Molecular Plant Sciences Faculty

Learn more about this group by contacting Dr. Esther van der Knaap (EsthervanderKnaap@uga.edu) or by visiting the UGA Plant Center website.

Basic research in plant sciences helps meet the enormous challenge of securing food and health for a world population that has already reached 7 billions and is likely to grow to 9 billions by 2050. Research covers a wide range of research topics including the perception of light by plants, seed germination and plant development, mecanisms of resistance to diseases, plant-insect or plant-microbe interactions, metabolism of plant cells or epigenetic mechanisms.

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Magdy S. Alabady

Senior Research Scientist (Faculty)
Plant Biology

Maor Bar-Peled

Associate Professor
Plant Biology

Jeff Bennetzen

Professor
Genetics; Bioinformatics

C. Robin Buell

Professor
GRA Eminent Scholar Chair in Crop Genomics
Bioinformatics

John Burke

Distinguished Research Professor and Department Head
Plant Biology

Kelly Dawe

Distinguished Research Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology

Katrien Devos

Distinguished Research Professor
Bioinformatics; Plant Biology

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Assistant Professor
Plant Biology; Institute of Bioinformatics

Gent, Jonathan

Associate Research Scientist
Plant Biology

Grome, Michael W.

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology

Brian Kvitko

Associate Professor
Microbiology

Karl Lechtreck

Professor
Cellular Biology

Jim Leebens-Mack

Professor
Plant Biology

Wolfgang Lukowitz

Associate Professor
Plant Biology

debra Mohnen

Professor
Georgia Athletic Association Professor in Complex Carbohydrate Research
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Plant Biology

Brad Nelms

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology

Pickering, Ethan

Associate Professor
Bioinformatics

Shayla Salzman

Assistant Professor
Entomology

Schmitz, Bob

Distinguished Research Professor
Genetics

C.J. Tsai

Professor, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
Bioinformatics; Genetics; Plant Biology

Breeanna Urbanowicz

Associate Professor
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology;
Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

Esther van der Knaap

Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology

Ian Wallace

Associate Professor
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

Jason Wallace

Associate Professor
Bioinformatics

Y. George Zheng

Professor
Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar
Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences