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  Graduate School-New Brunswick 2017 Programs, Faculty, and Courses Plant Biology 765  

Plant Biology 765

Degree Programs Offered: Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy

Director of Graduate Program: Professor Bingru Huang, Foran Hall, George H. Cook Campus (848-932-6390)

Website: http://plantbiograd.rutgers.edu/index.php

Members of the Graduate Faculty

Faith C. Belanger, Associate Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Illinois
Plant molecular biology; endophyte interaction

Joan W. Bennett, Distinguished Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Chicago
Fungal genetics and genomics; fungal natural products

Stacy Bonos, Associate Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology; SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Turfgrass breeding; disease resistance; marker-assisted selection

A.J. Both, Associate Extension Specialist in Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Cornell
Controlled environment agriculture; energy in agriculture

Chee-kok Chin, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Alberta
Plant breeding; broadening asparagus germplasm via mutation and somatic embryogenesis; bioactive fatty acids

Bruce B. Clarke, Extension Specialist, Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Director, Center for Turfgrass Science; Ph.D., Rutgers
Turfgrass pathology; foliar and soilborne diseases; disease forecasting and control; mycology 

Rong Di, Assistant Research Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Iowa State
Detection of plant pathogens; plant biotechnology to improve disease resistance and stress tolerance; health-promoting natural products.

G. Charles Dismukes, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, SAS/WIM, and of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Biological and chemical approaches to renewable fuel production; catalysis

Juan Dong, Assistant Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS/WIM; Ph.D., California (Riverside)
Cell polarity; asymmetric cell division; cell fate determination; plant stem cells

Edward F. Durner, Associate Research Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., North Carolina State
Flowering of strawberry; goldenberry (Physalis peruviana) production

Matthew Elmore, Assistant Extension Specialist, SEBS; Ph.D., Tennessee
Weed science in turfgrass, ornamental, forages, and pastures

Paul G. Falkowski, Distinguished Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Marine and Coastal Sciences, SAS/SEBS; Ph.D., British Columbia (Canada)
Biogeochemical cycles; evolution; astrobiology

Chaim Frenkel, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Washington State
Postharvest biology (senescence, fruit ripening, stress); vanilla science and technology

Andrea Gallavotti, Assistant Professor of Plant Molecular Biology and Genetics, SEBS/WIM; Ph.D., Milan
Maize developmental genetics and molecular biology

Randy Gaugler, Distinguished Professor of Entomology, SEBS; Ph.D., Wisconsin
Invertebrate pathology; nematology; biological control

Thomas J. Gianfagna, Research Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Cornell
Plant growth regulators; physiology of fruit crops

Joseph C. Goffreda, Associate Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Director, Rutgers Fruit Research and Extension Center; Ph.D., Cornell
Genetics and breeding; pest resistance in solanaceous crops

Ann B. Gould, Associate Extension Specialist in Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Kentucky
Ornamental plant pathology

Jason Grabosky, Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., Cornell
Urban forestry and urban tree establishment

Steven N. Handel, Distinguished Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., Cornell
Restoration ecology; plant population ecology; pollination biology

Jean Marie Hartman, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, SEBS; Ph.D., Connecticut
Plant ecology; community ecology; restoration ecology; land planning

Joseph R. Heckman, Extension Specialist in Soil Fertility, SEBS; Ph.D., North Carolina State 
Plant nutrition; soil fertility; organic agriculture

Bradley I. Hillman, Research Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Director for Research and Senior Associate Director, NJAES; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Viral infections of plants and fungi

Bingru Huang, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Texas Tech
Environmental stress physiology; biochemistry; molecular biology; turfgrass

Hector Rodolfo Juliani, Assistant Research Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Córdoba (Spain)
Biology, chemistry, and quality of plants and their natural products

Edward Kirby, Professor of Biological Sciences, FAS-N; Ph.D., Florida
Developmental physiology; tissue culture

Donald Y. Kobayashi, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., California (Riverside)
Plant bacteriology; host-pathogen interaction; molecular biology

Norman Lalancette, Associate Extension Specialist in Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State
Epidemiology; plant disease control; tree fruit pathology

Eric Lam, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Gene regulating mechanisms in plants; development and photomorphogenesis

Michael A. Lawton, Associate Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Oxford
Molecular biology; plant pathogen interactions

Thomas Leustek, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Metabolism and biochemistry

Desmond Lun, Associate Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Synthetic biology; systems biology; signal processing; network science

Pal Maliga, Distinguished Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS/WIM; Ph.D., Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Plant molecular biology; plastid genetics; chloroplast biotechnology

Joachim W. Messing, University Professor of Molecular Biology; Director of the Waksman Institute of Microbiology; Ph.D., Munich
Functional genomics breeding

William A. Meyer, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Associate Director, Center for Turfgrass Science; Ph.D., Illinois
Turfgrass breeding; disease resistance; endophytes

Thomas J. Molnar, Associate Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Plant genetic improvement; underutilized nut crops and woody ornamentals

James Murphy, Extension Specialist in Turfgrass Management, SEBS; Ph.D., Michigan State
Development of management systems that minimize stress and improve turf performance

Thomas J. Orton, Extension Specialist in Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Michigan State
Developmental genetics of fruit composition

Peter Oudemans, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., California (Riverside)
Fungal plant diseases; population biology of fungi

Ilya Raskin, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Michigan State
Phytopharmaceuticals; molecular biochemistry

Mark Robson, Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor and Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers; M.P.H., UMDNJ 
Public health; risk assessment; exposure to pesticides

James E. Simon, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Massachusetts (Amherst)
Natural plant products; new crops, germplasm, and breeding

Lena Struwe, Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, and Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Stockholm
Contemporary ethnobotany; systematics of gentians and relatives; urban weeds

Nilgun E. Tumer, Distinguished Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Purdue
Mechanism of action of bacterial, fungal, and plant toxins; toxin-ribosome interactions;  inhibitors targeting ricin and Shiga toxins; plant transformation for fungal disease resistance

Nicholi Vorsa, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Director, Marucci Center for Blueberry and Cranberry Research and Extension; Ph.D., Rutgers
Genetic and cytological studies in blueberries and cranberries

James F. White, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Texas
Systematic mycology; studies of endophytes and epibionts

Qing-Li Wu, Assistant Research Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Peking Union Medical College/Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Plant-based medicines; natural product chemistry

Ning Zhang, Associate Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Louisiana State
Fungal biodiversity, evolution, and functions; fungal genomics; molecular detection of fungal pathogens on turfgrass

Associate Members of the Graduate Faculty 

Albert Ayeni, Assistant Teaching Professor; Ph.D., Cornell
Adaptation of specialty crops to New Jersey and the Mid-Atlantic conditions

Daniel Giménez, Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Minnesota
Soil structure; water movement and solute transport through soils; soil quality

Josh Honig, Assistant Research Professor; Ph.D., Rutgers
Genetic diversity and population genetics; genetic mapping; NGS sequencing

James J. Polashock, Research Plant Pathologist, USDA-ARS Fruit Lab, Marucci Center for Blueberry and Cranberry Research and Extension; Ph.D., Rutgers
Plant breeding and genetic improvement; plant pathology; blueberry and strawberry improvement

Dana Price, Associate Research Professor; Ph.D., Rutgers
Functional genomics of microbial eukaryotes; bioinformatics; phylogenomies

Adjunct Member of the Graduate Faculty

JoAnne Crouch, Research Associate of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Genome evolution and population biology of plant pathogenic fungi

 
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