Adjunct Faculty


Douda Bensasson

Assistant Professor in Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics
dbensasson@uga.edu
706-542-1790

Robin Buell

Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar Chair in Crop Genomics
Robin.Buell@uga.edu
706-542-4021

Gaelen Burke

Assistant Professor in Entomology, PhD, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
grburke@uga.edu
706-542-1863

Shu-Mei Chang

Professor of Plant Biology , Ph.D. (1997) Duke University
smchang@uga.edu
706-583-8026

Jennifer Cruse-Sanders

Director, State Botanical Gardern of Georgia, Ph.D. University of Georgia
crusesanders@uga.edu
706-542-6131

Kurt Dalhstrom

Assistant Professor
dahlstrom@uga.edu
706-542-3013

Melissa Davis

Assistant Scientist in Population Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System, One Ford Place, 3CE, Detroit, MI 48202, Ph.D. (2003) University of Georgia
mdavis29@hfhs.org
313-874-6576

Katrien Devos

Professor in Grass and Comparative Genomics, Ph.D. (1992) University of Ghent, Belgium
kdevos@uga.edu
706-542-0925

Diana Downs

Professor of Microbiology
dmdowns@uga.edu
706-542-9573

Arthur Edison

Professor, Eminent Scholar, Director, PhD (1993) University of Wisconsin-Madison
aedison@uga.edu

Courtney Ellison

Assistant Professor
c.ellison@uga.edu
706-542-5426

David Garfinkel

Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ph.D. (1981) University of Washington
djgarf@bmb.uga.edu
706-542-9403

Travis Glenn

Professor of Environmental Health Science, Ph.D. (1997) University of Maryland
travisg@uga.edu
706-583-0662

Brendan Hunt

Associate Professor in Entomology
huntbg@uga.edu
770-412-4093

Edward Larson

University Professor of History, Darling Professor of Law, Pepperdine University Richard B. Russell Professor of History, Ph.D. (1984) University of Wisconsin, Madison, J.D. (1979) Harvard Law School
edlarson@uga.edu
310-502-7593

James Lauderdale

Associate Professor in Cellular Biology, Ph.D. (1992) Purdue University
jdlauder@uga.edu
706-542-7433

James Leebens-Mack

Professor of Plant Biology , Ph.D. (1995) University of Texas
jleebensmack@uga.edu
706-583-5573

Zachary Lewis

Professor of Microbiology, Ph.D. (2004) Texas A&M
zlewis@uga.edu
706-424-9924

Wolfgang Lukowitz

Assistant Professor of Plant Biology, Ph.D. (1996) University of Tubingen, Germany
lukowitz@uga.edu
706-542-9252

Nancy Manley

Adjunct Faculty, Ph.D. (1989) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
nmanley@uga.edu
706-542-5861

Allen Moore

Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Entomology, Associate Dean for Research, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, Postdoc (1989-1990), Washington University School of Medicine, Postdoc (1988-1989), Northwestern University Medical School, Ph.D. (1988) University of Colorado, Boulder
ajmoore@uga.edu
706-542-2151

Ellen Neidle

Professor of Microbiology , Ph.D. (1987) Yale University
eneidle@uga.edu
706-542-2852

Rachel Roberts-Galbraith

Assistant Professor
robertsgalbraith@uga.edu
(706) 542-9330

Paul Schliekelman

Associate Professor and Associate Department Head of Statistics , Ph.D. (2000) North Carolina State University
pdschlie@stat.uga.edu
706-542-4241

Lawrence Shimkets

Professor of Microbiology , Ph.D. (1980) University of Minnesota
shimkets@uga.edu
706-542-2681

Michael Strand

Regents Professor of Entomology , Ph.D. (1985) Texas A & M University
mrstrand@uga.edu
706-583-8237

Michael Terns

Distinguished Research Professor, Ph.D. (1990) Pennsylvania State University
mterns@uga.edu
706-542-1896

Esther van der Knaap

Professor of Horticulture, Horticulture Department and the Center of Applied Genetic Technologies, Ph.D. (1998) Michigan State University
EsthervanderKnaap@uga.edu
706-542-4682

Ariel VanLeuven

Assistant Professor of Cellular Biology and Anatomy; UGA/AU Medical Partnership
ajvan@uga.edu
706-713-2176

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