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Anny Chung


Associate Professor of Plant Ecology

Plant Pathology

Yan Yi Chung
Yan Yi Chung
Areas of expertiseEducationAwards and honorsCoursesScholarly works

Areas of expertise

EcologyEvolutionary BiologyEcological ApplicationsPlant BiologyForestry SciencesSoil Sciences

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Bio, General

University of New Mexico, NM, United States (2017)

Bachelor of Arts, Bio, General

Washington University in St. Louis, MO, United States (2011)

Awards and Honors

  • Tansley Medal runner-up (2023)
  • Lily Teaching Fellowship (2022)
  • Tansley Medal (2022)
  • ESA Early Career Fellow (2022)

Courses

  • PBIO 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2025)
  • ECOL 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2025)
  • PBIO 9000: Doctoral Research (Spring 2026)
  • PBIO 9000: Doctoral Research (Summer 2026)
  • PBIO 2500E: Natural History of Georgia Plants (Fall 2026)

Scholarly Works

  • Drought conditions reorder plant communities through expansion of spatially sparse and temporally intermittent species, ECOLOGY, (2026).
    Watkins CRE, Aguirre BA, Chung YA, Bell-Dereske LP, Hallett LM … 11 more
  • Hemiparasitic Castilleja presence is correlated with increased plant biodiversity across montane plant communities, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, (2026).
    Argrett JC, Lang M, Hastings A, Chung YA, Wurzburger N … 1 more
  • Elevated CO2 changes root exudate chemistry, rhizosphere microbes, and plant-soil feedbacks between foundational desert plants, (2025).
    Chung A
  • Integration of plant-soil feedbacks with resilience theory for climate change, TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, (2025).
    Rudgers JA, Gehring CA, Taylor DL, Taylor MD, Chung YA
  • Fungal Endophyte Communities Differ between Leaves and Roots of Agave utahensis, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES, (2025).
    Jooma NN, Bentz PC, McCrum K, Solis Z, Chung YA

View full list of scholarly works

Contact

yyachung@uga.edu

Mailing Address

2502 Miller Plant Sciences
Athens, GA 30602

Shipping Address

2502 Miller Plant Sciences
Athens, GA 30602

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