Research-Active Faculty

All Plant Biochemistry and Genetics

Devarenne, Tim

Tim Devarenne

Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics

Research Focus: Algal hydrocarbons, Botryococcus braunii, plant pathogen interactions, programmed cell death, protein kinase signaling

Dong, Juan

Juan Dong

Sadie Hatfield Professor

Research Focus: Molecular Genetics, Cell Signaling, Cell Biology, Plant Development

Kurouski, Dmitry

Dmitry Kurouski

Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering

Research Focus: Raman-based plant disease diagnostics​, development of nano-infrared spectroscopy (afm-ir) for structural characterization of amyloids and plant waxes​, photo- and electrochemical catalysis at nanosclae​, forensics​

Mullet, John

John Mullet

Perry L. Adkisson Chair in Agricultural Biology, Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics

Research Focus: Developing next-generation crops through the study of genomics, gene regulatory networks, development, drought resilience, bioenergy crop design (NOT CURRENTLY TAKING GRADUATE STUDENTS)

Park, William

William Park

Professor

Research Focus: mediator complex, gene regulation, regulatory evolution, stress tolerance, yeast

Shippen, Dorothy

Dorothy Shippen

University Distinguished Professor, Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Genetics

Research Focus: Telomerase regulation, mechanisms of telomere length control, the role of telomere-associated factors in the response to oxidative stress (NOT CURRENTLY TAKING GRADUATE STUDENTS)

Zhu, Mingyuan

Mingyuan Zhu

Assistant Professor

Research Focus: Crop root development, Circumnutation, Environmental stress resilience of crops, single-cell transcriptomics