Plant Biology Faculty
Only faculty affiliated with ILS are listed on this page. Learn more about Plant Biology faculty. The Plant Biology Graduate Coordinator is Wolfgang Lukowitz (lukowitz@uga.edu).
Alabady, Magdy S.
Magdy S. Alabady Senior Research Scientist (Faculty) Plant Biology Genomics and computational biology of plant – microbiome interactions, RNA post-translation regulatory networks, and genome characterization Website
Bar-Peled, Maor
Maor Bar-Peled Associate Professor Plant Biology Molecular cell biology of the wall, Biofuel and BioEnergy, Golgi as model for System biology, Plant Immunity. Website
Bensasson, Douda
Douda Bensasson Associate Professor Bioinformatics; Plant Biology Genome bioinformatics, ecological and evolutionary genomics of yeast. Website
Brickman, Peggy
Peggy Brickman Professor Plant Biology Factors that motivate undergraduates to learn science; scientific literacy skill acquisition; and effective methods to provide instructional feedback. Website
Burke, John
John Burke Distinguished Research Professor and Department Head Plant Biology Evolutionary genetics; molecular evolution; genomics. Website
Chang, Shu-Mei
Shu-Mei Chang Professor Plant Biology Evolutionary Ecology of flowering plants; Plant mating system evolution. Website
Dawe, Kelly
Kelly Dawe Distinguished Research Professor Genetics; Plant Biology Plant centromere and kinetochore structure and function. Website
DeMarche, Megan
Megan DeMarche Assistant Professor Plant Biology Plant evolutionary ecology; population dynamics; responses to climate change Website
Devos, Katrien
Katrien Devos Distinguished Research Professor Bioinformatics; Plant Biology Crop genetics, comparative genomics and genome evolution. Website
Dundas, Chris
Chris Dundas Assistant Professor Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics Using plant and microbial synthetic biology to study and design plant form/function, engineer plant microbiomes, and aid biological carbon sequestration. Website
Khang, Chang Hyun
Chang Hyun Khang Associate Professor Plant Biology Mechanisms of disease and immunity in the rice blast system; Fungal effector proteins; Nutrient uptake in fungi. Website
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. Website
Lin, Xiaorong
Xiaorong Lin Professor Microbiology; Plant Biology Human fungal pathogens, sexual reproduction and development in fungal pathogenesis Website
Lukowitz, Wolfgang
Wolfgang Lukowitz Associate Professor Plant Biology Fertilization, and early cell-fate decisions in plant embryos. Website
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. Website
Momany, Michelle
Michelle Momany Professor Plant Biology Cellular and molecular biology of polar growth in fungi. Website
Nelms, Brad
Brad Nelms Assistant Professor Plant Biology Cell differentiation during plant reproduction, genomics and gene regulatory networks, single-cell RNA-sequencing, reprogramming cell fate Website
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. Website
Peterson, Chris
Chris Peterson Professor Plant Biology Response and vulnerability of forests to natural (e.g. wind, fire) and anthropogenic disturbances (e.g. salvage logging), and geographic patterns of disturbance severity. Website
Stanger-Hall, Kathrin
Kathrin Stanger-Hall Professor Plant Biology; Entomology Phylogenetics and Evolution of Fireflies (Coleoptera, Lampyridae), Signal evolution, Science communication. Website
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. Website
van der Knaap, Esther
Esther van der Knaap Professor Genetics; Plant Biology The regulation of fruit shape and size of tomato and other Solanaceous crops Website
Wallace, Ian
Ian Wallace Associate Professor Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center Biosynthesis and regulation of plant cell wall synthesis and deposition, post-translational modifications, glycan imaging and dynamics. Website
