Plant Biology Directory
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Adaime, Marc-Elie |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Development of phylogenetically-informed computer vision methods for fossil pollen recognition and the study of long-term trends in plant ecology and evolution. Advisor: Surangi W. Punyasena |
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Ainsworth, Elizabeth "Lisa"
lisa.ainsworth@ars.usda.gov |
USDA ARS
Adjunct Professor - Plant Biology PEEC Plant physiological and molecular responses to global change, photosynthesis and carbohydrate metabolism |
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Aubery, Rose |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Advisor: Surangi Punyasena Advisor: Surangi W. Punyasena |
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Augspurger, Carol
carolaug@illinois.edu |
Professor Emerita - Plant Biology PEEC Phenology of trees and herbs, wind dispersal, seed and seedling ecology of tropical trees, plant-pathogen interactions |
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Barnhart, Jennifer
jbarnhar@illinois.edu |
Office Administrator - Plant Biology |
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Berenbaum, May
maybe@illinois.edu |
Professor & Head - Entomology
Professor - Plant Biology Swanlund Chair PEEC Chemical interactions between insects and host plants and their implications in the organization of natural communities |
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Bernacchi, Carl J
carl.bernacchi@ars.usda.gov |
USDA ARS Adjunct Professor - Plant Biology Impacts of climate change on crop physiology, energy fluxes between the atmosphere and plant canopies, carbon sequestration, crop canopy responses to stress |
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Beuchat, Gabriel |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Advisor: Li-Qing Chen |
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Black, Deborah
black3@illinois.edu |
Greenhouse Manager |
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Brooks, Matthew D.
mb5886@illinois.edu |
USDA ARS
Adjunct Assistant Professor - Plant Biology Integrating transcriptomic and physiological measurements to reveal gene regulatory networks coordinating photosynthesis and nitrogen use. |
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Burgess, Steven
sjb287@illinois.edu |
Assistant Professor - Plant Biology Sustainable ecosystems using synthetic biology tools to simplify, miniaturize and automate engineering of photosynthetic organisms |
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Burroughs, Charles |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Advisor: Elizabeth "Lisa" Ainsworth |
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Cheeseman, John M. |
Professor Emeritus - Plant Biology The relationships between plant biology, food security, food sovereignty and actually feeding the world's poor |
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Chen, Li-Qing
lqchen77@illinois.edu |
Assistant Professor - Plant Biology Control of sugar allocation to improve crop yield or biomass for food and biofuels |
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Christian, Natalie |
Postdoc |
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Conroy, Jessica
jconro@illinois.edu |
Associate Professor - Geology; Plant Biology PEEC paleoclimate variability on interannual to millennial timescales, paleolimnology, stable isotope hydrology, stable isotope geochemistry |
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D'Andrea Rocha, Rafael |
Postdoctoral Research Associate - Plant Biology |
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Dalling, James
dalling@illinois.edu |
Professor - Plant Biology
Director, Integrative Biology Honors PEEC Tropical forest dynamics, plant-soil and plant-fungal interactions, seed ecology |
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De Becker, Elsa |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Advisor: Stephen Long |
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DeLucia, Evan H. |
G. William Arends Professor of Integrative Biology Professor - Plant Biology Director - Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment PEEC Physiological ecology of vascular plants, photosynthesis, plant architecture, stress, climate change |
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Demler, Hannah |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Investigating the role of aquaporin plasma membrane intrinsic proteins in plant responses to ozone. Advisor: Lisa Ainsworth Advisor: Elizabeth "Lisa" Ainsworth |
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Downie, Stephen R.
