Faculty1

A man with short dark hair and a mustache is smiling at the camera, wearing a dark collared shirt against a plain white background.
Abdo, Zaid

Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology at Colorado State University

Phone:  970-492-4455
Office:   D114 Ric | College of Veterinary Medicine & Bio Medical Sciences | Colorado State University
Lab Website | zaid.abdo@colostate.edu

Research Interest
Microbial Community Structure, Transmitting and Maintaining Antibiotic Resistance

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

 

An older man with glasses, wearing a suit, white shirt, and tie, is smiling outdoors with greenery and sunlight in the background.
Arnold, Jonathan

Professor, Department of Genetics

Phone:  706-542-1449
Office:   C308B Davison Life Sciences Complex
Lab Website | arnold@uga.edu

Research Interest
Systems Biology, Microfluidics, Clock, Networks, and Neurospora

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

Dr. Justin Bahl, known for his research on COVID-19 mutational patterns, smiles at the camera with a dark beard and short hair, wearing a blue collared shirt over a red t-shirt against a backdrop of blurred greenery.
Bahl, Justin

Associate Professor, Institute of Bioinformatics & Department of Infectious Diseases

Phone:  706-542-3473
Office:   338 College of Veterinary Medicine
Lab Website | JUSTIN.BAHL@uga.edu

Research Interest
Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Science

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A man in a gray blazer and white shirt stands in a greenhouse with tall green plants in the background.
Bennetzen, Jeffrey L.

Norman and Doris Giles Professor, Georgia Alliance & Eminent Scholar, Department of Genetics

Phone:  706-542-3698
Office:   C426a Davison Life Sciences Complex
Lab Website | Maize@uga.edu

Research Interest
Molecular Genetics, Molecular Biology, Genomics, and Computational Biology

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A woman with wavy brown hair and a blue top stands outdoors, smiling at the camera. Trees and blurred background are visible behind her.
Bensasson, Douda

Assistant Professor, Institute of Bioinformatics & Department of Plant Biology

Phone:  706-542-1790
Office: Miller Plant Sciences, RM 1508
Lab Website | dbensasson@uga.edu

Research Interest
Evolutionary Genomics and Population Genomics

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A man with short hair wearing a light blue button-up shirt is smiling slightly while standing outdoors with trees in the background.
Bergman, Casey

Associate Graduate Coordinator, Institute of Bioinformatics and Associate Professor, Institute of Bioinformatics & Department of Genetics

Phone:
Office: A128a Davison Life Sciences Complex
Lab Website | cbergman@uga.edu

Research Interest
Genomics, Bioinformatics, Evolution, and Text Mining

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A man with long brown hair tied back, a beard, and a white shirt is smiling at the camera against a gray studio background.
Bucksch, Alexander

Assistant Professor, Institute of Bioinformatics & Departments of Plant Biology & Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources

Phone:  706-542-1823
Office: Miller Plant Science Building, Rm 2611
Lab Website | bucksch@uga.edu

Research Interest
Computational Plant Science

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A woman with short, light brown hair is smiling outdoors. She is wearing a purple top and a gold necklace, with green grass and sunlight in the background.
Devos, Katrien

Professor, Departments of Plant Biology

Phone:  706-542-0925
Office: Miller Plant Sciences Building, RM 4107
Lab Website | kdevos@uga.edu

Research Interest
Grass Genome Structure and Evolution

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A middle-aged man with gray hair stands outside in front of a brick wall, wearing a light blue collared shirt and a dark purple sweater.
Dobbin, Kevin K.

Associate Professor, Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Phone:  706-543-8112
Office: 150e Paul D. Coverdell Center
Lab Website | dobbinke@uga.edu

Research Interest
Biostatistics, High Dimensional Data, Design, and Analysis

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

Middle-aged man with short brown hair wearing a green and blue plaid shirt, smiling outdoors with trees in the background.
Edison, Arthur

Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar

Professor, Institute of Bioinformatics, Genetics, & Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Director, NMR Facility in the CCRC

Phone:  706-542-8156
Office: Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, RM 1040
Lab Website | aedison@uga.edu

Research Interest
Metabolomics and Systems Biology

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A man with short brown hair wearing a gray plaid polo shirt smiles at the camera outdoors with trees in the background.
Glenn, Travis

Interim Director, Institute of Bioinformatics and Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Health Science

Phone:  706-583-0662
Office:   152 Environmental Health Science Bldg
Lab Website | travisg@uga.edu 

Research Interest
Environmental & Comparative Genomics

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A man with a bald head, trimmed beard, and mustache smiles outdoors, wearing a light-colored collared shirt over a dark t-shirt. Blurred greenery is in the background.
Gutierrez, Juan B.

Professor and Chair, Department of Mathematics | University of Texas, San Antonio

Phone: (210) 458-5735
Office: Flawn Science Building 4.01.10 | University of Texas, San Antonio
Lab Website | juan.gutierrez3@utsa.edu

Research Interest
Systems Biology, Bioinformatics, and Mathematics

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A middle-aged man with short grayish hair smiles at the camera against a plain light-colored background. He is wearing a dark sweater with a green trim.
Jackson, Scott

Professor, Center for Applied Genetic Technologies & the Institute for Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics

Phone:  706-542-4021
Office: 111 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602
Lab Website | sjackson@uga.edu

Research Interest
Genomic Landscape of Plant Genomes structural, functional, evolutionary and epigenetic.

