Students
Research interests: Biology of host-pathogen interactions.
Research interests: The effects of coumarins on rhizosphere composition and the mechanisms underlying their role in root uptake of iron in Arabidopsis and dry beans.
Research interests: Plastid lipid metabolism and fatty acid transport.
Research interests: Genomic and molecular factors which are responsible for desirable sensory traits in fruit such as taste, color and aroma.
Research interests: New genes involved in biosynthesis and regulation of phenolic compounds in maize and Arabidopsis.
Research interests: Plant physiology, biophysics, and computational biology.
Research interests: Bioenergy and biofuel industrial applications.
Research interests: Understanding how chloroplast morphology is regulated in plants.
Research interests: The molecular mechanisms that plants use to resist environmental stresses.
Research interests: Understanding how plant defense responses and metabolism are shifted after stress, through studying the jasmonate signaling pathway.
Research interests: How light, specifically the color of light, alters plant growth and secondary metabolism.
Research interests: Systemic lipid signaling and plant development in response to abiotic stress.
Research interests: Using synthetic biology to harness production of plant metabolites as high value chemicals for industry and medicine.
Research interests: Plant immunity and the cytoskeleton.
Research interests: Applying machine learning to problems in plant biology, as well as algal biofuels.
Research interests: Plant biochemistry; Plant evolution and metabolism.
Research interests: Epigenomics and genomics
Research interests: Pathogen infection and resistance mechanisms.
Research interests: Doing rotations to determine interests.
Research interests: Plant responses to abiotic stress.
Research interests: Doing rotations to determine interests.
Research interests: Isotopic labeling and physiological measurements to trace the fluxes of lipids in a model microalga under various growth conditions.