Research
Department of Biochemistry:
- Glenda Gillaspy Inositol phosphate signaling. lab website
Department of Biological Sciences:
- Dorothea Tholl Biochemistry and Biology of Plant Volatiles
- Brenda Winkel Multienzyme complexes in flavonoid metabolism
- Christopher Lawrence Functional Genomics of Necrotrophic Fungal-Host Interactions. Dr. Lawrence is affiliated with the Virginia Bioinformatics Insitute
Biological Systems Engineering:
- Chenming (Mike) Zhang Biochemical engineering and bioprocessing
- Percival Zhang Solving challenges in biofuel production
Crop, Soil, and Environmental Science:
- Saghai Maroof Structural, functional, and nutritional genomics
Department of Forestry:
- Amy Brunner Tree genomics, breeding, and biotechnology
Department of Horticulture:
- Eric Beers Regulation of xylem and phloem differentiation and function
- Jim Tokuhisa Plant-insect interactions
- Richard Veilleux genetic improvement of crops
- Bingyu Zhao Plant biotechnology and biofuel feedstock genomics
- Vladimir Shulaev Abiotic stress tolerance, metabolic profiling. Dr. Shulaev is affiliated with the Virginia Bioinformatics Insitute
Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science
- Elizabeth Grabau Soybean and peanut biotechnology
- Ruth Grene Functional genomics of environmental signaling and stress resistance
- Chuanxue Hong Applied and basic aspects of plant pathology
- John Jelesko Evolution of plant defense mechanisms
- Charles Johnson Biology and management of tobacco diseases
- John McDowell Regulation and evolution of the plant immune system
- Craig Nessler Plant metabolic engineering
- David Schmale Mycotoxicology, fungal plant pathology, and aerobiology
- Brett Tyler Plant-microbe interactions, genomics. Dr. Tyler is affiliated with the Virginia Bioinformatics Insitute
- Boris Vinatzer Evolution and mechanisms of host specificity in plant pathogenic bacteria
- Jim Westwood Parasitic plant-host interactions

