Plant Biology

Dr. Heather Addy - Biology of root endophytic fungi and plant-fungal symbioses; science education

Dr. C.C. Chinnappa - Genetic regulation of phenotypic plasticity in Stellaria longipes ecotypes

Dr. Peter Facchini - Biochemistry, molecular and cell biology of plant secondary metabolism; metabolic engineering in plants.

Dr. Cindy Graham - Plant hormone metabolism and stress responses; Natural Science Education.

Dr. Lawrence Harder - Ecology and evolution of plant reproduction; pollinator behavior.

Dr. Ed Johnson - Biogeoscience, plant populations,disturbance ecology.

Dr. Michael Hynes - Molecular biology of plant-microbe interactions; regulation of genes involved in Rhizobium symbiosis, Rhizobium plasmids, chemotaxis, microbial ecology.

Dr. Douglas Muench - Molecular/cell biology of mRNA localization and the cytoskeleton; metabolic engineering.

Dr. Greg Moorhead - Role and regulation of protein phosphatases in humans and plants and the interaction of carbon and nitrogen metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Dr. David Reid - Plant stress physiology; hormones; root-shoot communication; root development.

Dr. Richard Pharis - Developmental physiology of plant growth and differentiation; gibberellins and flowering.

Dr. Mary Reid - Habitat selection, dispersal and reproductive behaviour, especially in bark beetles.

Dr. Dae-Kyun Ro - Biochemistry and molecular genetics of plant secondary metabolisms; Plant and microbial metabolic engineering for the production of pharmaceuticals, nutrient-enhanced crops, and renewable energy.

Dr. Marcus A. Samuel - Plant reproductive development-cellular signaling during pollen-pistil interactions; Plant stress signaling and crop improvement

Dr. Jana Vamosi - Macroecology and macroevolution of angiosperms; influences of pollination and dispersal on speciation and extinction rates; comparative phylogenetic analysis.

Dr. Steven Vamosi - Ecology and evolution of species interactions; aquatic ecology; biodiversity; comparative methods; speciation in post-glacial environments.

Dr. Ed Yeung- Structural, physiological and biochemical ontogeny of plant embryogenesis