Faculty


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

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

Jeffrey Bennetzen

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

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

Kelly Dawe

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

Jonathan Eggenschwiler

Associate Professor, Ph.D. (1998) Columbia University, New York
jeggensc@uga.edu
215.431.3827

Mary Goll

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

Jessica Kissinger

University Professor, Associate Chief Information Officer for Research, Ph.D. (1995) Indiana University
jkissing@uga.edu
706-542-6562

Laramie Lemon

Lecturer, Ph.D. (2018) Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
lemon@uga.edu

Rodney Mauricio

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

Michael McEachern

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

Douglas Menke

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

Morgan Meyers

Lecturer, Ph.D. (2020) University of Otago
morgan.meyers@uga.edu
706-542-3188

Tania Rozario

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

Brent Shuman

Lecturer, Ph.D. (2024) University of Georgia
Brent.Shuman@uga.edu

Andrea Sweigart

Professor, Ph.D. (2006) Duke University
sweigart@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

Chelsey VanDrisse

Assistant Professor, Ph.D. (2018) University of Georgia
cmvd@uga.edu

Tauras Vilgalys

Assistant Professor, Ph.D. (2019) Duke University
vilgalys@uga.edu

John Wares

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

Michael White

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

Kaixiong Ye

Associate Professor, Ph.D. (2015) Cornell University
kaixiong.ye@uga.edu