Genomics and Genetics includes: Biofuels, Bioinformatics, Epigenetics, Evolutionary Development, Plant Breeding, Systems Biology, and Synthetic Biology
Genomics & Genetics
| Name | Research Interests |
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Ana Caicedo Associate Professor, Biology |
Evolutionary genomics of adaptation and divergence in wild, weedy and crop plant species |
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Kristen M DeAngelis Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology |
Community ecology and physiology of soil microbes, climate change, plant-soil interactions |
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Sam Hazen Associate Professor, Biology |
Regulatory Networks and Natural Variation in Plant Cell Wall Biosynthesis and Growth |
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Jeeyon Jeong Assistant Professor, Biology, Amherst College |
Molecular and cellular biology of metals |
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Geunhwa Jung Associate Professor, Stockbridge School of Agriculture |
Molecular genetics and breeding of disease resistance in grasses and population genetics of plant pathogenic fungi |
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Joohyun Lee Research Assistant Professor, Biology |
Epigenetic regulation of plant-environment interactions |
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Li–Jun Ma Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
Fungal comparative genomics, eukaryotic genome evolution and organism adaptation |
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Jill Miller Associate Professor of Biology, Amherst College |
Ecology and evolution of plant reproductive systems, molecular phylogenetic systematics, population and evolutionary genetics, hybridization and speciation |
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Om Parkash Professor, Stockbridge School of Agriculture |
Plant genetic engineering and biotechnology, phytoremediation of soil contaminants |
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Ludmila Tyler Lecturer, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
Using the model grass Brachypodium distachyon to understand development and bioenergy traits. |
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Elsbeth Walker Gilgut Professor, Biology (sabbatical fall 16) |
Molecular genetic approaches to studying mechanisms of metal ion homeostasis in plants |