sdownie@illinois.edu |
Professor - Plant Biology
Associate Director of Academic Affairs - School of Integrative Biology PEEC Systematics and evolution of flowering plants, with emphasis on the family Apiaceae; chloroplast genome structural evolution |
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Ferrer, Astrid |
Senior Research Scientist - Plant Biology |
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Flores, Manuel |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Advisor: James Dalling |
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Fraterrigo, Jennifer
jmf@illinois.edu |
Associate Professor - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences
Affiliate - Plant Biology PEEC Landscape ecology, effects of human and natural disturbance on ecosystem structure and function, land-water |
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Friedmann, Caroline |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Advisor: Mark Lara |
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Fu, Jie |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Advisor: Amy Marshall-Colon Advisor: Amy Marshall-Colon |
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Gabay-Laughnan, Susan
gabaylau@illinois.edu |
Retired--Senior Research Scientist Mitochondrial DNA mutations in maize and the effect of nuclear genes upon these mutations; mitochondrial S-type cytoplasmic male sterility and its nuclear restorer-of-fertility alleles; cytoplasmic reversion of CMS-S to fertility. |
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Govindjee, Govindjee
gov@illinois.edu |
Professor Emeritus - Plant Biology History of photosynthesis |
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Grennan, Aleel
agrennan@illinois.edu |
Senior Research Specialist - Plant Biology |
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Heath, Katy
kheath@illinois.edu |
Associate Professor - Plant Biology PEEC Mutualism coevolution: evolutionary and ecological genetics of plant-microbe interactions; evolutionary responses to global change |
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Huber, Steven Carl
schuber1@illinois.edu |
Professor Emeritus - Plant Biology Identification of biological mechanisms that regulate important plant processes and impact growth and development |
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Hutchinson, Sarah |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Advisor: Stephen Long |
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Jops, Kenny |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Mathematical and modelling approaches to ecological theory including community assemblage and plant competitive interactions. Advisor: James O'Dwyer |
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Karakehian, Jason |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology The systematics, biology and ecology of woody tissue-inhabiting, non-lichenized fungi in class Leotiomycetes (Ascomycota), with a special focus on taxa in orders Rhytismatales and Marthamycetales. These understudied fungi are ubiquitous in Northern Hemisphere temperate forests where they persist mainly as saprobes or weak parasites. Advisor: Andrew Miller Advisor: Andrew Miller |
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Katz-Downie, Deborah
dkatzdow@illinois.edu |
Visiting Scientist - Plant Biology |
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Kwafo, Seldon |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Advisor: Justin McGrath |
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Lakeram, Scott |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Advisor: Surangi W. Punyasena |
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Lara, Mark |
Assistant Professor - Plant Biology Geographic Information Science; GIS and Society; Space-Time Analytics; River, Watershed, and Landscape Dynamics |
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Leakey, Andrew D.B.
leakey@illinois.edu |
Professor and Head - Plant Biology
Director - Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation PEEC Integrative plant physiology, genetics and genomics; plant water use efficiency, photosynthesis and carbon metabolism; crop responses to elevated CO<sub>2</sub>, drought, temperature and ozone; crop sustainability and responses to global environmental change |
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Lira Viana, Jessica |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Research in whether chromosome number of species might influence their growth performance and distribution in natural environments. Advisor: James Dalling |
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Long, Stephen
slong@illinois.edu |
Ikenberry Endowed University Chair of Crop Sciences and Plant Biology PEEC Environmental physiology, atmospheric change impacts on crops and natural vegetation, C4 photosynthesis, energy crops, mathematical models of photosynthesis |
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Marshall-Colon, Amy
amymc@illinois.edu |
Associate Professor - Plant Biology Integrative modeling to investigate the multi-scale regulation of crop response to genetic and environmental perturbations. |
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Martin, Duncan |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Interactive Effects of Drought and Ozone Stress on Crop Physiology and Biochemistry. Advisor: Lisa Ainsworth Advisor: Elizabeth "Lisa" Ainsworth |
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Masters, Michael
mmasters@illinois.edu |
Field Research Specialist - Plant Biology |
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Mayfield-Jones, Dustin |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Advisor: Andrew D.B. Leakey |
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McGrath, Jesse
jamcgrat@illinois.edu |
SoyFACE Research Coordinator |
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McGrath, Justin
jmcgrath@illinois.edu |
USDA ARS
Adjunct Assistant Professor - Plant Biology |
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Mijango Ramos, Zarluis Miguel |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Effects of soil nutrient availability on the development of Forest monodominance and subordinate species composition in Panama. Advisor: James Dalling Advisor: James Dalling |
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Miller, Andrew
amiller7@illinois.edu |
Principal Mycologist - Illinois Natural History Survey Affiliate - Plant Biology PEEC Character evolution of ascomycetes with emphasis on members of the Class Sordariomycetes, biodiversity and biogeography of ascomycetes |
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Ming, Ray
rayming@illinois.edu |
Professor - Plant Biology Evolution of primitive sex chromosomes, genome structure of papaya, sugarcane, coffee and pineapple |
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Molano-Flores, Brenda
molano1@illinois.edu |
Senior Plant Ecologist - Illinois Natural History Survey Affiliate - Entomology; Plant Biology plant-insect interactions, reproductive biology of plants, population biology, conservation biology; restoration |
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Montes, Christopher M |
Postdoctoral Researcher Examining Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.] and Maize (Zea mays L.) physiological responses to elevated ozone concentrations and genetically mapping ozone response |
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O'Dwyer, James
jodwyer@illinois.edu |
Associate Professor - Plant Biology PEEC We work with theoretical models and a broad range of data to understand patterns of biodiversity, from tropical forests to host-associated microbial systems like the human microbiome |
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Ort, Donald R
d-ort@illinois.edu |
Professor - Plant Biology Molecular and biochemical basis for environmental effects on photosynthesis, photosynthetic energy transduction |
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Paul, Rachel |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Advisor: Andrew D.B. Leakey |
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Paul, Robert |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Modeling terrestrial biogeochemistry of different land uses in the Midwest; quantifying ecosystem services of multi-use landscapes; resolving environmental impacts of second-generation bioenergy agriculture Advisor: Evan H. DeLucia |
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Pelech, Elena |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Elucidating the complexities of maize and soybean intercropping systems to optimize productivity and resource-use efficiencies Advisor: Carl J Bernacchi |
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Prada Cordero, Cecilia |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology The relationship between soil nutrient availability and the diversity, composition and distribution of tree species in montane forest in Panama, and it’s consequences for ecosystem carbon cycling. Advisor: James Dalling |
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Punyasena, Surangi W.
