Soraya Bertioli
Senior Research Scientist
- Plant Pathology
- Center for Applied Genetic Technologies (CAGT)
- Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)
Areas of expertise
GeneticsPlant BiologyCrop and Pasture ProductionBiochemistry and Cell BiologyEcologyOther Physical Sciences
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Plant Genetics
University of Nottingham, United Kingdom (1996)
Bachelor of Science, Biology/Biological Sciences, General
University of Brasilia, Brazil (1990)
Awards and Honors
- UGA Non-tenure track Faculty Research Faculty Award – 2024 (2025)
- John Ingle Award (2025)
- I E Melthus graduate student award (2025)
- UGA Graduate International Student Award (2025)
- The American Peanut Research and Education Society CortevaTM Agriscience Award for excellence in Research (2025)
- 2024 Non-Tenure Track Faculty Research Excellence Award (2024)
- The Plant Pathology Graduate Student Publication-of-the-Year Award” (2024)
- APS Foundation Student Travel Grant for Plant Health 2024 (2024)
- 2024 GAPP (Georgia Association of Plant Pathologist) Graduate Student Oral Presentation (2024)
- APRES Joe Sugg Graduate Student Competition (2024)
- American Peanut Research and Education Award (2019)
Courses
- PBGG 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2025)
- PBGG 9300: Doctoral Dissertation (Fall 2025)
- PATH 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2025)
- PBGG 9000: Doctoral Research (Spring 2026)
- PBGG 9300: Doctoral Dissertation (Spring 2026)
- PATH 9000: Doctoral Research (Spring 2026)
- PBGG 9000: Doctoral Research (Summer 2026)
- PBGG 7000: Master's Research (Summer 2026)
- PATH 9000: Doctoral Research (Summer 2026)
- PATH 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2026)
- PBGG 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2026)
- PBGG 7000: Master's Research (Fall 2026)
Scholarly Works
- The curious case of sporadic nematode susceptibility in “Tifguard” peanut (Arachis hypogaea): seed mixture or genetic instability?, G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS, (2026).
- Harnessing wild peanut genetic resources for field resistance to tomato spotted wilt and late leaf spot diseases., Plant Dis, (2026).
- Genome-Wide Dissection of Early and Late Leaf Spot Resistance in Advanced Peanut Backcross Lines Carrying Introgressions from Arachis stenosperma and Arachis batizocoi, AGRONOMY-BASEL, (2026).
- Photosynthetic drivers of heat resilience in peanut, ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY, (2026).
- Deep Sequence Characterization of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus in Cultivated and Wild-Derived Allotetraploid Peanuts in Georgia, USA, PHYTOPATHOLOGY, (2026).
Contact
Mailing Address
0216 C A G T
111 Riverbend Road
Athens, GA 30602 0000
Shipping Address
CAGT – Office 216
111 Riverbend Road
Athens, GA 30602 0000
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