Name/Degree(s) | Rank | Primary (& Secondary) Appointment(s) | Role in Program | Research Interest |
Amster, I. Jonathan, Ph.D. | Distinguished Research Professor | Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia | Mentor, Co-P.I. | Development of mass spectrometric analyses of glycosaminoglycans |
Azadi, Parastoo, Ph.D. | Senior Research Scientist | Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, UGA | Mentor | Structural analysis of oligosaccharides, glycoproteins, and glycolipids by mass spectrometry |
Bar-Peled, Maor, Ph.D. | Professor | Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UGA | Mentor | Bacterial Bio-film synthesis and deposition |
Barb, Adam, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UGA | Mentor | How glycosylation affects protein function |
Boons, Geert-Jan, Ph.D. | Franklin Professor | Department of Chemistry, UGA | Mentor | Synthesis of glycans and glycoconjugates; vaccine development |
Brindley, Melinda, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Department of Infectious Diseases, UGA | Mentor | Functional characterization of viral glycoproteins and host interactions |
Crich, David, Ph.D. | GRA Eminent Scholar and Professor | Department of Pharmacetical and Biomedical Sciences (UGA), Department of Chemistry, UGA | Mentor | Synthesis of carbohydrates, drug development |
Edison, Arthur, Ph.D. | GRA Eminent Scholar and Professor | Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UGA | Mentor | Metabolomics and glycomics of C. elegans |
Haltiwanger, Robert, Ph.D. | GRA Eminent Scholar and Professor | Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UGA | Mentor, Co-P.I. | Role of glycosylation in development, cancer and protein folding |
Hart, Gerald, Ph.D. | GRA Eminent Scholar and Professor | Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UGA | Mentor | Role of glycosylation in diabetes, cancer and biology |
Hines, Kelly, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Dept. of Chemistry, UGA | Mentor | Structure and function of bacterial glycolipids |
Hummels, Katherine, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Dept. of Microbiology, UGA | Mentor | Regulation of bacterial cell envelope glycan biosynthesis |
Kannan, Natarajan, Ph.D. | Professor | Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UGA | Mentor | Evolution and classification of glycoenzymes |
Leach, Franklin, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Dept. of Chemistry, UGA | Mentor | Mass spectral analysis of glycosaminoglycan structures |
Mohnen, Debra, Ph.D. | Distinguished Research Professor | Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UGA | Mentor | Plant cell wall biosynthesis and production of improved plants |
Moremen, Kelley W., Ph.D. | Distinguished Research Professor | Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UGA | Mentor | Biochemistry, molecular and structural biology of glycosyltransferases |
Szymanski, Christine, Ph.D. | Professor | Dept. of Microbiology UGA | Mentor | Biosynthesis and function of bacterial glycans |
Tiemeyer, Michael, Ph.D. | Distinguished Research Professor | Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UGA | Mentor | Regulation of tissue-specific glycan expression in development and disease |
Trent, Stephen, Ph.D. | Distinguished Professor | Dept. of Infectious Diseases, UGA | Mentor | Bacterial polysaccharide biosynthesis |
Urbanowicz, Breeanna, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UGA | Mentor | Enzymes involved in plant polysaccharide biosynthesis |
Wallace, Ian, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UGA | Mentor | Regulation of plant cell wall deposition |
Weiss, Ryan, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UGA | Mentor | Investigating the regulatory mechanisms of glycosylation using genomic, chemical, and genetic approaches with particular focus on the discovery of novel drugs and targets to treat human diseases. |
Wells, Lance, Ph.D. | Distinguished Research Professor | Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,Adjunct Dept. of Chemistry, UGA | Mentor | O-Glycosylation in diabetes, cancer, and congenital muscular dystrophy |
West, Chris, Ph.D. | Head, Professor | Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UGA | Mentor | Parasite glycobiology; glycosylation in the nucleus and cytoplasm |
Woods, Robert, Ph.D. | Professor | Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UGA (joint) Dept of Chemistry, Nat’l University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland | Mentor | Developmens of computational tools for studying glycan-protein interactions |