Peggy Ozias-AkinsProfessor, Lab PI
pozias@uga.edu
Dr. Ozias-Akins is Professor of Horticulture and maintains a 95% research, 5% teaching appointment with a specialty in molecular genetics and plant developmental biology. She received her Ph.D. (1981) in Botany from the University of Florida and received a fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for postdoctoral research at the Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding in Cologne, Germany (1982-84). In addition to research activities, Dr. Ozias-Akins teaches a course on Agricultural Biotechnology at the Tifton Campus and is an undergraduate advisor. She also serves as an editor for Plant Cell Reports and In Vitro Plant, two journals that are internationally recognized in the area of plant cell and tissue culture. Dr. Ozias-Akins is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Society of Plant Biology (ASPB), the American Society for Horticultural Science (AAAS), the International Society of Plant Molecular Biology (ISPMB), the Society for In Vitro Biology (SIVB) and the American Peanut Research and Education Society (APRES).
Research Interests - Genetic improvement of crops important to the Coastal Plain, especially peanut, pearl millet, and bermudagrass, facilitated by the application of molecular techniques including molecular markers and transformation; molecular genetic analysis of apomixis in Pennisetum.
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