Anderson Wyatt Anderson
Ph.D. (1967) Rockefeller University
Phone: 706-542-7001
Email: wyatt@uga.edu
Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor
Research Interest:
Evolutionary Genetics in Drosophila
Armstrong Norris Armstrong
Ph.D. (1993) Duke University
Phone: 706-542-1699
Email: narmstro@uga.edu
Associate Professor
Research Interest:
Biology Pedagogy
Arnold J Jonathan Arnold
Ph.D. (1982) Yale University
Phone: 706-542-1449
Email: arnold@uga.edu
Professor
Research Interest:
Evolutionary Genomics and Systems Biology
Arnold M Michael Arnold
Ph.D. (1986) Australian National University
Phone: 706-542-1407
Email: arnold@plantbio.uga.edu
Professor
Research Interest:
Hybridization and Evolution
Bedell Mary Bedell
Ph.D. (1990) University of Chicago
Phone: 706-542-0288
Email: bedell@uga.edu
Associate Professor
Research Interest:
Developmental Genetics in Mouse
Bender Michael Bender
Ph.D. (1987) Indiana University
Phone: 706-542-0529
Email: bender@uga.edu
Associate Professor
Research Interest:
Hormonal Regulation of Development in Drosophila
Bennetzen Jeffrey Bennetzen
Ph.D. (1980) University of Washington
Phone: 706-542-3698
Email: maize@uga.edu
Norman and Doris Giles Professor and
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
Research Interest:
Genome Structure and Evolution
Condie Brian Condie
Ph.D. (1989) University of California, Berkeley
Phone: 706-542-1431
Email: bcondie@uga.edu
Assistant Professor
Research Interest:
Stem Cells and Neural Development
Dawe Kelly Dawe
Ph.D. (1989) University of California, Berkeley
Phone: 706-542-1658
Email: kelly@plantbio.uga.edu
Professor and Georgia Research Alliance
Lars G. Ljungdahl Distinguished Investigator

Research Interest:
Cytogenetics of Chromosome Movement
Kelly Dyer
Ph.D. (2004) University of Rochester
Phone: 706-542-3154
Email: kdyer@uga.edu
Assistant Professor
Research Interest:
Evolutionary Genetics and Genomic Conflict in Drosophila
Hal David Hall
Ph.D. (1995) Duke University
Phone: 706-583-5476
Email: davehall@uga.edu
Assistant Professor
Research Interest:
Mathematical Models of Evolution and Experimental Evolution
in Yeast
Ivarie Robert Ivarie
Ph.D. (1972) University of Colorado
Phone: 706-542-1692
Email: ivarie@uga.edu
Professor and Department Head
Research Interest:
Structure and Modification of the Avian Genome
Kissinger Jessica Kissinger
Ph.D. (1995) Indiana University
Phone: 706-542-6562
Email: jkissing@uga.edu
Associate Professor
Research Interest:
Informatics and Genome Evolution in Parasites
Kushner Sidney Kushner
Ph.D. (1970) Brandeis University
Phone: 706-542-1440
Email: skushner@uga.edu
Distinguished Research Professor
Research Interest:
RNA Metabolism, DNA Repair and Recombination
in Prokaryotes
Manley Nancy Manley
Ph.D. (1989) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Phone: 706-542-5861
Email: nmanley@uga.edu
Associate Professor
Research Interest:
Developmental Genetics of Vertebrate Organogenesis
Mauricio Rodney Mauricio
Ph.D. (1995) Duke University
Phone: 706-542-1417
Email: mauricio@uga.edu
Associate Professor
Research Interest:
Ecological Genetics
McEachern Michael McEachern
Ph.D. (1988) University of California, San Diego
Phone: 706-542-1821
Email: mjm@uga.edu
Associate Professor
Research Interest:
Telomere Maintenance and Recombination
Meagher Richard Meagher
Ph.D. (1973) Yale University
Phone: 706-542-1444
Email: meagher@uga.edu
Distinguished Research Professor
Research Interest:
Molecular and Evolutionary Genetics of Gene Families and Phytoremediation
Wares David Moeller
Ph.D. (2003) Cornell University
Phone: 706-542-5898
Email: dmoeller@uga.edu
Assistant Professor
Research Interest:
Ecological Genetics of Natural Populations
Peterson Andrew Paterson
Ph.D. (1988) Cornell University
Phone: 706-583-0162
Email: paterson@uga.edu
Distinguished Research Professor
Research Interest:
Gene Discovery and Genome Structure and Evolution
Promislow Daniel Promislow
Ph.D. (1990) Oxford University
Phone: 706-542-1715
Email: promislow@uga.edu
Professor
Research Interest:
Gene Networks and Aging in Drosophila
Terns Michael Terns
Ph.D. (1990) Pennsylvania State University
Phone: 706-542-1896
Email: mterns@bmb.uga.edu
Professor
Research Interest:
Non-Coding RNA Function, Cancer and Genome Defense
Terns Chung-Jui Tsai
Ph.D. (1995) Michigan Technological University
Phone: 906-487-2914
Email: chtsai@mtu.edu
Professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
Research Interest:
Functional Genomics of Phenolic Metabolism
Wares John Wares
Ph.D. (2000) Duke University
Phone: 706-542-7720
Email: jpwares@uga.edu
Assistant Professor
Research Interest:
Ecological Genetics of Natural Populations
Westpheling Janet Westpheling
Ph.D. (1980) John Innes Institute
Phone: 706-542-1436
Email: janwest@uga.edu
Professor
Research Interest:
Regulation of Morphogenesis and Antibiotic Production in Streptomyces