Faculty: Plant Biology
Faculty, Senior Research Associates, and Senior Extension Associates in the Plant Biology Section
Daniel Anstett
- dna38 [at] cornell.edu
Landscape genomics
Rapid evolution to climate change
Herbivory and plant defenses
Carmen Catala
- (607) 254-8694
- cc283 [at] cornell.edu
Auxin
Fruit development
Cell wall modification
William Crepet
- (607) 255-4075
- wlc1 [at] cornell.edu
Plant systematics and phylogeny
Flowering plants
Paleobotany
Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Biology Section
Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Jeffrey Doyle
- (607) 255-7972
- jjd5 [at] cornell.edu
Genome duplication
Comparative genomics
Legume systematics and origin of nodulation
Margaret Frank
- mhf47 [at] cornell.edu
Grafting
Genomics and phenomics tools for trait analysis
Senior Research Associate/Senior Lecturer
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Biology Section
Giulia Friso
- (607) 255-7127
- gf32 [at] cornell.edu
Ethnobotany, plants and health
Plant biochemistry and mass spectrometry
Cannabis
Susheng Gan
- (607) 255-6381
- sg288 [at] cornell.edu
Plant senescence
Dimensional control of gene expression
Senior Research Associate (Pawlowski Lab)
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Maria Gaspar
- mlg32 [at] cornell.edu
Yeast genetics
Lipids
Laura Gunn
- lhg42 [at] cornell.edu
Carbon fixation Synthetic biology
Structural biology
Synthetic biology
Maureen Hanson
- (607) 254-4833
- mrh5 [at] cornell.edu
Gene expression in plant organelles
Photosynthetic enhancement
Molecular basis of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome
Plant Biology Section Head and Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Biology Section
Jian Hua
- (607) 255-5554
- jh299 [at] cornell.edu
Environmental responses; Adaptation; temperature; immunity; plants
Gaurav Moghe
- (607) 255-5714
- gdm67 [at] cornell.edu
Evolution of plant specialized metabolism
plant natural variation; genomics
metabolomics
June Nasrallah
- (607) 255-8189
- jbn2 [at] cornell.edu
Plant reproduction
Self-incompatibility
Receptor-ligand interactions and cell-cell signaling
Kevin Nixon
- kcn2 [at] cornell.edu
Theory and methodology of phylogenetic analysis
Angiosperm phylogeny
Systematics and taxonomy of the oak family
Associate Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Biology Section
Maria Alejandra Gandolfo Nixon
- (607) 255-3273
- mag4 [at] cornell.edu
Paleobotany
Diversification and evolution of angiosperms
Plant anatomy
Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Biology Section
Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Wojtek Pawlowski
- (607) 254-8745
- wp45 [at] cornell.edu
Meiotic recombination
Advanced microscopy methods
Recombination and genome rearrangements in new polyploids
Adrienne Roeder
- (607) 255-4467
- ahr75 [at] cornell.edu
Development and patterning of specialized cell types
Plant cell imaging
Director
School of Integrative Plant Science
Barbara McClintock Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Biology Section
Jocelyn Rose
- (607) 255-4781
- jr286 [at] cornell.edu
Plant structural polymers, cell wall structure and function
Cuticles and plant surfaces
Fruit biology
Mike Scanlon
- (607) 254-1156
- mjs298 [at] cornell.edu
Mechanisms of meristem and leaf development
Evolution of plant morphology
Arabidopsis, tomato, Selaginella, and Physcomitrella
Thomas Silva
- ts21 [at] cornell.edu
Botany, plant physiology and diversity
Educating non-majors about basic biology
Chelsea Specht
- (607) 255-9293
- cds266 [at] cornell.edu
Plant diversity
Comparative genomics
Evolutionary biology
Robert Turgeon
- (607) 255-8395
- ert2 [at] cornell.edu
Leaf development
Plasmodesmata structure and function
Phloem transport and virus movement
Klaas van Wijk
- (607) 255-3664
- kv35 [at] cornell.edu
Molecular genetics and protein biochemistry
Mass-spectrometry-driven proteomics and metabolomics
Chloroplast biogenesis and protein homeostasis in Arabidopsis and differentiation in maize
Olena Vatamaniuk
- (607) 255-8049
- okv2 [at] cornell.edu
Functional genomics of mineral nutrient homeostasis
Toxic metal detoxification and phytoremediation
Biofortification