Courtesy 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

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

Katrien Devos

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

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

Muthugapatti Kandasamy

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

Edward Kipreos

Professor of Cellular Biology , Ph.D. (1990) University of California, San Diego
ekipreos@cb.uga.edu
706-542-3862

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

Brad Nelms

Assistant Professor
nelms@uga.edu

Andrew Paterson

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

Rachel Roberts-Galbraith

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

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

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