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"The Department of Plant Biology pursues excellence in the fundamental plant sciences by fostering innovative research and teaching that encompasses and integrates all levels of biological organization, from molecules to ecosystems."
Richard F. Allison; Kenneth Keegstra; Christopher Klausmeier; Richard K. Kobe; Robert Last; Carolyn Malmstrom; Kenneth D. Nadler; John B. Ohlrogge; Yair Shachar-Hill; Frank W. Telewski; Merritt R. Turetsky; C. Peter Wolk
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Richard F. Allison
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Associate Professor
Ph.D. North Carolina State University
Molecular biology of plant viruses; virus host specificity; RNA recombination
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Kenneth Keegstra
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Professor
Ph.D. University of Colorado
Chloroplast protein targeting, biosynthesis of cell wall polysaccharides
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Christopher Klausmeier
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Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Theoretical ecology; plankton ecology
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Richard K. Kobe
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Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Connecticut
Forest ecology(temperate and tropical); mechanisms governing plant community dynamics
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Robert Last
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Professor
Ph.D. Carnegie-Mellon University
Plant Genetics, metabolic regulation, amino acid and vitamin biosynthesis, secondary metabolism, function genomics
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Carolyn Malmstrom
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Associate Professor
Ph.D. Stanford University
Ecosystem dynamics; ecological roles of plant pathogens in natural systems; disturbance ecology; ecosystem management & restoration; boreal forest; grasslands
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Kenneth D. Nadler
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Professor
Ph.D. Rockefeller Institute
Genetics and physiology of the Rhizobium-legume root nodule symbiosis, especially leghemoglobin formation; heme and iron metabolism
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John B. Ohlrogge
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Professor
Ph.D. University of Michigan
Lipid and fatty acid biosynthesis, metabolic engineering, genomics, regulation of metabolism, seed oil accumulation
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Yair Shachar-Hill
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Associate Professor
Ph.D. Yale University
The arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis, non-photosynthetic one carbon metabolism, metabolic engineering, plant NMR spectroscopy
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Frank W. Telewski
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Associate Professor
Curator of The Beal Botanical Gardens
Ph.D. Wake Forest University
Enviromental and stress physiology; tree growth and development; dendrochronology; biomechanics of trees
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Merritt R. Turetsky
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Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Alberta
Ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry, with emphasis on wetlands and boreal ecosystems. The physiology and ecology of nonvascular plants
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C. Peter Wolk
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Professor
Ph.D. Rockefeller Institute
Developmental physiology and genetics of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
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