Integrative Themes
- Lars Brudvig
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Associate Professor of Plant Biology
Ph.D. Iowa State University
Plant community, landscape, and restoration ecology; plant-animal interactions, habitat fragmentation.
brudvig@msu.edu
- Robin Buell
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MSU Foundation Professor
Professor of Plant Biology
Ph.D. Utah State University
buell@msu.edu
High throughput sequencing, functional genomics, comparative genomics, and bioinformatics.
- Kevin Childs
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Assistant Professor of Plant Biology
Ph.D. Texas A&M University
kchilds@msu.edu
- Jeffrey K. Conner
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Professor of Plant Biology
Ph.D. Cornell University
Plant/pollinator interactions; evolutionary ecology; ecological genetics
connerj@msu.edu
- Diane Ebert-May
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University Distinguished Professor
Graduate Director
Ph.D. University of Colorado
Undergraduate biology teaching and learning; effect of climate change on alpine tundra plant communities.
ebertmay@msu.edu
- Eva Farre
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Associate Professor of Plant Biology
Ph.D. University of Potsdam, Germany
Molecular mechanisms of the plant circadian clock; role of circadian rhythms in plant physiology
farre@msu.edu
- Katherine L. Gross
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University Distinguished Professor
Director of Kellogg Biological Station
Professor of Plant Biology
Ph.D. Michigan State University
Plant population and community ecology; old-field succession and agricultural ecology; long-term ecological studies; root dynamics and spatial heterogeneity
grossk@kbs.msu.edu
- Sheng-Yang He
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University Distinguished Professor
Professor of Plant Biology
Ph.D. Cornell University
Molecular interactions between plants and pathogenic bacteria
hes@msu.edu
- Jianping Hu
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Professor of Plant Biology
Ph.D. University of Georgia
Molecular mechanisms of peroxisomal function and regulation in plants
huji@msu.edu
- Andrew M. Jarosz
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Associate Chair
Associate Professor of Plant Biology
Ph.D. Purdue University
Epidemiology; metapopulation dynamics of natural host-pathogen systems; patterns of pathogen virulence and host resistance
amjarosz@msu.edu
- Jiming Jiang
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MSU Foundation Professor, Plant Biology
Ph.D. (Kansas State University)
jiangjm@msu.edu
- Christopher Klausmeier
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Professor of Plant Biology
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Theoretical Ecology;plankton ecology
klausme1@msu.edu
- Richard K. Kobe
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Adjunct Professor of Plant Biology
Ph.D. University of Connecticut
Forest ecology (temperate and tropical); mechanisms governing plant community dynamics
kobe@msu.edu
- Robert Last
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Barnett Rosenberg Professor
Ph.D. Carnegie-Mellon University
Plant Genetics, metabolic regulation, amino acid and vitamin biosynthesis, secondary metabolism, function genomics
lastr@msu.edu
- Elena Litchman
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Professor of Integrative Biology
Adjunct Professor of Plant Biology
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
phytoplankton ecology, physiology and evolution; biogeochemical impacts of phytoplankton; global change, invasive microbes, harmful algal blooms, aquatic ecology
litchman@msu.edu
- Tammy Long
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Assistant Professor of Plant Biology
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Ph.D. University of Michigan
Biology education, model-based learning and systems thinking, global change ecology, phenology
longta@msu.edu
- Carolyn Malmstrom
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Associate Professor of Plant Biology
Ph.D. Stanford University
A.B. Harvard University
Plant and landscape ecology; plant virus ecology; disturbance ecology; remote sensing; global change; sustainability; restoration.
carolynm@msu.edu
- Chad Niederhuth
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Assistant Professor of Plant Biology
Ph.D. University of Missouri, Columbia
Function and evolution of plant epigenomes and genomes
niederhu@msu.edu
- John B. Ohlrogge
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Professor Emeritus of Plant Biology
University Distinguished Professor
Ph.D. University of Michigan
Lipid and fatty acid biosynthesis, metabolic engineering, genomics, regulation of metabolism, seed oil accumulation
ohlrogge@msu.edu
- Katherine W. Osteryoung
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Professor of Plant Biology
Ph.D. University of California, Davis
Structural organization and dynamics of the chloroplast division machinery; molecular mechanisms controlling chloroplast division and expansion in plant cells
osteryou@msu.edu
- L. Alan Prather
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Associate Professor of Plant Biology
Director of the Herbarium
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin
Plant systematics and the evolution of floral morphology and pollination systems
alan@msu.edu
- Doug Schemske
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Professor Emeritus of Plant Biology
Ph.D. University of Illinois
The goal of my research is to characterize the mechanisms of adaptation
schem@msu.edu
- Danny J. Schnell
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Professor of Plant Biology
Chairperson, Department of Plant Biology
Ph.D. (University of California, Davis)
schnelld@msu.edu
- Barbara B. Sears
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Professor Emerita of Plant Biology
Director Emerita, Genetics Graduate Program
Ph.D. Duke University
The Sears research group investigates the genetic controls of chloroplast DNA replication and repair and plant mitochondrial recombination
sears@msu.edu
- Yair Shachar-Hill
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Professor of Plant Biology
Ph.D. Yale University
The arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis, non-photosynthetic one carbon metabolism, metabolic engineering, plant NMR spectroscopy
yairhill@msu.edu
- Shin-Han Shiu
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Professor of Plant Biology
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison
Genome evolution, stress regulatory mechanism, computational and systems biology
shius@msu.edu
- Frank W. Telewski
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Professor of Plant Biology
Ph.D. Wake Forest University
Enviromental and stress physiology; tree growth and development; dendrochronology; biomechanics of trees
telewski@msu.edu
- Frances Trail
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Professor
Ph.D. Cornell University
Development in filamentous fungi and host-pathogen interactions using genetics, genomics and physiological approaches
trail@msu.edu
- Richard E. Triemer
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Professor Emeritus of Plant Biology
Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Algal Cell Biology, Chloroplast Genomics, Phylogeny and Systematics
triemer@msu.edu
- Jonathan D. Walton
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Professor of Plant Biology
Ph.D. Stanford University
Enzymes for bioenergy applications; biosynthesis of fungal toxins; host-selective phytotoxins
walton@msu.edu
- Marjorie Weber
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Assistant Professor of Plant Biology
Ph.D. Cornell University
weberm11@msu.eduPlant defense and mutualism; trait-mediated plant-animal interactions; phylogenetic ecology; links between species interactions and macroevolution
- C. Peter Wolk
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Professor Emeritus of Plant Biology
University Distinguished Faculty
Ph.D. Rockefeller Institute
Developmental physiology and genetics of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
wolk@msu.edu