Biological Sciences Research Area: Plant Biology
Faculty Members
Dr. Teresa Balser
Soil microbiology; ecosystem ecology.
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Dr. Francoise Cardou
Plant and community ecologist; specific interest in functional ecology.
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Dr. Peter Facchini
Biochemistry; molecular and cell biology of plant secondary metabolism; metabolic engineering in plants.
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Dr. Cindy Graham
Plant hormone metabolism and stress responses; natural science education.
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Dr. Lawrence Harder
Ecology and evolution of plant reproduction; pollinator behaviour.
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Dr. Michael Hynes
Molecular biology of plant-microbe interactions; regulation of genes involved in rhizobium symbiosis, rhizobium plasmids; chemotaxis; microbial ecology.
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Dr. Ed Johnson
Biogeoscience; plant populations; disturbance ecology.
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Dr. David Layzell
Energy systems analysis including modeling the energy-environmental footprint of biological systems.
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Dr. Greg Moorhead
Role and regulation of protein phosphatases in humans and plants and the interaction of carbon and nitrogen metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana.
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Dr. Doug Muench
Molecular/cell biology of mRNA localization and the cytoskeleton; metabolic engineering.
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Dr. Dae-Kyun Ro
Biochemistry and molecular genetics of plant secondary metabolisms; plant and microbial metabolic engineering for the production of pharmaceuticals; nutrient-enhanced crops, and renewable energy.
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Dr. Marcus Samuel
Plant reproductive development-cellular signaling during pollen-pistil interactions; plant stress signaling and crop improvement.
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Dr. Jana Vamosi
Macroecology and macroevolution of angiosperms; influences of pollination and dispersal on speciation and extinction rates; comparative phylogenetic analysis.
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Dr. Steven Vamosi
Ecology and evolution of species interactions; aquatic ecology; biodiversity; comparative methods; speciation in post-glacial environments.
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Dr. Ed Yeung
Structural, physiological and biochemical ontogeny of plant embryogenesis.
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