Evolutionary Biologists at the University of Georgia welcome applicants for
our PhD program to start Fall 2025. We are a vibrant group, studying a wide
spectrum of research areas including Behavior, Conservation Biology,
Ecological & Evolutionary Genetics, Evo-Devo, Genome Evolution,
Phylogenetics, and Theory. Our research organisms span the tree of life
including microbes, fungi, wild & crop plants, insects, fish, reptiles, and
humans.

You can find out more about our research here:
https://ils.uga.edu/faculty/by-interdisciplinary-groups/evolution-ecology-faculty/

Apply by Dec. 1 here: https://ils.uga.edu/.

Our group includes:

Dr. Jill Anderson: Evolutionary ecology of natural plant populations,
especially in the context of global change

Dr. Justin Bahl: Ecology, evolution and epidemiology of RNA viruses

Dr. Douda Bensasson: Evolutionary and ecological genomics of yeast

Dr. Casey Bergman: Genome evolution

Dr. Holly Bik: Ecology and Evolution of deep-sea species and
invertebrate-associated microbiomes

Dr. Blake Billmyre: Evolution of virulence/genome evolution in fungal
pathogens

Dr. Robin Buell: Evolution of tuber formation in angiosperms; evolution of
specialized metabolism in angiosperms

Dr. John Burke: Evolution of crop plants, adaptation to abiotic stress,
floral developmental evolution

Dr. Gaelen Burke: Function and evolution of beneficial insect microbes

Dr. Shumei Chang: Evolution of natural plant populations, plant mating
systems

Dr. Megan DeMarche: Evolutionary ecology of natural plant populations

Dr. Kelly Dyer: Evolutionary genetics, genetic conflict, speciation in
Drosophila

Dr. Spencer Fox: Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of co-circulating
pathogens in humans

Dr. Mandev Gill: Statistical and computational methods for molecular
evolution

Dr. Brendan Hunt: Evolutionary genetics of social insects

Dr. Jim Leebens-Mack: Comparative genomic investigations of evolutionary
innovations including separate sexes, storage roots, and CAM photosynthesis

Dr. Liang Liu: Statistical phylogenetics

Dr. Douglas Menke: Evolution of vertebrate morphology

Dr. Tatum Mortimer: Evolution and population genomics of pathogenic bacteria

Dr. Kerry Oliver: Defensive symbiosis in insects

Dr. Benjamin Parrott: Mechanisms of life history evolution in fish and
reptiles

Dr. Jaclyn Saunders: Evolution of marine microbes, focus on Cyanobacteria &
marine microbial ecology

Dr. Kathrin Stanger-Hall: Phylogenetics and evolution of fireflies

Dr. Andrea Sweigart: Evolutionary genetics of natural plant populations,
speciation

Dr. Kevin Vogel: Evolution of host-microbe interactions in insects

Dr. John Wares: Biogeography and gene flow in natural populations

Dr. Mike White: Sex chromosome evolution, genetic sex determination, and
meiosis

Dr. Kaixiong Ye: Gene-environment interactions in human evolution and
complex traits

We span several Departments at UGA, but the ILS program (
https://ils.uga.edu/) allows students to rotate in and join any of our labs.

UGA is located in Athens, GA. We are 65 miles east of Atlanta, less than
two hours from the
southern Appalachian Mountains, and within easy driving distance of the
Atlantic coast. Athens is a wonderful college town and is home to a
thriving arts and music community.

Andrea L. Sweigart
Professor
Department of Genetics
University of Georgia
sweigart@uga.edu
http://sweigartlab.genetics.uga.edu

Andrea Sweigart <sweigart@uga.edu>

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