The department has 31 Faculty including adjunct and joint members from other Cornell Departments, the USDA Plant, Soil & Nutrition Laboratory and The Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research. Some 20 postdoctoral fellows and research associates are working in the department.
Research in Plant Biology encompasses a broad range of topics, including:
- Plant Systematics, Evolution and Paleobotany
- Plant Development, Structures and Reproduction
- Chloroplast and Mitochondrial Biology
- Plant Interactions with the Abiotic and Biotic Environment and
- Genomics of Plant Diversity
Over the last years, several new faculty members were hired in the context of the Cornell Genome Initiative.
Thomas G Owens
Associate Professor
Overview
My overall goals at Cornell continue to be improving the pedogagy of instruction, particularly in large classroom environments. I continue to work on several aspects of the biology curriculum, including a new math course for biology majors. I chair several committees in the Office of Undergraduate... Read More
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