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"The Department of Plant Biology pursues excellence in the fundamental plant sciences by fostering innovative research and teaching that encompasses and integrates all levels of biological organization, from molecules to ecosystems."
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Gerard C. Adams
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Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of California, Davis
Plant pathogenic fungi, diseases of trees, forests, nursery plants, Christmas trees and woody ornamentals; taxonomy and genetics of fungi; mushroom identification
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Richard F. Allison
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Associate Professor
Ph.D. North Carolina State University
Molecular biology of plant viruses; virus host specificity; RNA recombination
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Federica Brandizzi
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Associate Professor
Ph.D University of Rome, Italy
Biology of secretion in plant cells, endomembranes and live cell imaging
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Robin Buell
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Associate Professor
Ph.D. Utah State University, Logan
High throughput sequencing, functional genomics,
comparative genomics, and bioinformatics
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Jeffrey K. Conner
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Professor
Ph.D. Cornell University
Plant/pollinator interactions; evolutionary ecology; ecological genetics
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Diane Ebert-May
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Professor
Ph.D. University of Colorado, Boulder
Undergraduate biology teaching and learning; effect of climate change on alpine tundra plant communities
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Katherine L. Gross
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University Distinguished Professor
Director of Kellogg Biological Station
Ph.D. Michigan State University
Plant population and community ecology; old-field succession and agricultural ecology; long-term ecological studies; root dynamics and spatial heterogeneity
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Sheng Yang He
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Associate Professor
Ph.D. Cornell University
Molecular interactions between plants and pathogenic bacteria
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Jianping Hu
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Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Georgia
Molecular mechanisms of peroxisomal function and regulation in plants
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Andrew M. Jarosz
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Associate Professor
Ph.D. Purdue University
Epidemiology; metapopulation dynamics of natural host-pathogen systems; patterns of pathogen virulence and host resistance
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Kenneth Keegstra
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Professor
Ph.D. University of Colorado
Chloroplast protein targeting, biosynthesis of cell wall polysaccharides
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Karen L. Klomparens
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Professor
Dean of The Graduate School
Ph.D. Michigan State University
Electron microscopy; ultrastructure of fungal spore development
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Christopher Klausmeier
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Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Theoretical Ecology;plankton ecology
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Richard K. Kobe
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Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Connecticut
Forest ecology (temperate and tropical); mechanisms governing plant community dynamics
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Robert Last
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Professor
Ph.D. Carnegie-Mellon University
Plant Genetics, metabolic regulation, amino acid and vitamin biosynthesis, secondary metabolism, function genomics
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Jennifer Lau
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Ph.D. University of California, Davis
Evolutionary ecology; global change; plant-herbivore interactions; biological invasion
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Elena Litchman
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Assistant Professor
Ph. D. University of Minnesota
Aquatic ecology; community ecology; limnology; phytoplankton ecology, physiology and evolution; biogeochemical impacts of phytoplankton; global change
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Carolyn Malmstrom
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Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Stanford University
Ecosystem dynamics; ecological roles of plant pathogens in natural systems; disturbance ecology; ecosystem management & restoration; boreal forest; grasslands
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Kenneth D. Nadler
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Professor
Ph.D. Rockefeller Institute
Genetics and physiology of the Rhizobium-legume root nodule symbiosis, especially leghemoglobin formation; heme and iron metabolism
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John B. Ohlrogge
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University Distinguished Professor
Ph.D. University of Michigan
Lipid and fatty acid biosynthesis, metabolic engineering, genomics, regulation of metabolism, seed oil accumulation
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Katherine W. Osteryoung
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Professor
Ph.D. University of California, Davis
Structural organization and dynamics of the chloroplast division machinery; molecular mechanisms controlling chloroplast division and expansion in plant cells
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L. Alan Prather
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Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin
Plant systematics and the evolution of floral morphology and pollination systems
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Tao Sang
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Professor
Ph.D. Ohio State University
Genetics and diversity of plants
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Doug Schemske
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Professor
Hannah Chair
Ph.D. University of Illinois
The goal of my research is to characterize the mechanisms of adaptation
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Barbara B. Sears
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Professor
Ph.D. Duke University
The Sears research group investigates the genetic controls of chloroplast DNA replication and repair and plant mitochondrial recombination
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Yair Shachar-Hill
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Associate Professor
Ph.D. Yale University
The arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis, non-photosynthetic one carbon metabolism, metabolic engineering, plant NMR spectroscopy
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Shin-Han Shiu
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Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison
Evolutionary and comparative genomics; gene family evolution, functional divergence of duplicate genes
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Ralph E. Taggart
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Professor
Ph.D. Michigan State University
Paleobotany, palynology, and paleoecology of tertiary and quaternary plant communities
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Frank W. Telewski
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Professor
Curator of The Beal Botanical Gardens
Ph.D. Wake Forest University
Enviromental and stress physiology; tree growth and development; dendrochronology; biomechanics of trees
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Frances Trail
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Associate Professor
Ph.D. Cornell University
Development in filamentous fungi and host-pathogen interactions using genetics, genomics and physiological approaches
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Richard E. Triemer
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Professor
Chairman
Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Algal Cell Biology, Chloroplast Genomics, Phylogeny and Systematics
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Merritt R. Turetsky
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Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Alberta
Ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry, with emphasis on wetlands and boreal ecosystems. The physiology and ecology of nonvascular plants
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Jonathan D. Walton
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Professor
Ph.D. Stanford University
Host-pathogen interactions; molecular basis of specificity; mode of action enzymology; molecular genetics of host-specific toxins
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C. Peter Wolk
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Professor
Ph.D. Rockefeller Institute
Developmental physiology and genetics of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
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Jan A D Zeevaart
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Professor
Ph.D. Wageningen University
Flower formation; biosynthesis of plant hormones (abscisic acid, gibberellins); environmental physiology
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Faculty Emeritus
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Kenneth L. Poff
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Professor
Ph.D. West Virginia University
Mechanisms of phototropism and gravitropism
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Peter G. Murphy
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University Distinguished Professor
Ph.D. North Carolina University
Ecology, structure, and function of forest and dune ecosystems; tropical ecology; radiation ecology
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Frances N. Ekern
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Professor
Ph.D. Northwestern University
Aquatic Plants
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John M. Halloin
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Adjunct Professor
USDA Plant Physiologist
Ph.D. Michigan State University
Physiology of resistance in sugar beets to soilborne facultative parasites
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Patrick J. Webber
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Professor
Ph.D. Queen's University
Arctic systems ecology; plant community structure and development; global change
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