All Personnel

Cristina Aurrecoechea

Scientific Computing Professional Specialist

aurreco@uga.edu

706-542-1447

Fiifi Agyabeng-Dadzie

Postdoctoral Fellow

fiifi.dadzie@uga.edu

Suresh Ambati

Senior Research Scientist , Ph.D. (1992) Sri Krishnadeveraya University

asuresh@uga.edu

706-542-1410

Jill Anderson

Professor, Ph.D. (2009) Cornell University

jta24@uga.edu

Tessa Andrews

Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor, Ph.D. (2012) Montana State University

tandrews@uga.edu

Cassie Armstrong

Research Technician

cassandra.armstrong@uga.edu

Norris Armstrong

Professor, Ph.D. (1993) Duke University

narmstro@uga.edu

Michael Arnold

Distinguished Research Professor, Ph.D. (1986) Australian National University

mlarnold@uga.edu

Ashley Artis

Doctoral Student

ara67776@uga.edu

Olivia Asher

oaa92954@uga.edu

Felix Barbut

Postdoctoral Fellow

felix.barbut@uga.edu

Noah Behrendt

Doctoral Student

njb42996@uga.edu

Caroline Bendickson

Doctoral Student

Katie Benjamin

Doctoral Student

katherine.benjamin@uga.edu

Jeffrey Bennetzen

Norman and Doris Giles Professor, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, Ph.D. (1980) University of Washington

maize@uga.edu

Douda Bensasson

Associate Professor in Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics

dbensasson@uga.edu

706-542-1790

Casey Bergman

Associate Professor, Ph.D. (2001) University of Chicago

cbergman@uga.edu

Pengpeng Bi

Associate Professor, Ph.D. (2015) Purdue University

pbi@uga.edu

706-542-7768

Blake Billmyre

Assistant Professor, Ph.D. (2017) Duke University

Blake.Billmyre@uga.edu

Katie Billmyre

Assistant Professor, Ph.D. (2015) Duke University

katie.billmyre@uga.edu

Phillip Brailey-Jones

Postdoctoral Fellow

philip.braileyjones@uga.edu

7065423698

Gretchen Brinkman

Doctoral Student

gretchen.brinkman@uga.edu

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

PhD Candidate

Makenna.Burslie@uga.edu

Kaitlyn Camp

Doctoral Student

kaitlyn.camp@uga.edu

Sarah Champion

Assistant to Department Head

sarah.champion@uga.edu

Margot Chen

Research Professional I

msschen@uga.edu

Brittany Chopra

Doctoral Student

bc09590@uga.edu

Saurav Choudhary

Doctoral Student

saurav.choudhary@uga.edu

Leigh Ann Clark

Associate Professor

laclark@uga.edu

Noelle Clark

Doctoral Student

noelle.clark@uga.edu

McKenna Coile

Research Technician

mckenna.coile@uga.edu

Jennifer Cruse-Sanders

Director, State Botanical Gardern of Georgia, Ph.D. University of Georgia

crusesanders@uga.edu

706-542-6131

Maddie Cusick

Doctoral Student

Madeline.Cusick@uga.edu

Kurt Dahlstrom

Assistant Professor

dahlstrom@uga.edu

706-542-3013

Kelly Dawe

Distinguished Research Professor, Ph.D. (1989) University of California, Berkeley

kdawe@uga.edu

Katrien Devos

Professor in Grass and Comparative Genomics, Ph.D. (1992) University of Ghent, Belgium

kdevos@uga.edu

706-542-0925

Tara Disanayaka

Doctoral Student

Tara.Disanayaka@uga.edu

Yinxin Dong

Research Professional

yinxindong@uga.edu

706.542.1882

Diana Downs

Professor of Microbiology

dmdowns@uga.edu

706-542-9573

Chris Dundas

Assistant Professor, Plant Biology

cmdundas@uga.edu

Kelly Dyer

Department Head, Professor, Director, Integrated Life Sciences Program, Director, NIH T32 Genetics Training Grant , Ph.D. (2004) University of Rochester

kdyer@uga.edu

706-542-3154

Art Edison

Professor and GRA Eminent Scholar

aedison@uga.edu

706-542-8156

Jonathan Eggenschwiler

Associate Professor, Ph.D. (1998) Columbia University, New York

jeggensc@uga.edu

215.431.3827

Courtney Ellison

Assistant Professor

c.ellison@uga.edu

706-542-5426

Lauryn Famble

Doctoral Student

Lauryn.Famble@uga.edu

Xiaomeng Fu

Doctoral Student

Xiaomeng.Fu@uga.edu

Maa Ahema Gaisie

Doctoral Student

MaaAhema.Gaisie@uga.edu

Michelle Galanti

Doctoral Student

David Garfinkel

Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ph.D. (1981) University of Washington

djgarf@bmb.uga.edu

706-542-9403

Elizabeth Gentry

Research Technician

elizabeth.gentry@uga.edu

Cierra Gladfelter

Masters Student, Rozario Lab , CTEGD GSA Secretary

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

Professor, Ph.D. (2006) Columbia University

Mary.Goll@uga.edu

Natalie Gonzalez

PhD Candidate

Natalie.Gonzalez@uga.edu

Zoe Griffin

Doctoral Student

zoe.griffin@uga.edu

Samantha Gunasekera

Postdoctoral Fellow

samantha.gunasekera@uga.edu

Kendall Hall

Doctoral Student

kch64621@uga.edu

Callie Hambuechen

Doctoral Student

cah53000@uga.edu

Scott Harding

Senior Research Scientist , Ph.D. (1989) Kansas State University

sharding@uga.edu

706-542-1239

Colin Howe

Research Technician

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

Doctoral Student

susan.ihejirika@uga.edu

Anna Iouchmanov

Doctoral Candidate

Anna.Iouchmanov@uga.edu

Charlotte Jensen

Laboratory Manager

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

Jessica Kissinger

University Professor, Associate Chief Information Officer for Research, Ph.D. (1995) Indiana University

