Jason Wallace
Associate Professor: Quantitative genetics, genomics, bioinformatics, and crop microbiomes
Areas of expertise
About
Jason Wallace joined the Department of Crop & Soil Science at UGA in 2015. His lab works at the intersections of crop science, microbiology, computer science, and statistics. His lab uses advanced informatic and statistical methods to understand how crops and microbes work together and how we can harness them to improve agriculture. He also manages extensive collaborations focusing on more “traditional” traits like yield, nutrition, and the like.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
Yale University, CT, United States (2011)
Master of Science, Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
Yale University, CT, United States (2008)
Bachelor of Science, Biology/Biological Sciences, General
Brigham Young University, UT, United States (2006)
Awards and Honors
- Nomination: Georgia Trend Magazine 40 under 40 (2020)
- New Innovator Award (2019)
Scholarly Works
- Large-scale replicated field study of maize rhizosphere identifies heritable microbes, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, (2018).
- On the Road to Breeding 4.0: Unraveling the Good, the Bad, and the Boring of Crop Quantitative Genomics., Annu Rev Genet, (2018).
- Pearl millet genome sequence provides a resource to improve agronomic traits in arid environments, NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY, (2017).
- On the Road to Breeding 4.0: Unraveling the Good, the Bad, and the Boring of Crop Quantitative Genomics, (2018).
- Association Mapping across Numerous Traits Reveals Patterns of Functional Variation in Maize, PLOS GENETICS, (2014).
Contact
Mailing Address
Center for Applied Genetic Technologies
111 Riverbend Road
Athens, GA 30602-6810
