Post Docs

Name	Research Area/Lab	Phone/Email
Nino Brown Ph.D.	Peanut Breeding, Genetics and Genomics Lab: Bill Branch, Tifton	229-386-3062 inbrown@uga.edu
Carolina Chavarro Ph.D.	Molecular characterization for peanut breeding Lab: Soraya Bertioli, Athens	mcch@uga.edu
Winnie Gimode Ph.D.	Identification and characterization of genes underlying traits of interest in switchgrass Lab: Katrien Devos, Athens	wrgimode@uga.edu
Heather Gladfelter Ph.D.	Genome editing of Gerbera Lab: Dayton Wilde, Athens	hjgladf@uga.edu
Eudald Illa-Berenguer Ph.D.	Genome Editing in Switchgrass Lab: Wayne Parrott, Athens	706-542-0919 eillaberenguer@uga.edu
Xunliang Liu Ph.D.	Peptide signaling in plant-nematode interactions Lab: Melissa Mitchum, Athens	Xunliang.liu@uga.edu
Alex Lukew Ph.D.	Breeding squash resistant to whitefly transmitted diseases Lab: McGregor, Athens	Alexander.Luckew@uga.edu
Thomas Pendergast Ph.D.	Trait analyses in switchgrass Lab: Katrien Devos, Athens	thpiv@uga.edu
Lara Pereira Ph.D.	Genetic architecture of fruit quality Lab: Esther van der Knapp, Athens	Lara.PereiraGarcia@uga.edu
Peng Qi Ph.D.	Plant genomics and bioinformatics Lab: Katrien Devos, Athens	pengqi@uga.edu
Raquel Rocha Ph.D.	Molecular plant-nematode interactions Lab: Melissa Mitchum, Athens	r.rocha@uga.edu
Suraj Sapkota Ph.D.	Integrated Disease Management in Turfgrass Lab: Bochra A. Bahri, Griffin	ssapkota@uga.edu
Ashley Snouffer Ph.D.	Tomato fruit shape and floral development Lab: Esther van der Knapp, Athens	706-542-2718 asnouffe@uga.edu
John Spiekerman Ph.D.	Investigating the mechanisms of salt tolerance in seashore paspalum and zoysiagrass Lab: Katrien Devos, Athens	jspieker@uga.edu
Jonathan Willis Ph.D.	Peanut and cowpea biotechnology Lab: Peggy Ozias-Akins, Tifton	jdwillis@uga.edu
Lei Zhang Ph.D.	Structural variations in the tomato genome Lab: Esther van der Knapp, Athens	lzhang@mpipz.mpg.de