Biotechnology & Genome Editing
Graduate faculty accept graduate students into their programs.
Non-Graduate faculty assist with graduate student training by serving on committees and providing research guidance.
Graduate Faculty

C. Robin Buell
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar Chair in Crop Genomics
Crop & Soil Sciences
Center for Applied Genetic Technologies (CAGT)

Joann Conner
Associate Research Scientist; Emphasis: Apomixis, plant reproduction
Horticulture
National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory (NESPAL)
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)
Dr. Ozias-Akins' Website | Google Scholar

Peggy Ozias-Akins
Distinguished Research Professor; Emphasis: Molecular genetics of plant development, peanuts
Dr. van der Knapp's Website | Google Scholar

Esther van der Knaap
Professor; Emphasis: Tomatoes, plant development, genetics & genomics

Dayton Wilde
Professor; Emphasis: Molecular genetics of ornamental plants
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)

Zhenbang Chen
Assistant Research Scientist | Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Plant Breeding
Crop & Soil Sciences
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)