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Deanna Negru

Graduate Student
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Lab Website:
Lab:
Leebens-Mack Lab | Miller Plant Sciences

Studying the evolution and diversification of atypical genomic traits of plastomes in the genus Geranium of the botanical family Geraniaceae. 

Research Interests:

My research interests have always aligned with evolution and the biodiversity in the Plantae kingdom. My dissertation research utilizes phylogenomics and bioinformatics techniques to study the evolution and diversification of atypical chloroplast genome structure in Geranium of the family Geraniaceae and order Geraniales. 

Grants:
  • 2023 Recipient of Osborne Graduate Fellowship for students in The Franklin College of Arts and Sciences - to support outstanding students who are underrepresented in their fields.
  • 2024 IPS Startup Grant Recipient
Education:

Admission to the Integrated Plant Sciences (IPS) Doctoral Program at the University of Georgia, 2023. 

B.S. Plant Biology, University of Georgia, 2022.

Other Affiliations:

Major Professor


Shu-Mei Chang

Professor, Plant Biology

Committee Members


Alex Harkess

Courtesy Faculty in Plant Biology (Home: Faculty Investigator | HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology)

Andrea Sweigart

Courtesy Faculty in Plant Biology

Tanisha Williams

Assistant Professor, Plant Biology

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