Directory
For general inquiries, please email ggbc@uga.edu.
Leadership

Director
Dr. Magdy Alabady
Senior Research Faculty – Scientist
Dept. Plant Biology
110 Riverbend Rd, Rm 102
Athens, GA 30602
malabady@uga.edu
(706) 542-6877 (voice)
(706) 542-6414 (fax)
Operations Team

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 8:00 am-5:00 pm
Wednesday 8:00 am-11:00 am

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)
Genomics Team

Kateryna Stoianova, B.S.
Genomics Professional/ Lab Supervisor
kstoianova@uga.edu
(706) 542-6409 (voice)

Yaravi Zuleira Suarez
Genomics Specialist
yzs96757@uga.edu
(706) 542-6409 (voice)

Bushra Rahman
Genomics Specialist
Bushra.Rahman1@uga.edu
(706) 542-6409 (voice)
Bioinformatics Team

Dr. Walt Lorenz
Bioinformatics Lead
wlorenz@uga.edu
(706) 542-7974 (voice)
(706) 542-1738 (fax)

Jiazhang Cai
Bioinformatics Specialist
Ph.D. Student
jc27544@uga.edu
(706) 542-6409 (voice)
Interns

Misha Ul-Islam
GGBC Intern
(706) 542-6409 (voice)

Carolyn Justifus
GGBC Intern
(706) 542-6409 (voice)
Payments and Invoices

Austin Swanson
Accountant
500 D.W. Brooks Drive
Office of Research, RM 154
Athens, GA 30602
austin.swanson@uga.edu
(706) 542-5973 (voice)

Chris Smith
Manager
500 D.W. Brooks Drive
Office of Research, RM 147
Athens, GA 30602
cjsmith@uga.edu
(706) 542-5299 (voice)
Former Employees & Interns

Roger Nilsen
Laboratory Manager
rnilsen@uga.edu

Katherine Hardigree
Laboratory Technician
kcsand@uga.edu

Estefania Olivar
Laboratory Technician

Abby Polakovic
GGBC Intern

Marissa Howard
Laboratory Manager
mahoward@uga.edu

Noah Workman
Laboratory Manager

Garrett Cooper
GGBC Intern

Randy Kim
GGBC Intern

Tyler Simmonds
Laboratory Manager

Meghana Patel, M.S.
Laboratory Technician

Julia Portocarrero, B.A.
Laboratory Technician

Casey Morrow, B.S.
Laboratory Technician
cbmorrow@uga.edu

Miranda Crider
Laboratory Technician

Zengyan Wang
Bioinformatics Specialist

Grace Rountree
GGBC Intern

Ariel Caudle
GGBC Intern

Iqra Mohsin
GGBC Intern

Katherine Ferguson, B.S.
Genomics Specialist

K. Louise Layman B.A., M.A.
Genomics Specialist

Ethan Baldwin, B.S.
Doctoral Student and Research Assistant

Imtiaj Bhuiyan, MPH
Genomics Specialist

Dr. Myriam Bélanger
Operations Manager
Senior Research Scientist

Kaitlyn Camp, B.S.
Genomics Specialist

Alexis Lambert, B.S.
Genomics Specialist
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)

Dr. Bob Schmitz
Professor
Genetics
B414B Davison Life Sciences
Athens, GA 30602
schmitz@uga.edu
(706) 542-1887