Faculty & Research
Plant Biology, Genetics &
Genomics Focus Area

Dan Austin Professor, Desert Museum, Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis~ Convolvulaceae.
Mark Bierner Professor, School of Plant Sciences & Office of Arid Lands Studies,
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.
Vicki L. Chandler Regents' Professor, 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.
David W. Galbraith Professor, Ph.D., Cambridge University ~ Control of plant growth and development.
David R. Gang Associate Professor, 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.
Richard A. Jorgensen Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison ~ Epigenetic and homology-dependent mechanisms of gene regulation.
Brian A. Larkins Porterfield Chair & Regent's Professor, Ph.D., University of Nebraska. ~ Regulation of protein synthesis during seed development.
Shelley M. McMahon Research Assistant Professor, School 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.
Carolyn A. Napoli Associate Research Scientist, Ph.D., University of Florida ~ Plant architecture and the genetic and molecular control underlying the developmental regulation of lateral branching.
Ravi Palanivelu Assistant Professor, Ph.D, University of Georgia ~ Isolation and characterization of pollen tube guidance signals during Arabidopsis reproduction.
Richard Percy Professor, United States Department of Agriculture, Ph.D., Texas A&M University ~ Genetics and germplasm enhancement of cotton with emphasis upon abiotic stress and fiber quality.
Rachel Pfister Retired
Steve Rounsley Associate Research Professor, School of Plant Sciences & BIO5 Institute,
Ph.D., University of California ~ genome structure and organization.
Karen S. Schumaker Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Maryland ~ Molecular genetic mechanisms controlling plant development and plant adaptation to abiotic stress.
Carol Soderlund Associate Research Professor, Ph.D., New Mexico State University~ Software for physical mapping, comparative genomics and host-pathogen interactions.
Frans Tax Asst. Professor, Department of Molecular and cellular Biology and Adjunct School of Plant Sciences, Ph.D., University of Washington ~ Plant Development; receptor kinases and intercellular signaling.
Elizabeth Vierling Regents' Professor, Department of Biochemistry and School of Plant Sciences, Ph.D., University of Chicago ~ Plant cell and molecular biology; stress proteins, molecular chaperones, seed development.
Bruce Walsh Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Plant Sciences, Animal Science, College of Public Health, Ph.D., University of Washington. ~ Quantitative genetics, theory of plant breeding statistical genetics and genomics.
Rod Wing Professor and Director, Plant Genomics Institute, Ph.D., University of California, Davis. ~ Genomics, BioInformatics, and BAC/EST Resources.
Ramin Yadegari Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles. ~ Molecular genetics of reproductive development in flowering plants.

 

       
 
 


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