For general inquiries, please email ggbc@uga.edu.
Directory
Director
Dr. Magdy Alabady
Associate Research Scientist
Dept. Plant Biology
110 Riverbend Rd, Rm 102
Athens, GA 30602
malabady@uga.edu
(706) 542-6877 (voice)
(706) 542-6414 (fax)
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Bob Schmitz
Associate Professor
Genetics
B414B Davison Life Sciences
Athens, GA 30602
schmitz@uga.edu
(706) 542-1887
Operations Team
Dr. Myriam Bélanger
Operations Manager
Senior Research Scientist
Dept. Infectious Diseases
110 Riverbend Rd, Room 161
Athens, GA 30602
belanger@uga.edu
(706) 542-0273 (voice)
(706) 542-6414 (fax)
Kim Kelley
Sr. Budget Analyst
110 Riverbend Rd., Room 161
Athens, GA 30602
klkelley@uga.edu
(706) 542-6409 (voice)
(706) 542-6414 (fax)
Hours: Monday, Tuesday 8:30 am-5:00 pm
Wednesday 8:30 am-1:00 pm
Elizabeth Ashworth, B.A.
Administrative Assistant
110 Riverbend Rd., Room 161
Athens, GA 30602
eashwort@uga.edu
(706) 542-6409 (voice)
(706) 542-6414 (fax)
Hours: Wednesday 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Thursday, Friday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sequencing Team
Bioinformatics Team
Zengyan Wang
Bioinformatics Specialist
Ph.D. Student | Computer Science
zhyw86@uga.edu
(706) 542-6409 (voice)
Mengrui Zhang
Bioinformatics Specialist
Ph.D. Student | Computer Science
mengrui.zhang@uga.edu
(706) 542-6409 (voice)
Interns
Randy Kim
GGBC Intern
RandyKim@uga.edu
(706) 542-6409 (voice)
Garrett Cooper
GGBC Intern
gwc32007@uga.edu
(706) 542-6409 (voice)
Payments and Invoices
Kristy Thrasher
Administrative Staff
Central Research Stores
1125 East Whitehall Rd.
Athens, GA 30602
kmthrash@uga.edu
(706) 542-2411 (voice)
Former Employees
Katherine Hardegree, M.S.
Laboratory Technician III
Estefania O’Neil, M.S.
Laboratory Technician III
Abby Polakovic
GGBC Intern
Former Directors
Dr. Jim Leebens-Mack
Professor
Dept. Plant Biology
2502 Miller Plant Sciences
Rm 2101
Athens, GA 30602
jleebensmack@plantbio.uga.edu
(706) 583-5573 (voice)
(706) 542-1805 (fax)