Personnel

The Complex Carbohydrate Research Center at The University of Georgia

The home of the BESC-CCRC Plant Cell Wall Polysaccharide Structure and Biosynthesis Group

For general information contact:

Sheilah Dixon
BESC Biosynthesis Administrative Specialist
Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
315 Riverbend Road
Athens GA 30602-4712 USA

Tel: 706-542-2227 Fax: 706-542-4412

E-mail: BESC@ccrc.uga.edu

Senior Personnel

Maor Bar-Peled
Nucleotide sugar and cell wall polysaccharide biosynthesis

Telephone: 706-542-4496. E-mail.

Alan Darvill
(Head - Biomass fomation and structure)
Biomass/cell wall polysaccharide structure

Telephone: 706-542-4411. E-mail.

Michael Hahn
Biomass characterization using monoclonal antibodies

Telephone: 706-542-4457. E-mail.

Debra Mohnen
(Lead - Cell wall biosynthesis)
Biomass/cell wall polysaccharide synthesis and wall systems biology

Telephone: 706-542-4458. E-mail.

Malcolm O'Neill
Biomass/cell wall structure and biosynthesis

Telephone: 706-542-4441. E-mail.

William York
Biomass/cell wall structure and NMR spectroscopy

Telephone: 706-542-4628. E-mail.

Science Staff

Amy Burrell
Research Tech II
Biosynthesis and Bioinformatics

Tel: 706-542-4499. E-mail

Ivana Gelineo-Albersheim
Research Co-ordinator
Biosynthesis and Bioinformatics

Telephone:706-542-4446. E-mail.

Trina Saffold
Research Co-ordinator
Biomass Characterization

Telephone:706542-4449. E-mail.

Post-doctoral Research Associates

Ajay Kumar Badhan (Bar-Peled)
Polysaccharide modifying enzymes

Tel: 706-542-2062. E-mail

Yingnan Jiang (Bar-Peled)
Polysaccharide modifying enzymes

Tel: 706-542-2062. E-mail

Maria Pena (York)
Hemicellulose biosynthesis/structure

Tel: 706-542-4419. E-mail

Yun Zheng (York)
NMR and wall structure

Tel: 706-542-4449. E-mail

Graduate Students

Ann (Zhangying) Hao (Mohnen)
Tel: 706-542-4499. E-mail

Ameya Kulkarni (York)
Tel:706-542-4449. E-mail

Supakana (Air) Nagachinta (Bar-Peled)
Tel: 706-542-2062. E-mail

Ting Yang (Bar-Peled)
Tel: 706-542-2062. E-mail