Wallace, Jason
Jason Wallace
Associate Professor
Bioinformatics
Quantitative genetics, crop genomics, crop-microbiome interactions.
Paterson, Andrew
Andrew Paterson
Regents Professor and Head, Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory
Plant Biology; Genetics; Bioinformatics
My unit’s work addresses dimensions of plant genome biology relevant toward a more bio-based economy, linking increased fundamental knowledge to improved human lives.
Lechtreck, Karl
Karl Lechtreck
Associate Professor
Cellular Biology
Cell Biology of Cilia; Cilia-related diseases, Intracellular Transport.
Schmitz, Bob
Bob Schmitz
Professor
Genetics
Population epigenomics and mechanisms of epigenetic inheritance.
Zheng, Y. George
Y. George Zheng
Professor
Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar
Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences
Drug Development, Chemical Biology, Cancer Disease Mechanism, Epigenetics and Genetics, Histone Modifications, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Enzymology, and Biophysics.
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.
Trapnell, Dorset
Dorset Trapnell
Assistant Professor
Plant Biology
Evolutionary biology and population genetics of natural plant populations, specifically evolutionary
factors that shape patterns of genetic variation and mechanisms for partitioning and maintaining species-wide diversity.
Mohnen, Debra
Debra Mohnen
Professor
Georgia Athletic Association Professor in Complex Carbohydrate Research
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Plant Biology
Biosynthesis and function of the plant cell wall polysaccharide pectin.
Anti-cancer effects of pectin.
Lukowitz, Wolfgang
Wolfgang Lukowitz
Associate Professor
Plant Biology
Fertilization, and early cell-fate decisions in plant embryos.
Leebens-Mack, Jim
Jim Leebens-Mack
Associate Professor
Plant Biology
Phylogenetics, genetics of diversification including speciation; molecular basis of adaptation;
evolutionary genomics; evolution of plant reproduction; organismal and molecular coevolution.