Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar Chair in Crop Genomics Dr. Buell's research program focuses on the genome biology of plants and plant pathogens, including comparative genomics, bioinformatics, and computational biology. She has worked on the genomes of Arabidopsis, rice, potato, maize, switchgrass, sweetpotato, mints, and medicinal plants. With expertise in bioinformatics, one component of Dr. Buell’s research is provision of databases and web-based data-mining tools for the greater scientific community.
