Faculty

William J. Henley
Professor & Dept. Head
PhD: Duke Univ.
1988

Physiological ecology of algae from extreme environments

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SPMO project

LExEn project

Andrew Doust
Assistant Professor
PhD: Univ. of Melbourne
1999

Plant molecular evolution: phylogeny, evolutionary genetics, development of grasses

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David W. Meinke
Regents Professor
PhD: Yale Univ.
1979

Developmental and molecular genetics
of embryogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana

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SeedGenes

Plant BioNet

 

 

Michael W. Palmer
Professor
PhD: Duke Univ.
1988

Community ecology: ecological theory,
fractal geometry, conservation of
biodiversity

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LIBRA

Ordination website

Arnon Rikin
Associate Professor
PhD: The Weizmann Institute of Science
1982

Plant physiology:
plant adaptation to
low temperatures;
biological clocks

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Gerald Schönknecht
Associate Professor
PhD: Univ. of Osnabrück
1990

Ion fluxes and signal transduction processes
in plant cells

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Janette Steets
Assistant Professor
PhD: Univ. of Pittsburgh
2005

Plant evolutionary ecology:
plant reproductive biology, population ecology, ecological genetics

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Ronald J. Tyrl
Professor
PhD: Oregon State University
1969

Taxonomy and agrostology: biosystematic studies of angiosperm taxa with emphasis on grasses; classification and phylogeny; studies of Oklahoma flora

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OSU Herbarium

 

Ming Yang
Associate Professor
PhD: Ohio State Univ.
1996

Cell biology and
molecular genetics:
cell cycle regulation
and morphogenesis
at the cellular and subcellular levels in Arabidopsis thaliana

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Adjunct/Visiting Faculty

Rujin Chen
Adjunct Assistant Professor
PhD: Michigan State Univ., 1996

Molecular biology: functional genomics of legume root development; molecular mechanisms of polar auxin transport

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Yinghua Huang
Adjunct Professor
PhD: Michigan Tech Univ., 1991

Molecular biology:
host-pest interactions;  
sorghum genetics

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Suzanne D. McAlister
Adjunct Assistant Professor
PhD: Duke Univ., 1990

 

Bryophyte ecology: bryophyte communities
on logs and trees; establishment on
different substrata

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Kay Scheets
Adjunct Assistant Professor
PhD: Kansas State Univ., 1986

Molecular biology:
monocot-infecting
RNA viruses and cap-independent translation

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Research Staff

Rosanna Muralla

PhD: Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture & Technology

Postdoctoral Fellow
(Meinke Lab)

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Colleen Sweeney

MS: Univ. of California, Davis

Research Analyst
(Meinke Lab)

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Pete Earls

BS: Texas A&M


Research Technician
(Palmer Lab)

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James Borrone

PhD: Florida International University

Postdoctoral Fellow
(Doust Lab)

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Margarita Mauro-Herrera

PhD: Univ. of California, Davis

Research Scientist
(Doust Lab)

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Yixing Wang

PhD: South China Agricultural University

Research Scientist
(Yang Lab)

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Administrative Staff

James Hull

Senior Academic Advisor for Botany & Biological Science

MS: OSU

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Center for Advisement in Life Sciences & Pre-Health Professions

 

Paula Shryock

Unit Assistant

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Ann Yankunas

Financial Control Assistant

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