Alsaihati, Burair
Professor: Shaying Zhao
Email | baa20876@uga.edu
Graduate Students
Alvarez Narvaez, Sonsiray, PhD, MScRES
Professor: Jan Mrazek
Email | Sonsiray.Alvarez@uga.edu
Bang, Sohyun
Professor: Bob Schmitz
Email | Sohyun.Bang@uga.edu
Basting, Preston
Professor: Casey Bergman
Email | Preston.Basting@uga.edu
Research Interest
Microbiology, genome evolution, genome assembly, host-microbe interactions, machine learning
Chakraborty, Debkanta
Professor: Katrien Devos
Email |debkanta@uga.edu
Research Interest
Plant Genetics, Evolution, Bioinformatics, Protein Structures and Dynamics
Chen, Jiani
Professor: Justin Bahl
Email | jc54391@uga.edu
Research Interest
Human respiratory syncytial virus, phylodynamics
Chen, Jingxuan
Professor: Casey Bergman
Email | jc33471@uga.edu
Research Interest
Transposable elements, Evolution, and Yeast
Corut, Adnan Kivanc
Professor: Jason Wallace
Email | ac32082@uga.edu
Research Interest
Plant-microbe interactions, RNAseq analysis, Data mining, Microbiome
Damodaran, Lambodhar
Professor: Justin Bahl
Email | ld26524@uga.edu
Research Interest
Phylodynamics of viruses, Influenza virus, HIV, virus evoltion
De Santiago Perez, Alejandro
Professor: Holly Bik
Email | Alejandro.DeSantiagoPerez@uga.edu
Ethridge, Christina
Professor: Jan Mrazek
Email | tinaeth@uga.edu
Feng, Yuan
Professor: Shaying Zhao
Email | yf94402@uga.edu
Francis, Michael
Professor: Kaixiong Ye
Email | MichaelFrancis@uga.edu
Research Interest
Nutrigenomics, evolutionary genomics, GWAS, fatty acid metabolism
Gonzalez, Karen
Professor: Eva-Maria Strauch
Email |Karen.Gonzalez@uga.edu
Research Interest
Drug discovery, vaccine development, structural biology
Han, Shunhua
Professor: Casey Bergman
Email | shhan@uga.edu
Research Interest
Transposon in drosophila, cell culture evolution, machine learning
Ho, Kun-Lin
Professor: Shaying Zhao
Email | kh31516@uga.edu
Huang, Liang-Chin (Leon)
Professor: Natarajan Kannan
Email | lh10630@uga.edu
Research Interest
Systems pharmacology, Precision medicine, Machine learning, Biostatistics
Kovar, Lynsey
Professor: Jason Wallace, MS-Thesis
Email | lkovar@uga.edu
Legall, Noah
Professor: Liliana Salvador
Email | noahaus@uga.edu
Li, Hanxia
Professor: Jason Wallace
Email | hl46161@uga.edu
Li, Yiran
Professor: Jessica Kissinger
Email | yl22225@uga.edu
Research Interest
Genome evolution, metagenomics, noncoding RNA, host-parasite interaction
Louha, Swarnali
Professor: Travis Glenn
Email | sl50708@uga.edu
Research Interest
Genome analysis, Genome assembly and annotation, Population genetics, RNAseq DE analysisn
Ludwig, John
Professor: Jan Mrázek
Email | jmludwig@uga.edu
Lyu, Leke
Professor: Justin Bahl
Email | lekelyu@uga.edu
McCall, Sydney
Professor: Douda Bensasson
Email | sydney.mccall@uga.edu
Montenegro, Tito
Professor: Samantha Joye
Email | davidpm@uga.edu
Research Interest
Microbiome analysis, environmental microbiology, carbon cycle, extremophiles
Montgomery, David
Professor: Robert Woods
Email | dwm19550@uga.edu
Moore, Abby
Professor: Art Edison
Email | AbigailEMoore@uga.edu
Petty, Zachary
Professor: Justin Bahl
Email |zachary.petty25@uga.edu
Research Interest
Viral evolution, Phylogenetic methodology
Piri, Rebecca
Professor: Kelly Dawe
Email |Rebecca.Piri@uga.edu
Qiu, Xiao
Professor: Jonathan Arnold
Email |xiao.qiu@uga.edu
Research Interest
Neurospora Crassa, genentic network, system biology
Schultz, Corey
Professor: Jason Wallace
Email |crs68219@uga.edu
Research Interest
Endophytes, Microbiome, Quantitative Genetics, Sustainable Agriculture
Scopel Ferreira da Costa, Eduardo
Professor: Douda Bensasson
Email |eduardoscopel@uga.edu
Research Interest
Yeast Genetics and Genomics, Ecology and Evolution, Aneuploidy
Scruse, Ashley
Professor: Jonathan Arnold
Email | ascruse@uga.edu
Shen, Xunan
Professor: Art Edison
Email | xs41379@uga.edu
Research Interest
Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Metabolomics
Shrestha, Safal
Professor: Natarajan Kannan
Email | ss57215@uga.edu
Skaro, Michael
Professor: Jonathan Arnold & Mandy Murph
Email | mfs61958@uga.edu
Talamantes, Darrian
Professor: Jason Wallace
Email | Darrian.Talamantes@uga.edu
Tan, Xu
Professor: Andrew Paterson
Email | tanxu@uga.edu
Taujale, Rahil
Professor: Art Edison & Natarajan Kannan
Email | rt33095@uga.edu
Research Interest
Protein evolution, phylogenetics, sequence analysis, glycosyltransferases, metabolomics
Torres, Isaac
Professor: Eva Strauch
Email | isaactb@uga.edu
Research Interest
Protein Design, Vaccine and Drug Development
Watson, Joshua
Professor: Shaying Zhao
Email | jlw87619@uga.edu
Research Interest
Comparitive Cancer Genomics
Weedop, Bodie
Professor: Pejman Rohani
Email | Keegan.Weedop@uga.edu
Wu, Yue
Professor: Art Edison
Email | yw44924@uga.edu
Research Interest
Metabolic modeling, computational method on NMR, Machine learning, Time series
Xiao, Rui
Professor: Bob Schmitz
Email | Rui.Xiao@uga.edu
Xu, Ruijie
Professor: Liliana Salvador
Email | rx32940@uga.edu
Research Interest
Leptospirosis, Disease transmission, Phylodynamics,host-pathogen interactions
Yeung, Wayland
Professor: Natarajan Kannan
Email | waylandy@uga.edu
Research Interest
Molecular Dynamics, Structural Biology, Biophysics, Machine Learning
Zhang, Shumeng
Professor: Jeff Bennetzen
Email | sz88391@uga.edu
Research Interest
Metagenomics, plant-microbe interactions, genome assembly and annotation
Zhang, Yinwen
Professor: Robert Schmitz
Email | yinwenzhang@uga.edu
Research Interest
Genetics, epigenetics, molecular evolution , population genetics
Zhou, Hongye
Professor: Jeff Bennetzen
Email | zhou@uga.edu
Zhou, Yi
Professor: Ying Xu
Email | yz73026@uga.edu
Research Interest
Metabolic reprogramming, cancer microenvironment, NLP