Principal Investigator
Dr. Miaoying Tian, Associate Professor, Ji/Georgia Vegetable Industry Distinguished Professorship in Plant Pathology
Ph.D. in Plant Pathology at The Ohio State University; Postdoc at Michigan State University and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research; Assistant Professor and Associate Professor at University of Hawaii at Manoa prior to joining UGA in 2024.
Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Ana C. Conrado
Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universidade Federal do Paraná
Research Project: Transformation and genome editing of squash and watermelon
Dr. Fiama Guevara-Guillen
Ph.D. in Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University
Research Project: Race typing and virulence mechanisms of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum
Graduate Students
Goutom Goswami, PhD student
Research Project: Functional genomics and virulence mechanisms of Phytophthora palmivora
Mahnaz Azad, PhD student
Research Project: Pathogen virulence and host resistance of Phytophthora capsici, cucurbit transformation and genome editing
Mehak Ghai, PhD student
Research Project: Functional genomics and virulence mechanisms of Phytophthora palmivora
Undergraduate Students
Jami S. Adams, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
Jayna Burch, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
Past Lab Members at UGA
Past Lab Members at University of Hawaii at Manoa