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A person with light skin and brown hair pulled back, wearing a black shirt, standing on a boat with ocean and drilling platform in the background.
Joye, Samantha

Professor, School of Marine Programs

Phone:  706-542-5893
Office: 0159 Marine Sciences
Lab Website | mjoye@uga.edu

Research Interest
Environmental Genomics and Deep Ocean Microbiomes

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A person with short dark hair and a dark button-up shirt stands outdoors in front of blurred green and yellow foliage.
Kannan, Natarajan

Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar

Associate Professor, Institute of Bioinformatics & Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 

Phone:  706-542-7326
Office: A318 Davison Life Sciences
Lab Website | nkannan@uga.edu

Research Interest
Computational Structural Biology, Systems Biochemistry, Molecular Evolution and Ontologies

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A woman with long brown hair and glasses smiles at the camera, wearing a teal shirt, with a window and greenery in the background.
Kissinger, Jessica

Distinguished Research Professor, Institute of Bioinformatics & Department of Genetics

Phone:  706-542-6562
Office: 107C Paul D, Coverdale Center
Lab Website | jkissing@uga.edu

Research Interest
Parasite Genomics and the Biology of Genome Evolution

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A man with short black hair wearing a blue shirt stands outdoors in front of leafy green plants, looking at the camera.
Liu, Liang

Associate Professor, Institute of Bioinformatics & Department of Statistics

Phone:  706-542-3309
Office: 458 Brooks Hall
Lab Website | lliu@uga.edu

Research Interest
Phylogenetics and Statistics

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A man with short dark hair wearing a checked shirt stands outdoors with trees and foliage in the background.
Liu, Tianming

Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science

Phone:  706-542-3478
Office: 0415 Boyd Graduate Research Center
Lab Website | tliu@uga.edu

Research Interest
Brain Imaging

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A blue octopus, representing Graduate Students, sits next to the text BIOINFORMATICS@UGA and a gray keyboard, all within a red shield-shaped border.
Logan, David

Associate Professor & WEB DuBois Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences | Clark Atlanta University

Phone:  404-880-6830
Lab Website | dlogan@cau.edu

Research Interest
Fungal Physiology and Genetics

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A man wearing glasses and a striped shirt stands smiling in front of a chalkboard with mathematical equations written on it.
Ma, Ping

Professor, Department of Statistics

Phone:  706-542-0714
Office: 529 Brooks Hall
Lab Website | pingma@uga.edu

Research Interest
Bioinformatics, Statistics, Big Data Analytics, and Functional Data Analysis

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A man with curly gray hair and a beard, wearing glasses and a plaid shirt, stands outdoors in front of green foliage.
Malmberg, Russell

Emeritus Faculty

Phone:  706-542-1850
Office: 3609 Plant Sciences Building
Lab Website | russell@uga.edu

Research Interest
Bioinformatics and Plant Evolutionary Genetics

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A man wearing glasses and a dark suit jacket sits indoors, facing the camera with a neutral expression.
Mao, Leidong

Associate Professor, College of Engineering

Phone:  706-542-1871
Office: 220 Riverbend Road, RM 166
Lab Website | mao@uga.edu

Research Interest
Microfluidic Platform for Systems Biology

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A middle-aged man with short hair, glasses, and a beard is standing outdoors, wearing a plaid shirt. Trees and greenery are visible in the blurred background.
Mrázek, Jan

Graduate Coordinator, Institute of Bioinformatics and Associate Professor, Institute of Bioinformatics & Department of Microbiology

Phone:  706-542-1065
Office: 0523 Biological Science
Lab Website | mrazek@uga.edu

Research Interest
Computational Microbiology Laboratory and comparative analyses of microbial (mainly prokaryotic) genomes.

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A woman with long brown hair, wearing a teal cardigan and patterned top, stands outdoors, smiling slightly with a blurred background of trees and buildings.
Ottesen, Elizabeth

Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology

Phone:  706-542-1434
Office: 0550 Biological Science
Lab Website |ottesen@uga.edu

Research Interest
Environmental Biology

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A man with short brown hair, wearing a tan collared shirt and glasses around his neck, stands in front of tall green plants outdoors.
Paterson, Andrew H.

