Biotechnology & Genome Editing

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Dr. Biswal's Horticulture Dept. Profile

Akshaya Biswal Assistant Research Scientist; Emphasis: Peanut Genetics, Breeding, Genomics, Genetic Engineering & Genome Editing

akbiswal@uga.edu 229-386-7274

C. Robin Buell Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar Chair in Crop Genomics

Crop & Soil Sciences Center for Applied Genetic Technologies (CAGT)

Robin.Buell@uga.edu

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)

jconner@uga.edu

Peggy Ozias-Akins Distinguished Research Professor; Emphasis: Molecular genetics of plant development, peanuts

pozias@uga.edu 229-386-3902

Wayne Parrott Distinguished Research Professor

wparrott@uga.edu 706-542-0928

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

vanderkn@uga.edu 706-542-4682

Dayton Wilde Professor; Emphasis: Molecular genetics of ornamental plants

Horticulture Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)

dwilde@uga.edu

Lav Kumar Yadav Assistant Professor: Ornamental Horticulture and Bioinformatics

lav.yadav@uga.edu 770-228-7242