Evolution & Ecology Faculty

Learn more about this group by contacting Dr. Andrea Sweigart (sweigart@uga.edu).

Members of this interest group are answering fundamental questions in evolutionary biology and ecology. We study a diverse spectrum of research areas including Behavior, Conservation Biology, Ecological & Evolutionary Genetics, Evo-Devo, Genome Evolution, Phylogenetics, and Theory. Our research organisms span the tree of life including microbes, fungi, wild & crop plants, insects, fish, reptiles, and humans.

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Jill Anderson

Professor
Genetics

Justin Bahl

Professor
Infectious Diseases; Bioinformatics

Douda Bensasson

Associate Professor
Bioinformatics; Plant Biology

Casey Bergman

Associate Professor
Bioinformatics; Genetics

Holly

Associate Professor
Marine Sciences; Bioinformatics

Blake Billmyre

Assistant Professor
Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences; Infectious Diseases

C. Robin Buell

Professor
GRA Eminent Scholar Chair in Crop Genomics
Bioinformatics

Gaelen Burke

Associate Professor
Entomology

John Burke

Distinguished Research Professor and Department Head
Plant Biology

Shu-Mei Chang

Professor
Plant Biology

Megan DeMarche

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology

Kelly Dyer

Professor
Genetics

Fox, Spencer J.

Assistant Professor
Bioinformatics

Mandev S. Gill

Assistant Professor
Bioinformatics

Brendan Hunt

Associate Professor
Entomology

Jim Leebens-Mack

Professor
Plant Biology

Liang Liu

Professor
Bioinformatics

Douglas Menke

Professor
Genetics

Patricia Moore

Professor
Entomology

Mary Ann Moran

Professor
Marine Sciences

Tatum Mortimer

Assistant Professor
Microbiology; Institute of Bioinformatics

Kerry Oliver

Associate Professor
Entomology

Ben Parrott

Assistant Professor
Toxicology; Savannah River Ecology Laboratory

Pejman Rohani

Regents’ Professor
Infectious Diseases

Shayla Salzman

Assistant Professor
Entomology

Saunders, Jaclyn

Assistant Professor
Marine Sciences

Kathrin Stanger-Hall

Professor
Plant Biology; Entomology

Mike Strand

Distinguished Research Professor
Entomology

Sweigart, Andrea

Professor
Genetics

Kevin Vogel

Assistant Professor
Entomology

John Wares

Professor
Genetics

White, Michael

Associate Professor
Genetics

Kaixiong Ye

Associate Professor
Genetics; Bioinformatics