The current Genetics Training Program (GTP) faculty trainers and the graduate program(s) each trainer is associated with are listed below. If you are a UGA faculty member interested in becoming a trainer, please contact Kelly Dyer.
Jill Anderson – Associate Professor (Genetics, Plant Biology, Ecology)
Jonathan Arnold – Professor (Genetics, Bioinformatics, Statistics, Physics)
Jeffrey Bennetzen – Giles Professor and GRA Eminent Scholar (Genetics, Plant Biology, Bioinformatics)
Douda Bensasson – Associate Professor (Plant Biology, Bioinformatics, Genetics)
Casey Bergman – Associate Professor (Genetics, Bioinformatics)
PengPeng Bi – Assistant Professor (Genetics)
Holly Bik – Assistant Professor (Bioinformatics, Marine Science)
Gaelen Burke – Associate Professor (Entomology, Genetics)
Kelly Dawe - Distinguished Research Professor (Plant Biology, Genetics, Bioinformatics)
Katrien Devos – Distinguished Research Professor (Crop and Soil Sciences, Plant Biology, Genetics, Bioinformatics, PBGG)
Diana Downs – Distinguished Research Professor (Microbiology, Genetics)
Kelly Dyer – Professor (Genetics)
Arthur Edison – Professor and GRA Eminent Scholar (Genetics, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics)
Jonathan Eggenschwiler – Associate Professor (Genetics, Cellular Biology, Neuroscience)
Jorge C. Escalante-Semerena – UGA Foundation Distinguished Professor (Microbiology)
David Garfinkel – Professor (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Genetics, Microbiology)
Travis Glenn – Professor (Environmental Health Science, Bioinformatics, Genetics)
Mary Goll – Associate Professor (Genetics)
Diego Huet – Assistant Professor (Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Cellular Biology)
Brendan Hunt – Associate Professor (Entomology, Genetics)
Natalia Ivanova – Associate Professor (Genetics, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Jessica Kissinger – Distinguished Research Professor (Genetics, Bioinformatics)
Sidney Kushner – Distinguished Research Professor (Genetics, Microbiology)
James Lauderdale – Associate Professor (Cellular Biology, Genetics, Neuroscience)
James Leebens-Mack – Professor (Plant Biology, Genetics, Bioinformatics)
Zachary Lewis – Associate Professor (Microbiology, Genetics)
Nancy Manley – Distinguished Research Professor (Genetics, Cellular Biology)
Rodney Mauricio – Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor (Genetics, Plant Biology)
Douglas Menke – Professor (Genetics, Cellular Biology)
Aaron Mitchell – Professor (Microbiology)
Allen Moore – Distinguished Research Professor (Entomology, Genetics)
Brad Nelms – Assistant Professor (Plant Biology)
Andrew Paterson – Regents Research Professor (Genetics, Plant Biology, Bioinformatics)
Rachel Roberts-Galbraith – Assistant Professor (Cellular Biology, Neuroscience)
Tania Rozario – Assistant Professor (Genetics)
Paul Schliekelman – Associate Professor (Bioinformatics, Statistics, Genetics)
Walter Schmidt – Professor (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology, Neuroscience)
Robert Schmitz – UGA Foundation Distinguished Professor (Genetics, Bioinformatics, Plant Biology)
Michael Strand – Regents Professor (Entomology, Genetics, Ecology)
Andrea Sweigart - Associate Professor (Genetics, Plant Biology)
Michael Terns - Distinguished Research Professor (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Genetics, Microbiology)
M. Stephen Trent - UGA Foundation Distinguished Professor (Microbiology, Infectious Diseases)
Chung-Jui Tsai - Winfred N. "Hank" Haynes Professor and GRA Eminent Scholar (Genetics, Plant Biology, Bioinformatics, Forestry)
Esther van der Knapp - Professor (Genetics, Plant Biology, PBGG)
Kevin Vogel – Assistant Professor (Entomology, Microbiology)
John Wares – Professor (Genetics, Ecology)
Janet Westpheling – Professor (Genetics, Microbiology)
Michael White – Assistant Professor (Genetics)
Kaixiong Ye – Assistant Professor (Genetics, Bioinformatics)
Nadja Zeltner – Assistant Professor (Cellular Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience)
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