Genetics Training Program Faculty

Learn more about this training program by contacting Dr. Mary Goll (mary.goll@uga.edu), or by visiting the Genetics Training Program’s Website.

Managed by the Genetics department. Funded by NIH for over 40 years and currently supports 6 PhD students per year. In addition to a generous stipend and payment of fees, each trainee receives funds for travel and supplies.

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Jill Anderson

Professor
Genetics

Oshri Avraham

Assistant Professor
Cellular Biology

Jeff Bennetzen

Professor
Genetics; Bioinformatics

Douda Bensasson

Associate Professor
Bioinformatics; Plant Biology

Casey Bergman

Associate Professor
Bioinformatics; Genetics

Pengpeng Bi

Associate Professor
Genetics

Holly

Associate Professor
Marine Sciences; Bioinformatics

C. Robin Buell

Professor
GRA Eminent Scholar Chair in Crop Genomics
Bioinformatics

Gaelen Burke

Associate Professor
Entomology

Kelly Dawe

Distinguished Research Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology

Katrien Devos

Distinguished Research Professor
Bioinformatics; Plant Biology

Diana Downs

Distinguished Research Professor
Microbiology

Kelly Dyer

Professor
Genetics

Arthur Edison

Professor
GRA Eminent Scholar
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Genetics

Jonathan Eggenschwiler

Associate Professor
Genetics; Neuroscience

Courtney Ellison

Assistant Professor
Microbiology

orge Escalante-Semerena

UGA Foundation Distinguished Professor
Microbiology

David Garfinkel

Professor
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Travis Glenn

Professor
Environmental Health Sciences; Bioinformatics; Toxicology

Mary Goll

Associate Professor
Genetics

Huet, Diego

Assistant Professor
Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences

Brendan Hunt

Associate Professor
Entomology

Natalia Ivanova

Associate Professor
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Genetics

Jessica Kissinger

Distinguished Research Professor
Bioinformatics; Genetics

James Lauderdale

Associate Professor
Cellular Biology; Neuroscience

Jim Leebens-Mack

Professor
Plant Biology

Zachary Lewis

Professor
Microbiology

Douglas Menke

Professor
Genetics

Aaron P. Mitchell

Professor
Microbiology

Brad Nelms

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology

Andrew Paterson

Regents Professor and Head, Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory
Plant Biology; Genetics; Bioinformatics

Rachel Roberts-Galbraith

Associate Professor
Cellular Biology; Neuroscience

Tania Rozario

Assistant Professor
Genetics

Paul Schliekelman

Associate Professor
Bioinformatics

Walter K. Schmidt Jr.

Professor
Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Neuroscience

Bob Schmitz

Professor
Genetics

Mike Strand

Distinguished Research Professor
Entomology

Sweigart, Andrea

Professor
Genetics

M. Stephen Trent

UGA Foundation Distinguished Professor
Infectious Diseases

C.J. Tsai

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

Esther van der Knaap

Professor
Genetics; Plant Biology

Kevin Vogel

Assistant Professor
Entomology

John Wares

Professor
Genetics

White, Michael

Associate Professor
Genetics

Kaixiong Ye

Associate Professor
Genetics; Bioinformatics

Nadja Zeltner

Associate Professor
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Cellular Biology; Neuroscience