Team | Georgia Ornamentals

Ping Yu Assistant Professor; Ornamental Extension Specialist; GGIA & CANR Faculty Liaison

Horticulture

pingyu@uga.edu 770-233-5558

Jean Williams-Woodward Extension Plant Pathologist - Ornamentals, Legume Forages, Hydroponics

Plant Pathology

jwoodwar@uga.edu 706-542-9140

Shimat V. Joseph Associate Professor

Entomology

svjoseph@uga.edu 770-228-7312

Bodie V. Pennisi Vincent J. Dooley Professorship in Horticulture; Emphasis: Commercial & sustainable landscape; pollinators

Horticulture

bpennisi@uga.edu 770-228-7243

John M. Ruter Allan M. Armitage Professor & UGA Trial Gardens Director; Emphasis: Ornamental breeding & production

Horticulture Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)

ruter@uga.edu 706-542-9059

Mark Czarnota Associate Professor

Horticulture

mac30@uga.edu 770-228-7398

Donglin Zhang Professor; Emphasis: Ornamental breeding

Horticulture Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)

donglin@uga.edu 542-0776

Dayton Wilde Professor; Emphasis: Molecular genetics of ornamental plants

Horticulture Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)

dwilde@uga.edu 706-542-5816

Sheri Dorn Senior Public Service Associate & State Master Gardener Coordinator

Horticulture

sdorn@uga.edu 770-228-7243

William G. Hudson Professor - Extension Entomologist

Entomology

wghudson@uga.edu 706-542-2816

Julie Campbell Assistant Professor; Emphasis: Consumer Horticulture & Consumer Behavior

Horticulture

Julie.Campbell@uga.edu 706-542-0788

Ben Campbell Professor & Extension Coordinator

Agricultural & Applied Economics

bencamp@uga.edu 706-542-0852