Faculty Members in Plant Development

Name Research abstract
George Haughn

Plant Developmental Genetics. Molecular genetics of seed coat development in Arabidopsis thaliana.
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.
Abel Rosado

Characterization of ER-PM contact site components involved in plant stress tolerance
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.