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Dan
Austin Professor, Desert Museum, Department of Plant Sciences
Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis~ Convolvulaceae. |
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Mark
Bierner Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, Boyce Thompson
Arboretum Director, Ph.D., University of Texas ~ phylogenetic and
systematic studies of flowering plants, in particular members of subtribes
Gaillardiinae and Tetraneurinae of the sunflower family, Asteraceae. |
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Lindy
Brigham Research Assistant Professor, Division of Plant Pathology
and Microbiology Ph. D., University of Arizona ~ Plants communicate
with the other organisms. |
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Judith
K. Brown Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, Ph. D.,
University of Arizona ~ Whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses and virus/vector/hostcomplexes. |
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Vicki
L. Chandler Regent's Professor, Department of Plant Sciences,
Ph. D., UC - San Francisco ~ Genetic mechanisms controlling gene expression
in different cell types and at particular times during the development
of a complex multi-cellular organism. |
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David
W. Galbraith Professor, Department of Plant Sciences Ph.D.,
Cambridge University ~ Control of plant growth and development. |
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David
R. Gang Associate Professor, Department of Plant Sciences
Ph.D., Washington State University ~ Plant specialized metabolism
(secondary metabolism); evolution of plant metabolic pathways; genomics-based
approaches to elucidate biosynthetic pathways (biochemical genomics);
function of plant natural products. |
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Martha
Hawes Professor, Division of Plant Pathology and Microbiology
Ph.D., University of Kentucky ~ Mechanisms by which eucaryotic cells
sort endogenous and environmental signals to 'choose' between cell
division and differentiation using the root cap of higher plants as
a model. |
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Richard
A. Jorgensen Professor, Department of Plant Sciences Ph.D.,
University of Wisconsin, Madison ~ Epigenetic and homology-dependent
mechanisms of gene regulation. |
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Chieri
Kubota Associate Professor, Department of Plant Sciences Ph.D.,
Chiba University, Japan ~ Plant growth regulation in micropropagation
and crop production in controlled environments. |
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Brian
A. Larkins Porterfield Chair & Regent's Professor, Department
of Plant Sciences Ph.D., University of Nebraska. ~ Regulation of protein
synthesis during seed development. |
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Shelley
M. McMahon Research Assistant Professor, Department of Plant
Sciences & Currator, UA Herbarium Ph.D., Washington State University.
~ phylogenetic systematics, large-scale phylogenomic methods, including
supermatrix construction, and the evolution of floral morphology.
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Carolyn
A. Napoli Research Professor, Bio5 Institute and Department of Plant Sciences Ph.D., University of Florida ~ Bioinforamtics; functional genomics of chromatin remodeling and evolution of the plant epigenome.
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Ravi
Palanivelu Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Sciences
Ph.D, University of Georgia ~ Isolation and characterization of pollen
tube guidance signals during Arabidopsis reproduction. |
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Richard
Percy Professor, United States Department of Agriculture,
Department of Plant Sciences Ph.D., Texas A&M University ~ Genetics
and germplasm enhancement of cotton with emphasis upon abiotic stress
and fiber quality. |
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Rachel
Pfister Lecturer/Coordinator Graduate Student Prog., Department
of Plant Sciences Ph.D., University of Arizona ~ Water relations with
emphasis on halophytes and plant anatomy. |
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Dennis
T. Ray University Distinguished Professor, Department of Plant
Sciences Ph.D., University of Arizona ~ Genetics of crop plants and
the domestication of new crops. |
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Steve
Rounsley Associate Research Professor, Department of
Plant Sciences & BIO5 Institute Ph.D., University of California
~ genome structure and organization. |
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Karen
S. Schumaker Associate Professor, Department of Plant Sciences.
Ph.D., University of Maryland ~ Molecular genetic mechanisms controlling
plant development and plant adaptation to abiotic stress. |
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Steven
E. Smith Associate Professor, School of Renewable Natural
Resources and Department of Plant Sciences Ph.D. Cornell University
~ Genetic improvement of crop plants emphasizing traits associated
with productivity in desert environments and patterns of chloroplast
inheritance; genetics of native plants and their use in rangeland
revegetation. |
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Carol
Soderlund Associate Research Professor, Department of Plant
Sciences Ph.D., New Mexico State University~ Software for physical
mapping, comparative genomics and host-pathogen interactions. |
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Frans
Tax Asst. Professor, Department of Molecular and cellular
Biology and Adjunct Plant Sciences, PhD University of Washington ~
Plant Development; receptor kinases and intercellular signaling. |
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Elizabeth
Vierling Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Professor
Department of Plant Sciences Ph.D., University of Chicago ~ Plant
cell and molecular biology; stress proteins, molecular chaperones,
seed development. |
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Bruce
Walsh Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
and Associate Professor, Department of Plant Sciences Ph.D., University
of Washington. ~ Quantitative genetics, molecular and phenotypic evolution. |
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Rod Wing
Professor and Director, Plant Genomics Institute, Department of Plant
Sciences, Ph.D., University of California, Davis. ~ Genomics, BioInformatics,
and BAC/EST Resources. |
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Ramin
Yadegari Associate Professor, Department of Plant Sciences
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles. ~ Molecular genetics
of reproductive development in flowering plants. |
