Wares, John
Tsai, C.J.
C.J. Tsai
Professor, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
Bioinformatics; Genetics; Plant Biology
Growth-defense tradeoff, phenylpropanoid metabolism and carbon allocation,
gene family evolution and functional diversification, alternative splicing and gene duplication.
Sweigart, Andrea
Andrea Sweigart
Professor
Genetics
Evolutionary genetics and genomics of natural plant populations.
Strand, Mike
Mike Strand
Distinguished Research Professor
Entomology
Molecular and evolutionary biology of insect parasites; virology, immunology, symbiont evolution, reproduction.
Schmidt, Walter
Walter K. Schmidt Jr.
Professor
Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Neuroscience
Molecular cell biology and biochemistry of proteases associated with isoprenylated protein maturation and amyloidogenic peptide degradation; cancer; Alzheimer’s disease.
Menke, Douglas
Douglas Menke
Professor
Genetics
Developmental Regulation of Gene Expression; Evolution of Vertebrate Morphology.
Lewis, Zachary
Zachary Lewis
Professor
Microbiology
Chromatin structure and function; Epigenetics; Eukaryotic genome stability; Histone H1.
Leebens-Mack, Jim
Jim Leebens-Mack
Professor
Plant Biology
Phylogenetics, genetics of diversification including speciation; molecular basis of adaptation; evolutionary genomics; evolution of plant reproduction; organismal and molecular coevolution.
Lauderdale, James
James Lauderdale
Associate Professor
Cellular Biology; Neuroscience
Developmental neurobiology: molecular genetic mechanisms of vertebrate eye and forebrain development.
Kissinger, Jessica
Jessica Kissinger
Distinguished Research Professor
Bioinformatics; Genetics
Parasite genomics and the biology of genome evolution.