Graduate and Undergraduate Study

All CCRC faculty members are full members of academic departments at the University of Georgia: 14 in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, one in the Department of Chemistry and two in the Department of Plant Biology. Most CCRC faculty also hold adjunct or joint appointments in other departments, such as the Departments of Computer Science and Plant Pathology. CCRC faculty teach graduate and undergraduate courses in these and other departments and direct the thesis research of Master's and Ph.D. students. Students wishing to conduct their graduate research at the CCRC must meet all entrance, matriculation, and degree requirements of the UGA Graduate School and the specific department through which they wish to obtain their degree.

Most graduate students at the CCRC conduct their studies through the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the Department of Chemistry, or the Department of Plant Biology. If you would like to receive information and application forms for graduate study at UGA, please contact the graduate coordinator of the appropriate academic department. Three of these coordinators as well as the appropriate office of the UGA Graduate School are listed below with their e-mail addresses. Prospective graduate students can also request an application packet by sending an e-mail request to Karen Howard who will forward the request to the appropriate UGA department.

The CCRC also has limited opportunities for undergraduate students to join ongoing research projects as interns, honors researchers, lab assistants, or visiting student scientists. Interested undergraduate science students can contact a CCRC faculty member with whom they would like to work to discuss their background and interests and the availability of funds to support their work. Undergraduates who join research projects at the CCRC have the opportunity to become exposed to and participate in the multidisciplinary, collaborative nature of glycoscience and to gain an appreciation for the variety of expertise that is brought to bear on scientific problems. Currently, the CCRC has more than 40 undergraduate students working at the center.

Graduate School Admissions, University of Georgia, 320 East Clayton Street, Suite 400, Athens, GA 30602-4401; Telephone: 706-542-1739; Website: http://www.grad.uga.edu/

Graduate Coordinator, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Life Sciences Building, Athens, GA 30602-7229; Dept. telephone: 706-542-1334; Website: http://www.bmb.uga.edu

Dr. Gregory Schmidt, Graduate Coordinator, Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, 2502 Miller Plant Sciences Building, Athens, GA 30602-7271; Dept. telephone: 706-542-0280, Dept. fax: 706-542-1805; Website: http://www.botany.uga.edu

Graduate Coordinator, Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Chemistry Building, Athens, GA 30602-2556; Dept. telephone: 706-542-1936, Dept. fax: 706-542-9454; Website: http://www.chem.uga.edu