Zenglu Li, Ph.D.
Professor, Principal Investigator
Georgia Seed Development Professorship in Soybean Breeding and Genetics
Ph.D. in Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
zli@uga.edu
(706) 542-9805
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zenglu-li-35a96371/

H. Roger Boerma, Ph.D.
Emeritus Distinguished Research Professor, UGA
Executive Director, Georgia Seed Development, 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 & Genomics, University of Georgia
B.S. in Crop Science, Vietnam National University of Agriculture
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

 

Sam McDonald
Ph.D. student
B.S. in Plant Sciences, University of Missouri
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
M.S. in Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Sao Paulo-ESALQ
B.S. in Agronomy, Federal University of Sao Joao del Rei
renan@uga.edu
(706) 542-0915

 

Nathaniel Burner
Ph.D. student
M.S. in Crop Science, North Carolina State University
B.S. in Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
nburner@uga.edu
(706) 542-0915

 

Muhammad “Habib” Widyawan
Ph.D. student
M.S. in Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, IPB University
B.S. in Agronomy, Universitas Gadjah Mada
widyawan@uga.edu
(706) 542-0915

Research Staff

Earl Baxter
Research Professional
earlb@uga.edu
(706) 227-7952
Soybean breeding

 

Brian Little
Research Professional II
M.S. in Entomology, University of Georgia
balittle@uga.edu
(706) 227-7951
Soybean breeding

 

Greg Gokalp
Research Professional
gtgokalp@uga.edu
(706) 227-7954
Soybean breeding

 

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

 

Undergraduate Assistants

 

Brianna Johnson
Student Research Assistant
blj44599@uga.edu
(706) 583-0161

 

Nicholas Butzow
Student Research Assistant
njb43393@uga.edu
(706) 583-0161