Plant Biology Faculty

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Anterola, Aldwin M., Associate Professor, Ph.D., Washington State University, 2001; 2005. Metabolic pathways, medicinal compounds, nutraceuticals, biosynthesis of natural products.

Da Cunha Leme Filho, Jose F., Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2020. Controlled environment agriculture, vertical farm, cannabis biology, plant physiology, secondary metabolites, plant biostimulants.

Gage, Karla L., Associate Professor, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2013; 2015. Weed science, weed ecology, agroecology, integrated pest management, herbicide resistance, invasive species.

Garwood, Nancy, Adjunct Professor, Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1979; 2005. Tropical botany, including community ecology, seed germination, seedling morphology, and systematics.

Geisler, J.B. Matthew, Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1999; 2006. Gene expression and protein interaction patterns, mathematical gene modeling, arabidopsis, yeast and drosophila interactomes.

Geisler-Lee, Jane, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2002; 2007. Systems biology, cell wall, suberin, onoclea sensibilis, genomics, transcriptomics, metabolic pathways, sporogenesis, rhizome development.

Jayakody, Lahiru N., Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kagoshima University, 2014; 2019. Biotechnology, molecular biology, metabolic engineering, synthetic microbiology, systems biology.

Neubig, Kurt M., Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Florida, 2012; 2015. Plant systematics, phylogenetics, floristics, DNA barcoding and pollination biology.

Sipes, Sedonia D., Associate Professor, Ph.D., Utah State University, 2001; 2001. Plant-insect interactions, evolutionary ecology, chemical ecology, and systematics.

Weber, Jennifer., Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of CA, Irvine, 2012; 2020. Evolutionary ecology, including breeding system evolution, pollination biology, population genetics and climate change biology.

Wood, Andrew J., Professor, Ph.D., Purdue University, 1994; 1996. Biotechnology, biochemistry, desiccation, drought, genetics, horticulture, plant physiology, stress.

Emeriti Faculty

Bozzola, John J., Professor, Emeritus, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1975; 1983.

Crandall-Stotler, Barbara, Professor, Emerita, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 1968; 1970.

Gibson, David J., Distinguished Professor,  Emeritus, Ph.D., University of Wales, 1985; 1992.

Matten, Lawrence C., Professor, Emeritus, Ph.D., Cornell University, 1965; 1965.

Mohlenbrock, Robert H., Distinguished Professor, Emeritus, Ph.D., Washington University, 1957; 1957.

Nickrent, Daniel L., Distinguished Research Professor, Emeritus, Ph.D., Miami University (Ohio), 1984; 1990. Distinguished research.

Renzaglia, Karen, Distinguished Research Professor, Emerita, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1981; 2005. Distinguished research.

Richardson, John A., Associate Professor, Emeritus, M.F.A., Ohio University, 1969; 1969.

Robertson, Philip A., Professor, Emeritus, Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1968; 1970.

Tindall, Donald R., Professor, Emeritus, Ph.D., University of Louisville, 1966; 1966.

Vitt, Dale H., Distinguished Research Professor, Emeritus, Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1970; 2000.

Yopp, John H., Professor, Emeritus, Ph.D., University of Louisville, 1969; 1970.