spunya1@illinois.edu |
Associate Professor, Associate Head, Director of Graduate Studies - Plant Biology PEEC Palynology, microscopy, machine learning, evolution |
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Quebedeaux, Jennifer |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Genetic Control of Carbon Metabolism and Water Use Efficiency as Targets to Improve Photosynthesis and Crop Yield Advisor: Andrew D.B. Leakey |
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Riley, Alex |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Advisor: Katy Heath |
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Rios Acosta, Lorena |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Advisor: Andrew D.B. Leakey |
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Romero Valero, Ingrid
romerov2@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology The study of the pollen morphology of 100 species from Bombacoideae (Malvaceae) Advisor: Surangi W. Punyasena |
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Sargent, Malcolm
malcolms@illinois.edu |
Associate Professor Emeritus - Plant Biology Creation of user friendly, perspective oriented guides for the identification of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts and hornworts) |
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Schore, Aiden Isaac Gittler |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Research Description: Examining interactions between climate, disturbances, and the physical environment across the Alaskan tundra via analysis of permafrost degradation, tall shrub expansion, and biological feedback effects. Advisor: Mark Lara Advisor: Mark Lara |
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Schuler, Mary
maryschu@illinois.edu |
Professor - Plant Biology; Biochemistry; Cell and Developmental Biology Affiliate - Entomology Pre-mRNA processing, P450 monooxygenases and their role in plant-insect interactions |
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Seigler, David
daveseig@illinois.edu |
Professor Emeritus - Plant Biology PEEC Phytochemistry, chemical ecology, plant systematics, secondary products, systematics of Acacia species |
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Seyfried, Georgia |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Assess carbon and nitrogen storage patterns in forest stands dominated by ECM- versus AM- associated trees. Advisor: Wendy H. Yang |
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Shearer, Carol
carolshe@illinois.edu |
Professor Emerita - Plant Biology Ecology of freshwater saprophytic fungal communities, systematics and biogeography of freshwater ascomycetes and fungi imperfecti |
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Shrivastava, Stuti |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Research in the nitrate uptake dynamics at both gene and protein level in Arabidopsis for 2 major nitrate transporters, NPF6.3 and NRT2.1. Advisor: Amy Marshall-Colon |
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Singh, Dilkaran |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Advisor: Amy Marshall-Colon Advisor: Amy Marshall-Colon |
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Song, Jinjin |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Advisor: Ray Ming |
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Warnow, Tandy
warnow@illinois.edu |
Founder Professor and Associate Head - Computer Science Affiliate - Entomology; Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior; Plant Biology PEEC Phylogenomics, multiple sequence alignment, and metagenomics |
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Yang, Wendy H.
yangw@illinois.edu |
Associate Professor - Plant Biology PEEC Terrestrial biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology, stable isotope ecology, soil-atmosphere greenhouse gas dynamics, climate change |
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Zerpa Catanho, Dessiree |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Advisor: Ray Ming |
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Zhang, Chen |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Advisor: Li-Qing Chen |
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Zhang, Xiaodan |
Graduate Student -
Plant Biology Advisor: Ray Ming |
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Zielinski, Raymond |
Professor Emeritus - Plant Biology |