All Personnel


Cristina Aurrecoechea

Scientific Computing Professional Specialist
aurreco@uga.edu
706-542-1447

Fiifi Agyabeng-Dadzie

PHD CANDIDATE
Fiifi.Dadzie@uga.edu

Suresh Ambati

Senior Research Scientist , Ph.D. (1992) Sri Krishnadeveraya University
asuresh@uga.edu
706-542-1410

Jill Anderson

Associate Professor, Ph.D. (2009) Cornell University
jta24@uga.edu
706-542-0853

Wyatt Anderson

Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Professor and Dean Emeritus, Ph.D. (1967) Rockefeller University
wyatt@uga.edu
706-340-1843

Tessa Andrews

Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor, Ph.D. (2012) Montana State University
tandrews@uga.edu
706-542-3340

Norris Armstrong

Professor, Ph.D. (1993) Duke University
narmstro@uga.edu
706-542-1699

Jonathan Arnold

Professor, Ph.D. (1982) Yale University
arnold@uga.edu
706-542-1449

Michael Arnold

Distinguished Research Professor, Interim Department Head, Ph.D. (1986) Australian National University
mlarnold@uga.edu
706-542-1407

Robert Arthur

rarthur@uga.edu
706-542-9729

Ashley Artis

Doctoral Student
ara67776@uga.edu

Olivia Asher

oaa92954@uga.edu

Sohyun Bang

Graduate Research Assistant (Inst of Bioinformatics)
sohyun.bang@uga.edu

Mary Bedell

Associate Professor, Ph.D. (1990) University of Chicago
bedell@uga.edu
706-542-0288

Jeffrey Bennetzen

Norman and Doris Giles Professor, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, Ph.D. (1980) University of Washington
maize@uga.edu
706-542-3698

Douda Bensasson

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

Casey Bergman

Associate Professor
cbergman@uga.edu

Patrick Bewg

Postdoctoral Associate
bewg@uga.edu

Kush Bhatia

Doctoral Student
kbhatia@uga.edu

Pengpeng Bi

Assistant Professor
pbi@uga.edu
765-609-9712

Katie Billmyre

Assistant Professor
katie.billmyre@uga.edu
706-542-5385

Meghan Brady

Doctoral Candidate
meghan.brady@uga.edu
(706) 542-1010

Phillip Brailey-Jones

Postdoctoral Associate
philip.braileyjones@uga.edu
7065423698

David Brown

IT Professional Specialist (Retired)
brown@uga.edu
706-542-1423

Kempton Bryan

Doctoral Student
Kempton@uga.edu

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

Makenna Burslie

Doctoral Student
Makenna.Burslie@uga.edu

Kaitlyn Camp

Doctoral Student
kaitlyn.camp@uga.edu

Mary Case

Professor Emerita , Ph.D. (1957) Yale University
mecase@uga.edu
706-542-1416

Shu-Mei Chang

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

Saurav Choudhary

saurav.choudhary@uga.edu

Leigh Ann Clark

Associate Professor
laclark@uga.edu

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

Kelly Dawe

Distinguished Research Professor, Ph.D. (1989) University of California, Berkeley
kdawe@uga.edu
706-542-1658

Samantha Day

PhD Candidate
samantha.day25@uga.edu

Katrien Devos

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

Yinxin Dong

Research Professional
yinxindong@uga.edu
706.542.1882

Diana Downs

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

Paige Duffin

Doctoral Student

Katie Duval

Postdoctoral Researcher
kduval@uga.edu

Kelly Dyer

Professor, Director, Integrated Life Sciences Program, Director, NIH T32 Genetics Training Grant , Ph.D. (2004) University of Rochester
kdyer@uga.edu
706-542-3154

Felicia Ebot-Ojong

Doctoral Candidate
fae75933@uga.edu

Arthur Edison

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

Jonathan Eggenschwiler

Associate Professor, Ph.D. (1998) Columbia University, New York
jeggensc@uga.edu
706-542-2813

Courtney Ellison

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

Hannah Ericson

Doctoral Student
Hannah.Ericson@uga.edu

Theresa Erlenbach

PhD Candidate
theresa.miorin@uga.edu
706-542-4494

Dave Falke

Web Developer
dfalke@uga.edu
706-542-1447

Matthew Farnitano

PhD Candidate
mfarnitano@uga.edu
706-542-1448

Josue Fernandez Canela

jf68753@uga.edu

David Garfinkel

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

Cierra Gladfelter

Doctoral Student
Cierra.Gladfelter@uga.edu

Travis Glenn

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

Mary Goll

Associate Professor, Ph.D. (2006) Columbia University
Mary.Goll@uga.edu

Natalie Gonzalez

Doctoral Student
Natalie.Gonzalez@uga.edu

Elizabeth Greif

PhD Candidate
elizabeth.greif@uga.edu

Elena Hamann

Postdoctoral Researcher
elena.hamann@uga.edu
706-542-0910

Shunhua Han

Graduate Student
shhan@uga.edu
706-583-8192

Scott Harding

Senior Research Scientist , Ph.D. (1989) Kansas State University
sharding@uga.edu
706-542-1239

