Faculty in the Department of Plant Biology

Professors in the Department of Plant Biology

Name	Contact	Title	Research interest
Brutnell, Thomas	129 Boyce T. Inst 254-8656	Associate Professor	tools for functional genomics, light dependent signal transduction pathways in maize
Crepet, William	412 Mann Library 255-7977	Professor, Department Chair	diversity, relationship and evolution of seed and flowering plants
Davies, Peter	255 Plant Science 255-8237	Professor	plant hormones and their role in growth and development
Davis, Jerrold	512 Mann Library 255-7980	Associate Professor	systematics, phylogeny and species delimitation, focus on the grasses (Poaceae)
Doyle, Jeffrey	404 Mann Library 255-7972	Professor	molecular systematics and evolution.
Giovannoni, James	429 Boyce T. Inst 255-1414	Professor	molecular and genetic analysis of tomato fruit ripening
Hanson, Maureen	323 Biotech Bldg 254-4833	Professor	Plastid and mitochondrial RNA editing, cytoplasmic male sterility, fertility restoration.
Hua, Jian	158 Emerson Hall 255-5554	Associate Professor	genetics of temperature responses in plants; regulation of plant defense responses
Jander, Georg	407 Boyce T. Inst 254-1365	Assistant Professor	plant-insect interactions; plant amino acid biosynthesis; plant biochemistry
Kochian, Leon	237 Robert Holley Center 255-2454	Professor	molecular physiology of ion transport; plant abiotic stress tolerance; plant biochemistry
Kresovich, Stephen	130 Biotech Bldg 254-7261	Professor	conservation genetics; characterization of genomic diversity crops
Lee, Ji-Young	105 Boyce T. Inst 254-5453	Assistant Professor	Gene regulatory networks for plant vascular tissue formation, proliferation, and patterning; Identification of evolutionary conserved gene regulatory programs
Luckow, Melissa	502 Mann Library 255-7829	Associate Professor	phylogeny of flowering plants; legume systematics; cultivated plant families
McCouch, Susan	162 Emerson Hall 255-0420	Professor	development and application of molecular tools for rice improvement
Nasrallah, June	260 Emerson Hall 255-8189	Professor	self-incompatibility phenomena; cell-cell interactions in plants
Nasrallah, Mikhail	261 Emerson Hall 255-8191	Professor	reproductive biology, cellular communication between the male gametophyte - pistil
Niklas, Karl	208 Plant Science 255-8727	Professor	plant evolution, morphology, and biomechanics
Nixon, Kevin	406 Mann Library 255-7975	Associate Professor	oak taxonomy; cladistics; computer programs; paleobotany, phylogeny of angiosperms
Owens, Thomas	217 Plant Science 255-8516	Associate Professor	physiology; biophysics and regulation of photosynthesis; plant stress; biochemistry
Reveal, James	426 Warren Hall 256-5341	Professor	systematics, taxonomy of Polygonaceae, botanical nomenclature, history of botanical exploration
Rodriguez, Eloy	420 Mann Library 254-2956	Professor	plant chemical systematics/ evolution; medical botany; phytochemistry; biochemistry
Rose, Jocelyn	331 Emerson Hall 255-4781	Associate Professor	plant cell walls, role of primary walls in regulation of plant growth and development
Scanlon, Michael	140 Emerson Hall 254-1156	Associate Professor	plant development; meristem function; evolution of leaf morphology
Stern, David	301 Boyce T. Inst 254-1306	Professor	regulation of plant organelle gene expression by nuclear factors
Stevenson, Dennis	New York Bot Gard (718)817-8632	Professor	plant structure/ development; phylogeny, cycad biology
Tanksley, Steven	248 Emerson Hall 255-1673	Professor	structural analysis of higher plant nuclear genome with DNA markers
Turgeon, Robert	256 Plant Science 255-8395	Professor	phloem transport; carbohydrate synthesis; phloem loading; plasmodesmata
vanWijk, Klaas	332 Emerson Hall 255-3664	Associate Professor	chloroplast biogenesis; proteomics; mass spectrometry; Arabidopsis; biochemistry
Wang, Haiyang	229 Boyce T. Inst 254-7476	Assistant Professor	plant developmental biology
Wayne, Randy	203 Plant Science 255-8904	Associate Professor	understanding plant cell responses of light, gravity, and salt stress

Visiting Professors in the Department of Plant Biology

Name	Contact	Lab	Research interest
Durkee, Verne	Herbarium 256-5341	Herbarium	N/A
Kass, Lee	Herbarium 256-5342	Herbarium	plant reproductive biology, diversity, and anatomy; history of science
Tamas, Imre	253 Plant Science 255-8954	Davies	N/A

Professors Emeritus in the Department of Plant Biology

Name	Address	Phone	Lab
Bates, David	427 Warren Hall	255-3155	Bates
Clayton, Roderick	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dress, William	Ithaca, NY	273-0347	N/A
Jagendorf, Andre	261 Plant Science	255-8940	Turgeon
Kingsbury, John	135A Guterman	255-2070	N/A
Paolillo, Dominick	410B Mann Library	255-3273	N/A
Parthasarathy, Mandayam	216 Plant Science	255-1734	N/A
Uhl, Charles	Herbarium	255-0863	N/A
Uhl, Natalie	Herbarium	256-0863	N/A

Senior Lecturers in the Department of Plant Biology

Name	Address	Phone
Balko, Elizabeth	MG15 Stimson Hall	255-5745
Silva, Thomas	215 Plant Science	255-8502