![Portrait of Shavannor M. Smith](https://secure.caes.uga.edu/personnel/photos/2016_ShavannorSmith.jpg)
Academic Background
Tennessee State University , Biology, B.S., 1994
Tennessee State University , Biology, M.S., 1997
Kansas State University , Genetics, Ph.D., 2004
Research Interests and Current Efforts
Plant-pathogen interactions with a focus on the structure and evolution of disease resistance loci, understanding the biological processes for disease resistance and the genetic improvement of crop plants for disease resistance.