Trevor Haskins

Doctoral Student
trevor.haskins@uga.edu

Mark Heiges

Scientific Computing Professional Specialist
mheiges@uga.edu
706-542-1447

Stephanie Herrlinger

B.S. Molecular Genetics, Graduate Student, Interdisiplinary Neuroscience PHD Program, BHSI
sherrli8@uga.edu
706-542-4670

Brigitte Hofmeister

Brigitte Hofmeister

bth29393@uga.edu
(706) 542-1882

Aye Htun

Administrative Specialist I
ayehtun@uga.edu
706-542-9235

Ching-Ting Huang

Doctoral Student
ch06154@uga.edu

Brendan Hunt

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

Susan Ihejirika

susan.ihejirika@uga.edu

Anna Iouchmanov

Doctoral Student
Anna.Iouchmanov@uga.edu

Robert Ivarie

Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. (1972) University of Colorado
ivarie@uga.edu
706-542-1424

Ben Jackson

Doctoral Student

Jeremiah Jackson

Doctoral Student

Inam Jameel

PhD Candidate
inam@uga.edu

Hosung Jang

Postdoctoral Researcher, Schmitz Lab
hosung.jang@uga.edu
706-542-1882

Lexiang Ji

Muthugapatti Kandasamy

Senior Research Scientist & BMC Director, Ph.D. (1985) University of Madras
kandu@uga.edu
706-542-4779

Seung Woo (Sam) Kang

PhD Candidate
sk28897@uga.edu

Jessica Kissinger

Distinguished Research Professor, Ph.D. (1995) Indiana University
jkissing@uga.edu
706-542-6562

Sidney Kushner

Distinguished Research Professor, Ph.D. (1970) Brandeis University
skushner@uga.edu
706-542-1440

Alexis Lambert

Doctoral Student
alexis.lambert@uga.edu

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

Yolanda Lay

Lab Technician III
ylay@uga.edu

James Leebens-Mack

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

Laramie Lemon

Lecturer
lemon@uga.edu
(706) 542-3096

Zachary Lewis

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

Ben Long

Doctoral Student
bjl31194@uga.edu

Ralph Lopez-Fortun

Doctoral Student
Ralph.LopezFortun@uga.edu

Chandler Lowe

Doctoral Student

Yueqi Lu

Doctoral Student
yueqi.lu@uga.edu

Wolfgang Lukowitz

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

Eddie Mae Lay

Laboratory Technician II
eddiemae@uga.edu
706-542-2008

Ephie Magige

Doctoral Student

Nancy Manley

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

Alex Marand

Postdoctoral Reseacher
marand@uga.edu

Dionne Martin

Doctoral Student
Dionne.Martin@uga.edu

Rodney Mauricio

Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Genetics, Ph.D. (1995) Duke University
mauricio@uga.edu
706-542-1417

Jenny McCann

Doctoral Student
jenny.mccann@uga.edu

Shaun McCann

Laboratory Manager II
shaugnessy.mccann25@uga.edu
706-542-9929

Michael McEachern

Professor, Ph.D. (1988) University of California, San Diego
mjm@uga.edu
706-542-1821

Richard Meagher

Distinguished Research Professor, Emeritus
meagher@uga.edu
706-542-8000

John Mendieta

Doctoral Student

Douglas Menke

Professor, Director, Developmental Biology Alliance, Ph.D. (2002) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
dmenke@uga.edu
706-542-9557

Cullan Meyer

Doctoral Student
cullan.meyer@uga.edu

Morgan Meyers

Lecturer
morgan.meyers@uga.edu
706-542-3188

Bijoy Mohanty

Senior Research Scientist, Ph.D. (1990) University of Calcutta
mohanty@uga.edu
706-542-1437

Alexis Molina

Doctoral Student
Alexis.Molina@uga.edu

Sarah Mondibrown

Sarah.Mondibrown@uga.edu

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

Megan Motley (Meany)

PhD Candidate
megan.meany@uga.edu

Andy Murray

Graduate Research Assistant (Franklin-Plant Biology)

Elise Nanista

Doctoral Student
elise.nanista@uga.edu
770-880-0000

Ellen Neidle

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

Brad Nelms

Assistant Professor
nelms@uga.edu

Brian Norman

Undergraduate Program Administrator
blnorman@uga.edu
706-542-1442

Batbayar (Baggi) Nyamdari

Ph.D. (1996) Inst. of Chemistry & Chemical Tech., Research Professional III
bnyamdari@warnell.uga.edu
706-542-1304

