Principal Investigator
C. Robin Buell
GRA Eminent Scholar Chair in Crop Genomics funded by the Georgia Research Alliance and Georgia Seed Development
Professor, Crop & Soil Sciences

Ph.D., 1992, Utah State University, Logan, UT
M.Sc., 1988, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
B.S., 1985, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Robin.Buell@uga.edu
Current Members
John Hamilton
Senior Computational Biologist

MSc, Biosystems and Informatics, University of Liverpool, UK
BSc (Hons) Biochemistry (minor in Physiology), UCLAN, UK
john.hamilton@uga.edu
Brieanne Kniahynycky
Genomics Data Manager

B.S. Genomics and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
brieanne.k@uga.edu
more info
Joshua Wood
Bioinformatics Analyst
B.S., Genomics and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI joshuacwood@uga.edu more info
Kathrine Mailloux
Research Professional

B.S., Biology (concentration in Marine Biology), University of Georgia, Athens, GA kathrine.mailloux25@uga.edu
Natalie Deans
Post-Doctoral Associate

Ph.D. Molecular Genetics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
B.S. Biology-Cell Biology/Biotechnology, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, GA
natalie.deans@uga.edu
more info
Chenxin Li
Post-Doctoral Associate

PhD Plant Biology, University of California, Davis
B.S. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, minor Plant Biology, University of California, Davis
chenxin.li@uga.edu
more info
Yi-Wen Wang
Post-Doctoral Associate

Ph.D. Horticulture, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
M.S. Horticulture, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
B.S. Horticulture, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
yiwen.wang25@uga.edu
more info
Julia Brose
Graduate Research
Assistant

Graduate Research Assistant, Plant Biology Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
M.Sc., Biological and Biomolecular Sciences, University College Dublin, Ireland
B.S., Biochemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia
brosejul@msu.edu
Anne Frances Jarrell
Graduate Research
Assistant

Graduate Research Assistant, Ph.D. Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics (in progress), University of Georgia, Athens, GA
B.S, Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
anne.jarrell@uga.edu
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Dionne Martin
Graduate Research
Assistant

Graduate Research Assistant, Ph.D. Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
B.S. Biology; University of California, Riverside, Riverside CA
dionne.martin@uga.edu
Breanne Funk
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Emma Guglielmo
Undergraduate Research Assistant

B.S. Biology (in progress), University of Georgia, Athens, GA
emma.guglielmo@uga.edu
Sophia Jones
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Ethan Mingoia
Undergraduate Research Assistant

B.S. Genetics (in progress), University of Georgia, Athens, GA
ethan.mingoia@uga.edu
Leah Tomey
Undergraduate Research Assistant

B.S. Biology (in progress), University of Georgia, Athens, GA
leah.tomey@uga.edu
Former Members
Visiting Assistant Professors
Kevin Childs
Kevin Childs

Assistant Professor-Fixed Term, Michigan State University
Norma Constanza Manrique-Carpintero

Genetic Resources Associate Scientist, International Potato Center (CIP)
Visiting Research Associates
Bishwo Adhikari
Bioinformatician, USDA APHIS
Rebecca Davidson
Assistant Professor, National Jewish Hospital
Joseph Evans
Research Scientist, Dupont Pioneer
Grant Godden

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Florida
Miranda Haus

Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
Vinita Joardar

RefSeq Scientist, National Center for Biotechnology Information
Elsa Gongora-Castillo
Professor, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán
Malali Gowda

Director, National Centre for Biological Sciences
Candice Hirsch
Associate Professor, University of Minnesota
Cory Hirsch
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota
Jeongwoon Kim
Product Development Analytics Lead - Global Breeding, Bayer
Mercy Kitavi

Research Technology Support Facility, Michigan State University
Dae Kwan Ko

Postdoctoral Associate, Michigan State University
Kin Lau

Bioinformatics Research Scientist, Van Andel Institute
Courtney Leisner

Assistant Professor, Auburn University
Haining Lin

Associate Director, Bioinformatics, Moderna
Alicia Massa

Research Geneticist (Plants), USDA-ARS
Samira Mafi Moghaddam

Genomics Data Scientist, Benson Hill Biosystems
Rachel Naegele
Research Geneticist at USDA-ARS
Lina Quesada-Ocampo

Associate Professor, North Carolina State University
Millicent Sanciangco

Core Facilities Coordinator, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
Lindsay Triplett

Agricultural Scientist, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Andrew Wiersma

Plant Breeder, Seedwest
Dongyan Zhao

Breeding Insight Genomics Coordinator, Cornell University
Research Assistants
Emily Crisovan

Jason Cepela
Morgan Chaires

Mike Geoffroy

Melanie Hardin
John Johnston

Kranti Konganti

Steven Lundback

Linsey Newton

Krystle Wiegert-Rininger

Andy Whittam

Brett Whitty

Visiting Scholars
Andrew Wiersma
Ian Beddows

Graduate Students
Sefa Ayten

M.S. Institute Of Plant Breeding, Genetics, And Genomics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Nolan Bornowski

Ph.D., Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Michael Hardigan

Ph.D., Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Genevieve Hoopes

Ph.D., Cell and Molecular Biology Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Nyasha Mudukuti

M.S., Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Gina Pham

Ph.D., Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Daniel Aaron

Ogie Avramovska
Amni Azhar
Hannah Bacho

Kennedy Baldwin

Laura Bonefeld

Carolyn Botting

Joe Burke

Lemor Carlton

Averi Childress

Megan Conway

Krista Dunger

Caleb Fisher

Jessica Goldsworthy
Alex Gore
Shannon Grimm

Marc Habermann
Katie Heslip
Emily Hilliker
Rachael Hume
Erica Humphreys

Ammara Khizar

Minjee Kim

Joe Korolewicz

Macy Lockhart

Omar Mcgiveron

Byron Oja

Logan Pierz

Emma Rice

Fletcher Robbins

Paul Rosemurgy

Catie Scott

Rachel Shereda

Kailey Skarbek

Elizabeth Straley

Christopher Thorburn
Jennifer Willner

Edmund Wooldridge

Jemison Yewah

Undergraduate Interns
Terin Budine

Lauren Chong

Natalie Fox

Lola Hammond

Abby Jensen

Rene Ludwig

Audree'Auna
Morris-Garrett
Lillian Oglesby

Faerlin Pulido
