Zenglu Li, Ph.D.Principal Investigator
Professor in Soybean Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
zli@uga.edu
(706) 542-9805
H. Roger Boerma, Ph.D.
Emeritus Distinguished Research Professor, UGA
Executive Director, Georgia Seed Development Commission, GA
roger.boerma@gsdc.com
(706) 552-4525
E. Dale Wood
Emeritus Research Coordinator
dwood@uga.edu
(706) 227-7954
Coordinate soybean breeding program
Brice Wilson
Research Coordinator
bwilso10@uga.edu
(706) 227-7953
Coordinate soybean breeding program
Graduate Students
Dung “Ivy” Tran
Ph.D. student
M.S. in Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics, Univ. of Georgia
B.S. in Crop Science, Vietnam National Univ. of Agr.
dtt12136@uga.edu
(706) 542-0915
Ethan Menke
Ph.D. student
M.S. in Agronomy, Kansas State University
B.S. in Biology, Newman University- Wichita, Kansas
Ethan.Menke@uga.edu
(706) 542-0915
Brooks Arnold
M.S. student
B.A. in Biology, Columbus State University
Brooks.Arnold@uga.edu
(706) 227-7950
Sam McDonald
Ph.D. student
B.S. in Plant Sciences, University of Missouri- Columbia
Samuel.McDonald@uga.edu
(706) 542-0915
Mark Miller
Ph.D. student
B.A. in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California- Berkeley
Mark.Miller@uga.edu
(706) 542-0915
Alexandra Ostezan
Ph.D. student
B.S. in Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Alexandra.Ostezan@uga.edu
(706) 542-0915
Renan Souza
Ph.D. student
B.S. in Agronomy, Federal University of Sao Joao del Rei
M.S. in Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Sao Paulo- ESALQ
renan@uga.edu
(706) 542-0915
Visiting Scholars
Dr. Wei Dong
Qufu Normal University, China
dwei@qfnu.edu.cn
(706) 542-0915
Post Docs
Jeffrey Boehm
Ph.D. in Plant Breeding and Genetics, Washington State University
jeffrey.boehm@uga.edu
(706) 542-0915
Research Staff
Steve Finnerty
Research Professional
slfinn@uga.edu
(706) 542-8712
Phenotyping for nematode resistance
Earl Baxter
Research Professional
earlb@uga.edu
(706) 227-7952
Soybean breeding
Brian Little
Research Professional
balittle@uga.edu
(706) 227-7950
Soybean breeding
Greg Gokalp
Research Professional
gtgokalp@uga.edu
(706) 227-7954
Soybean breeding
Manuel A Mendez
Research Professional
mamendez@uga.edu
(787) 430-6843
Puerto Rican nursery manager
Ben Averitt
Laboratory Manager II
ben.averitt@uga.edu
(706) 542-8712
Nematology lab manager
Tatyana Nienow
Research Professional
tnienow@uga.edu
(706) 542-0915
Soybean molecular breeding
Nicole Bachleda
Research Professional
M.S. in Plant Breeding, Genetics & Genomics, University of Georgia
nbachle2@uga.edu
(706) 542-0915
Soybean molecular breeding
Software Development
Ankit Joshi
Student Research Assistant
ankit.joshi25@uga.edu
(706) 542-0915
Undergraduate Assistants
Emmanuel Eleruja
Student Research Assistant
elerujammy@yahoo.com
(706) 227-7950
Jordan Herring
Student Research Assistant
jherr17@uga.edu
(706) 227-7950