Faculty: Plant Biology
Faculty, Senior Research Associates, and Senior Extension Associates in the Plant Biology Section
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 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
Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor
Molecular Biology and Genetics
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Biology Section
Maureen Hanson
- (607) 254-4833
- mrh5 [at] cornell.edu
Gene expression in plant organelles
Photosynthetic enhancement
Molecular basis of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome
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
Joyce Gloria Onyenedum
- jgc235 [at] cornell.edu
Plant systematics and phylogeny
Evolution of development of plant anatomy and morphology
Plant vasculature
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
Randy Wayne
- (607) 255-8904
- row1 [at] cornell.edu
Biophysics of plant cell biology
Biological instruction