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All Faculty Members List And Their Research Areas
| Name | Research abstract |
|---|---|
| Keith Adams |
Molecular and genomic evolution, genome duplication (polyploidy), duplicate gene evolution, evolution of gene regulation |
| Amy Angert |
Plant evolutionary ecology; geographic range limits and rarity; population dynamics and community structure. |
| Mary Berbee |
Molecular phylogenetic studies of fungi and evolution of fungal life history stategies. |
| Craig Berezowsky |
Teaching & Learning. |
| Jörg Bohlmann |
Plant molecular biology, genomics and biochemistry. Natural products and chemical ecology of forest trees. |
| Greg Bole |
My central goal in teaching is to help students become aware of the biological world around them, gain the knowledge of how it came to be and become interested and excited about preserving and learning from it. |
| Liane Chen |
Teaching & Learning |
| Sunita Chowrira |
Teaching & Learning |
| Bridgette Clarkston | |
| Brett Couch |
Teaching & Learning, Fungi |
| Quentin Cronk |
The study of plant form using the techniques of comparative genomics, molecular developmental biology and evolutionary biology. |
| Jonathan Davies |
Ecology and evolutionary biology; the distribution of biodiversity and the challenges posed to its conservation through recent changes to the environment. |
| Shona Ellis |
Teaching & Learning, Biodiversity, Plant Biochemistry. |
| Naomi Fast |
Genome evolution, spliceosomal intron evolution, parasitic adaptation - focusing on microsporidia, a highly derived group of parasitic fungi. |
| Sean Graham |
Systematics and evolution of vascular plants, focusing on using DNA sequence data to infer relationships at deep and recent levels of seed plant, angiosperm and monocot phylogenetic history.
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| Paul Harrison |
Ecology and Marine Biology. |
| George Haughn |
Plant Developmental Genetics. Molecular genetics of seed coat development in Arabidopsis thaliana. |
| Michael W. Hawkes |
Teaching & Learning, Systematics & Phylogenetics, Marine Biology, Algae. |
| Reinhard Jetter |
Plant biochemistry, physiology and chemical ecology; molecular biology and enzymology of wax metabolism; chemical composition, physiological function and ecological roles of plant surface lipids. |
| Pam Kalas |
Teaching & Learning |
| Patrick Keeling |
Early eukaryote evolution, molecular phylogeny, protistology. |
| Jennifer Klenz |
Molecular Biology, Teaching & Learning |
| Ljerka Kunst |
Molecular genetic and biochemical studies of seed lipid and epicuticular wax metabolism and their regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana. |
| Brian Leander |
Marine invertebrate zoology, protozoology, evolutionary morphology & phylogenetics. |
| Celeste Leander |
Teaching & Learning |
| Jae-Hyeok Lee |
Molecular genetics of sexual development in green algae, focusing on gene regulatory networks and cell wall assembly; Phylogenomics study of developmental mechanisms for the evolution of land plants from their green algal ancestors; Genetic engineering of algae for efficient carbon capture and biofuel production. |
| Xin Li |
Utilizing a combination of molecular genetics, biochemical and genomics approaches to understand the natural resistance mechanisms of plants against microbial pathogens including fungi, bacteria, and viruses. |
| Wayne Maddison |
Spider systematics and evolution. |
| Patrick Martone |
Marine phycology; biomechanics of macroalgae. |
| Sean Michaletz |
I am a plant ecologist. I’m interested in the physical processes linking environmental variation to plant physiology, and how this “scales up” to influence higher-level patterns and processes. My research is interdisciplinary and draws on various fields including ecology, plant physiology, engineering, and geoscience. |
| Kathy Nomme |
Plant Ecology - Interactions between native and introduced seagrass species. Student Learning - Transitions to learning in university |
| Laura Wegener Parfrey |
Microbiome of coastal marine organisms; eukaryotes in the microbiome |
| Loren Rieseberg |
Speciation, domestication, conservation biology, and weed evolution. |
| Abel Rosado |
Characterization of ER-PM contact site components involved in plant stress tolerance |
| Lacey Samuels |
Plant cell biology, cellular basis of secretion of plant cell wall components; lignification in xylem development; ABC transporters and cuticle secretion |
| Santokh Singh |
Teaching & Learning, Molecular Biology, Plant Physiology. |
| Curtis Suttle |
The biology of viruses that infect marine phytoplankton and bacteria, and the role of these viruses in population dynamics and geochemical cycles. |
| Philippe Tortell |
Biological oceanography; carbon dioxide, and trace metal controls on marine phytoplankton and bacteria. |
| Michelle Tseng |
The Tseng lab investigates ecological and evolutionary responses of populations and communities to novel environments. We test and refine theory related to predator-prey dynamics, body size variation, intra- and interspecific competition, and the maintenance of genetic variation, using laboratory and field experiments with freshwater plant and animal communities. We also use museum collections to investigate long term patterns in organism phenotype. |
| Geoffrey Wasteneys |
Plant Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics; organization of the cytoskeleton and its role in cell wall formation, intracellular motility and growth anisotropy in the higher plant Arabidopsis thaliana and the characean algae; plant responses to abiotic and endogenous signals. |
| Jeannette Whitton |
Plant molecular systematic and evolution; the evolution of asexual polyploid complexes in higher plants. |
| Kathryn Zeiler |
Teaching & Learning, Molecular Biology |
| Yuelin Zhang |
We are interested in how local resistance and systemic acquired resistance are regulated in plants. |