Regents Professor and Head, Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory, Department of Crop & Soil Sciences

Phone:  706-542-1434
Office: 0228 Center for Applied Genetic Technology Science
Lab Website |paterson@uga.edu

Research Interest
Plant Genome Biology

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A young man with short brown hair and a beard smiles broadly, wearing a yellow shirt, standing in front of a curved, ribbed structure.
Quinn, Shannon

Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Cellular Biology

Phone:  706-542-4661
Office: 0638a Boyd Graduate Research Center
Lab Website |spq@uga.edu

Research Interest
Biomedical imaging, generative modeling of biological systems, and large-scale machine learning

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A person with short brown hair, glasses, and a light scarf smiles in front of green leafy bushes outdoors.
Salvador, Liliana

Assistant Professor, Institute of Bioinformatics & Department of Infectious Diseases

Phone: 706-542-1644
Office: H319 College of Veterinary Medicine
Lab Website | salvador@uga.edu

Research Interest
Infectious Disease Ecology and Quantitative Epidemiology

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A man with short brown hair and a gray shirt is standing outdoors in front of green foliage, smiling at the camera.
Schliekelman, Paul

Associate Professor and Associate Head, Department of Statistics

Phone:  706-542-4241
Office: 456 Brooks Hall | Computer Services
Lab Website |pdschlie@uga.edu

Research Interest
Statistical Genomics

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A man with short brown hair smiles at the camera, standing outdoors in front of a tree and blurred greenery.
Schmitz, Robert

Associate Professor, Department of Genetics

Phone:  706-542-1887
Office: B416 Davison Life Science Complex
Lab Website |schmitz@uga.edu

Research Interest
Epigenetics, Epigenomics, and DNA methylation

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A middle-aged man with gray hair, glasses, and a beard, wearing a checkered shirt, stands indoors near a window.
Schüttler, Heinz-Bernd

Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Phone:  706-542-3886
Office: 313D Physics at 220 Cedar Street
Lab Website | hbs@phyast.uga.edu

Research Interest
Computational Systems Biology

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A woman with short brown hair and glasses smiles at the camera, wearing a white blouse with small black dots, in an indoor office setting.
Strauch, Eva-Maria

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences

Phone: 706-542-7725
Office: Pharmacy South, Rm 324
Lab Website | estrauch@uga.edu

Research Interest
Computational Structural Design & Protein Engineering

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A middle-aged man with glasses, a mustache, and short hair smiles outdoors with trees in the background.
Taha, Thiab

Professor and Head, Department of Computer Science

Phone:  706-542-3475
Office: 412 Boyd Graduate Studies
Lab Website | thiab@uga.edu

Research Interest
High Performance Computing and Big Data

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A bald man wearing glasses and a blue shirt smiles while standing in a laboratory with wooden cabinets and glassware in the background.
Tarleton, Rick

Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Cellular Biology

Phone:  706-542-3362
Office: 310b Coverdell Center
Lab Website | tartleton@uga.edu

Research Interest
Immunology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Pathology Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas Diesease

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A woman with short black hair and a patterned dress is smiling outdoors, with trees and greenery blurred in the background.
Tsai, Chung-Jui

Winifred N. “Hank” Hayes Professor and Georgia Alliance Eminent Research Scholar, Department of Genetics and Plant Biology and School of Forestry and Natural Resources

Phone:  706-542-1271
Office: B310 Davison Life Sciences Complex
Lab Website |cjtsai@uga.edu

Research Interest
Gene Network Functional Genomics and Gene Family Evolution

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A man with short brown hair and a trimmed beard, wearing a blue collared shirt, smiles outdoors in front of trees with green leaves.
Wallace, Jason

Assistant Professor, Department of Crop & Soil Sciences

Phone:  706-542-9696
Office: 216 Center for Applied Genetic Technologies
Lab Website |jason.wallace@uga.edu

Research Interest
Plant Quantitative Genetics and Genomics

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A middle-aged man with short gray hair, wearing a light blue collared shirt, smiling while seated indoors.
Woods, Robert

 Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Phone:  706-542-4454
Office: 1089 Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Lab Website |rwoods@uga.edu

Research Interest
Computational Simulations and Biophysics Applied to Infectious Diseases

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A man with short black hair wearing a blue and green plaid shirt smiles in front of a dark, plain background.
Xie, Zhong-Ru (Paul)

 Assistant Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Phone:  858-436-5789
Office: 708B Boyd Graduate Studies Building
Lab Website |paulxie@uga.edu

Research Interest
Computational Drug Discovery

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A man with short black hair and glasses wearing a light blue polo shirt stands outdoors, with trees and a blurred background behind him.
Xu, Ying

Regents GRA Eminent Scholar Chair and Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Phone:  706-542-9779
Office: A 110 Davison Life Sciences Complex
Lab Website | xyn@uga.edu

Research Interest
Cancer Systems Biology, Bacterial Genomics, Evolution and Systems Biology

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A person wearing glasses and a gray leather jacket stands outdoors with mountains and trees in the background, smiling with arms crossed.
Ye, Kaixiong (Calvin)

Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics

Phone:  706-542-5898
Office: C220 Davison Life Sciences Complex
Lab Website | kaixiong.ye@uga.edu

Research Interest
Nutritional Genomics, a new interdisciplinary field bridging Nutritional Sciences and Human Genomics.

Selected Publications
Google Scholar

A person with short gray and black hair wearing a rust-colored collar and dark top looks at the camera while holding an object with a gloved hand in an indoor setting.
Zhao, Shaying

Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Phone:  706-542-9147
Office: B304B Davison Life Sciences Complex
Lab Website | szhao@bmb.uga.edu

Research Interest
Cancer Systems Biology, Bacterial Genomics, Evolution and Systems Biology

Selected Publications
Google Scholar