Maria Ortega

Senior Research Associate
ortega77@uga.edu
706-542-1304

Rida Osman

Doctoral Student
rida.osman25@uga.edu

Sungdae Park

Research Professional II
spark27@uga.edu
706-542-0486

Clayton Parker

Doctoral Student
Clayton.Parker@uga.edu

Andrew Paterson

Regents Professor, Ph.D. (1988) Cornell University
paterson@uga.edu
706-583-0162

Benjamin Phipps

PhD Candidate
Benjamin.Phipps@uga.edu

Margot Popecki

Doctoral Student
Margot.Popecki@uga.edu

Evelyn Quansah

Doctoral Student

Dilani Rajapakse

Doctoral Student
Dilani.Rajapakse@uga.edu

Pedro Reis

Postdoctoral Researcher, Schmitz Lab

Corey Rennolds

Postdoctoral Associate
rennolds@uga.edu

Zainab Riaz

Doctoral candidate
zainab.riaz@uga.edu

Rachel Roberts-Galbraith

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

Tania Rozario

Assistant Professor
tania.rozario@uga.edu
706-542-0197

Ankush Sangra

Doctoral Student
Ankush.Sangra@uga.edu
478-672-1672

Justin Scherer

Doctoral Student

Paul Schliekelman

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

Bob Schmitz

Professor, UGA Foundation Professorship in Plant Sciences, Lars G. Ljungdahl Distinguished Investigator, Ph.D. (2007) University of Wisconsin, Madison
schmitz@uga.edu
706-542-1887

Logan Scott

Doctoral Student
les63048@uga.edu

Skylar Settles

Doctoral Student
skylar.settles@uga.edu

Lawrence Shimkets

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

Ndenum Suzzy Shitta

Postdoctoral Associate
ndenum.shitta@uga.edu

Julian Somers

Doctoral Student
jms53460@uga.edu

John Spiekerman

jspieker@uga.edu
706-542-4066

Michael Strand

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

Taylor Strayhorn

Doctoral Student
Taylor.Strayhorn@uga.edu

Darlene Strickland

Administrative Assistant II
troi@uga.edu
706-542-8000

Yitang Sun

Doctoral Student
yitang.sun@uga.edu

Andrea Sweigart

Professor, Ph.D. (2006) Duke University
sweigart@uga.edu
706-542-7001

Joelle Szendel

Administrative Associate II
jszendel@uga.edu
706-542-2516

Alexandra Tadros

Doctoral Student
Alexandra.Tadros@uga.edu

Michael Terns

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

Eddie Torres

Doctoral Student
eddietorres@uga.edu
7708839942

Matthew Treaster

PhD Candidate, B.S. (2016) Presbyterian College
MTreaster@uga.edu

Chung-Jui (CJ) Tsai

Winfred N. "Hank" Haynes Professor, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, Ph.D. (1995) Michigan Technological University
cjtsai@uga.edu
706-542-1271

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

Chelsey VanDrisse

Assistant Professor
cmvd@uga.edu

Ariel VanLeuven

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

Haiming Wang

Scientific Computing Professional Specialist
hwang@uga.edu
706-542-1447

Lu Wang

Doctoral Student
luwanglw@uga.edu

Audrey Ward

PhD Candidate
Audrey.Ward@uga.edu

John Wares

Professor, Ph.D. (2000) Duke University
jpwares@uga.edu

Alex Waugh

PhD Candidate
awaugh19@uga.edu

Betsy Wenthe

Administrative Specialist
jckadmin@uga.edu
706-542-6632

Janet Westpheling

Professor, Ph.D. (1980) John Innes Institute, Norwich, England
janwest@uga.edu
706-542-1436

Michael White

Associate Professor, Ph.D. (2011) University of Wisconsin, Madison
whitem@uga.edu
706-542-2464

Susan White

Graduate Program Administrator
gradapp@uga.edu
706-542-1127

Makenzie Whitener

PhD Candidate
makenzie.whitener@uga.edu

Macey Wilson

Doctoral Student
Macey.Wilson@uga.edu

Benjamin Wortman

Doctoral Student
Benjamin.Wortman@uga.edu

Shiyun Xiao

Senior Research Scientist, M.D./Ph.D. (2001) Peking University
shiyun@uga.edu
706-542-7788

Huifang Xu

Ph.D. Candidate
huifang.xu@uga.edu

Haidong Yan

Postdoctoral Associate
hy17471@uga.edu

Shuang Yang

Doctoral Student
shuang.yang@uga.edu

Nan Yao

Doctoral Student
Nan.Yao@uga.edu

Kaixiong Ye

Assistant Professor, PhD (2015) Cornell University
kaixiong.ye@uga.edu
706-542-5898

Yibing Zeng

Doctoral Student
Yibing.Zeng@uga.edu

Wen Zhang

Research Technician III
wenzhang@uga.edu
706-542-2516

Xuan Zhang

Postdoctoral Researcher, Schmitz Lab
xuanzhang@uga.edu
706-542-1882

Yinwen Zhang

Yinwen Zhang

yinwenzhang@uga.edu
706-542-1882

Zheng Zhang

Doctoral Student
zz55221@uga.edu
7627280489

Hongye Zhou

zhou@uga.edu
706-542-9729

Jingqi Zhou

Postdoctoral Researcher
jingqi.zhou@uga.edu
706-542-5542

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