All Faculty Members List And Their Research Areas

This is the list of all Botany faculty members and their research areas. You can narrow down the list to specific research area by clicking the key word in the blue side bar navigation menu.

Name	Research abstract
Keith Adams	Genome evolution, polyploidy, duplicate gene fates and evolution, evolution of gene regulation, alternative splicing, non-coding RNAs
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	My goal as an instructor is to guide students to think like biologists and use a scientific approach to solve problems both within and outside of the classroom. As an instructor in organismal diversity labs, I also strive to aid students in building observational skills as a habit of mind and to appreciate the biological diversity around them.
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.
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	Student "misconceptions", Community-Based Experiential Learning, authentic learning/research, student perceptions of learning, impacts of genetics first year curriculum.
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	Life cycle transitions of sexual eukaryote; Molecular mechanisms of nutrient sensing in phototrophic eukaryotes; Ubiquitin-dependent mechansism for chloroplast quality control; Evolution of developmental/epigenetic mechanisms; Macroevolutionary transitions from prokaryotes to eukaryotes and from green algae to land plants; Mitigating climate change by engineering 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.
Sandra Lindstrom
Wayne Maddison	Spider systematics and evolution.
Patrick Martone	Marine phycology; biomechanics of macroalgae.
Sean Michaletz	Plant physiological ecology, macroecology, fire behavior and effects
Kathy Nomme	Student Learning: Transitions to learning in university, student attitudes toward learning in science, student 'misconceptions', efficacy of inquiry-based learning, self-regulation of learning. Intertidal and Plant Ecology: Interactions between native and introduced species.
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.
Liang Song	plant genomics, environmental stresses, seed development, gene expression
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	We investigate processes that underlie population and community responses to changing environments. Our current focus is on understanding and predicting community-wide responses to warming. We develop and test broad conceptual frameworks using laboratory and field experiments with insects and plankton communities.
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.