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Douda Bensasson, Associate Professor in Plant Biology, was featured in the UGA Research magazine for both her research and her efforts to foster diversity in the department.  

The Department of Plant Biology has teamed up with the Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics & Genomics to host this year’s annual plant sale.

Congratulations to Derek Denney, a Plant Biology graduate student (PhD candidate) in the Anderson Lab!

Dr. Thomas Wyatt Turner was the first African American to receive a PhD in Botany and was a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). 

George Washington Carver is one of the most well-known and most celebrated Black scientists of the 20th century.