jkissing@uga.edu

706-542-6562

Nupur Kittur

Scientific Computing Professional Specialist

nkittur@uga.edu

Amy Kuhn

Doctoral Student

amy.kuhn25@uga.edu

Alexis Lambert

Doctoral Student

alexis.lambert@uga.edu

James Lauderdale

Cellular Biology Department Head, Associate Professor

jdlauder@uga.edu

706-542-7433

Nguyen Le

Doctoral Student

lhknguyen@uga.edu

Hongwoo Lee

Postdoctoral Fellow

hongwoolee@uga.edu

James Leebens-Mack

Professor of Plant Biology , Ph.D. (1995) University of Texas

jleebensmack@uga.edu

706-583-5573

Laramie Lemon

Lecturer, Ph.D. (2018) Baylor College of Medicine, Houston

lemon@uga.edu

Zachary Lewis

Professor of Microbiology, Ph.D. (2004) Texas A&M

zlewis@uga.edu

706-424-9924

Xiang Li

Postdoctoral Fellow

xiang.li1@uga.edu

Shan Liang

Postdoctoral Fellow

shan.liang@uga.edu

Ben Long

Doctoral Student

bjl31194@uga.edu

Chandler Lowe

Doctoral Student

Chandler.Lowe@uga.edu

Rakesh Loya

Research Professional

rakesh.loya@uga.edu

Yueqi Lu

Doctoral Student

yueqi.lu@uga.edu

Ziliang Luo

Postdoctoral Fellow

luoziliang@uga.edu

Eddie Mae Lay

Laboratory Technician II

eddiemae@uga.edu

706-542-2008

Ephie Magige

Doctoral Student

Sonai Majhi

Doctoral Student

Dionne Martin

Doctoral Student

Dionne.Martin@uga.edu

Sara Martin

Doctoral Student

Sara.Martin3@uga.edu

Jessica Matheson

Doctoral Student

Jessica.Matheson1@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

Kelly McCrum

Doctoral Student

kelly.mccrum@uga.edu

Michael McEachern

Professor, Ph.D. (1988) University of California, San Diego

mjm@uga.edu

706-542-1821

Kimberly McInnes

Research Technician

Kimberly.McInnes@uga.edu

Alyssa McNeill

Part Time Lab Manager

Richard Meagher

Distinguished Research Professor, Emeritus

meagher@uga.edu

706-542-8000

Douglas Menke

Professor, Director, Developmental Biology Alliance, Ph.D. (2002) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

dmenke@uga.edu

706-542-9557

Melanie Merritt

Postdoctoral Fellow

Melanie.Merritt@uga.edu

Cullan Meyer

Doctoral Student

cullan.meyer@uga.edu

Morgan Meyers

Lecturer, Ph.D. (2020) University of Otago

morgan.meyers@uga.edu

706-542-3188

Mark Minow

Postdoctoral Fellow

mark.minow@uga.edu

Alexis Molina

PhD Candidate

Alexis.Molina@uga.edu

Tj Montgomery

Doctoral Student

tmontgomery@uga.edu

Elise Nanista

Doctoral Student

elise.nanista@uga.edu

770-880-0000

Ellen Neidle

Professor

eneidle@uga.edu

Brad Nelms

Assistant Professor

nelms@uga.edu

Cuong Nguyen

Postdoctoral Fellow

cxn20061@uga.edu

Brian Norman

Undergraduate Program Administrator

blnorman@uga.edu

706-542-1442

Mustafa Nural

Scientific Computing Professional Specialist

nural@uga.edu

Saurabh Pandey

Postdoctoral Fellow

saurabh.pandey@uga.edu

Dipika Parajulee

Research Technician

Dipika.Parajulee@uga.edu

Sungdae Park

Research Professional II

spark27@uga.edu

706-542-0486

Clayton Parker

Doctoral Candidate

Clayton.Parker@uga.edu

Ivey Patrick

Research Technician

ivey.patrick@uga.edu

Lillie Pennington

Postdoctoral Fellow

lillie.pennington@uga.edu

Benjamin Phipps

PhD Candidate

Benjamin.Phipps@uga.edu

Evelyn Quansah

Doctoral Student

ebq24092@uga.edu

Claire Reichardt

Doctoral Student

claire.reichardt@uga.edu

Corey Rennolds

Postdoctoral Associate

rennolds@uga.edu

Eleanore Ritter

Postdoctoral Fellow

eleanore@uga.edu

Sarai Rivera

Doctoral Student

smr52291@uga.edu

Rachel Roberts-Galbraith

Assistant Professor

robertsgalbraith@uga.edu

(706) 542-9330

Hanna Roucka

Doctoral Student

hanna.roucka@uga.edu

Tania Rozario

Assistant Professor, Ph.D. (2012) University of Virginia

tania.rozario@uga.edu

Emily Rush

Doctoral Student

emily.suggs@uga.edu

Ankush Sangra

Doctoral Student

Ankush.Sangra@uga.edu

478-672-1672

Bryce Sawyer

Doctoral Student

Bryce.Sawyer@uga.edu

Justin Scherer

PhD Candidate

justin.scherer@uga.edu

Bob Schmitz

Professor, UGA Foundation Professorship in Plant Sciences, Lars G. Ljungdahl Distinguished Investigator, Ph.D. (2007) University of Wisconsin, Madison

schmitz@uga.edu

619-203-0074