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Browse labs by their listed college affiliationBiao He Research Group
University of Georgia (USA)
Biao He · Professor, Fred C. Davison Distinguished University Chair in Veterinary Medicine
How can understanding a virus help turn it into a vaccine platform? Biao He studies paramyxoviruses, including PIV5, mumps virus, and emerging Jeilongviruses, and the ways they interact with their hosts. His research examines innate immunity, viral disease mechanisms, antiviral approaches, and vaccine development. The group also has interests in oncolytic viruses. These projects connect molecular virology with the development of interventions against infectious disease, making the research relevant to interests in host-pathogen biology, immunology, and experimental vaccinology.
J. Marshall Shepherd Research Group
University of Georgia (USA)J. Marshall Shepherd · Regents' Professor, Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences
A city can shape the weather its residents experience. J. Marshall Shepherd studies urban climate, hydrometeorological extremes, and the relationship between weather and society. His research connects atmospheric science with questions about how environmental hazards affect people, while his work in climate outreach helps make those questions understandable beyond academia. He directs the Atmospheric Sciences Program at Georgia. The research offers an entry point for interests spanning urban weather, extreme events, climate science, and the communication of environmental risk to public audiences.
Joye Research Group
University of Georgia (USA)Samantha B. Joye · Regents' Professor, Athletic Association Professor of Arts and Sciences
The ocean’s smallest organisms help control processes that reach across the planet. Samantha Joye studies the interactions between microbes, environmental conditions, and biogeochemical cycling in coastal and open-ocean systems. Her group examines how climate change and human disturbances affect those processes, including responses to temperature, salinity, sea level, and storms. Research also reaches extreme environments such as deep-sea hydrothermal vents. The work connects microbial ecology with environmental chemistry to explain how changing conditions alter ocean ecosystem function.
Moran Lab
University of Georgia (USA)Mary Ann Moran · UGA Foundation Distinguished Professor
What happens to carbon and sulfur after marine microbes encounter them? Mary Ann Moran investigates how ocean bacteria process and transform organic compounds, and how their interactions with phytoplankton change those transformations. The research includes the formation of gases relevant to climate. Her group combines molecular microbial ecology with ecological genomics, working with both laboratory model systems and natural marine environments. This connects the biology of individual microbial partnerships with larger questions about chemical cycling and the ocean’s role in Earth’s climate.
Rohani Lab
University of Georgia (USA)Pejman Rohani · Regents' Professor, UGA Athletic Association Professor in Ecology and Infectious Diseases
Why does an infectious disease spread rapidly in one setting and fade in another? Pejman Rohani studies the ecology and evolution of infections using mathematical and computational models of transmission. His research interests include pertussis, dengue, polio, measles, Ebola, and avian influenza viruses. The group connects population biology with quantitative epidemiology, examining disease dynamics rather than treating infections as isolated events. This offers a research match for people interested in modeling epidemics, spatial disease ecology, and the processes that shape pathogen spread.
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