; Institute of Bioinformatics

van der Knaap, Esther

Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Biology; Genetics

Wallace, Ian

Associate Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Plant Biology

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Williams, Tanisha

Assistant Professor
UGA Herbarium Director
Plant Biology

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Wurzburger, Nina

Associate Professor
Plant Biology

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Ye, Zheng-Hua

Professor
Plant Biology

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Bag, Sudeep

Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology

Bahri, Bochra

Assistant Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Pathology

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Brewer, Marin

William Terrell Distinguished Professor
Plant Pathology

Chung, Anny

Haines Associate Professor
Plant Biology, Plant Pathology

Dundas, Christopher

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology, Institute of Bioinformatics

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Fountain, Jake

Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology

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Ghimire, Bikash

Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist
Plant Pathology

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Kashyap, Ruchika

Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist
Plant Pathology,

Kvitko, Brian

Associate Professor
Plant Biology, Plant Pathology

Leal-Bertioli, Soraya

Senior Research Scientist
Plant Pathology; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

Mitchum, Melissa

Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics; Plant Pathology

Ogden, Andrew

Assistant Professor
Horticulture; Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

Oliveira, Clemen

Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology

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Smith, Shavannor

Associate Professor
Plant Pathology

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Sun, Yongduo

Assistant Professor
Department of Plant Pathology,

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Tian, Miaoying

Associate Professor and Ji/Georgia Vegetable Industry Distinguished Professorship in Plant Pathology
Plant Pathology

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Villari, Caterina

Assistant Professor
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources

Vines, Phillip

Assistant Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

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Yang, Li

Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology

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Abney, Rebecca

Assistant Professor
Warnell

Aubrey, Doug

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology, Warnell School of
Forestry and Natural Resources,
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory

Bothwell, Helen

Assistant Professor
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; Plant Biology,

Johnson, Dan

Associate Professor
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; Plant physiology, Forest ecology

Tsai, CJ

Winfred N. Haynes Professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; Plant Biology; Genetics; Institute of Bioinformatics

Villari, Caterina

Assistant Professor
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources