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


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.
Abel Rosado

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

plant genomics, environmental stresses, seed development, gene expression
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.