Audrey Widmier

Graduate Student
PBGSA President (2025-2026)
Email:
audrey.widmier@uga.edu
Lab:
Tsai Lab | Davidson Life Sciences
Research Areas:
Biochemistry & Physiology
Molecular Genetics
Research Interests:

I am interested in the molecular processes underlying plant response to abiotic stresses. Carbohydrate production, storage, and transport across plant organs is an integral process in winter tolerance. My dissertation research investigates winter-biased genes involved in carbohydrate utilization in hybrid poplar by generating CRISPR-Cas9 knockouts and exploring their seasonal phenotypes.

Education:

Admission to the University of Georgia Graduate School through the Integrated Plant Sciences Program Doctoral Program, Fall 2022.

B.S. Biology, Mercer University, 2021.

Of note:

2021 NSF REPS Internship at Cornell University with Dr. Margaret Frank

Other Affiliations:
Linkedin | Audrey Widmier

Major Professor


C.J. Tsai

Professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar

Committee Members


Daniel Johnson

Courtesy Faculty in Plant Biology

Wolfgang Lukowitz

Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator, Plant Biology

External Committee

Bob Schmitz, PhD | Genetics, University of Georgia

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