Adjunct and Joint
Dec. 5, 2018
Ru Zhang
Educational background Ph.D., Plant physiology/biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison B.S., Biology; Plant molecular biology, Nankai University, China…
Oct. 11, 2018
Thomas Bonnot
Educational background Ph.D., Natural Resources (with minor in Statistics), University of Missouri …
Sep. 9, 2018
Greg Luce
Greg Luce is an Adjunct Instructor in Plant Sciences focusing on grain crops, primarily Corn, Wheat and Grain Sorghum. Greg is also the Research Director for the Missouri Soybean Association. In his role with the University of Missouri, Greg provides information on cereal cropping systems and the management impacts on crop productivity and sustainability due to plant interactions with soils and landscapes. He works with and supports educational programs and is particularly interested in on-farm research with growers throughout Missouri. Prior to his current roles, Greg worked for many years with Pioneer Hi-Bred in several different positions; Agronomist, Agronomy Research…
Aug. 22, 2018
Leszek Vincent
Leszek Vincent has research interests in Medicinal Plant Science (Pharmacognosy) and enjoys facilitating and contributing to interdisciplinary collaborative research with colleagues on the MU campus and elsewhere involving medicinal plants. Much of this medicinal plant research is focused on plant species indigenous to southern Africa but also includes North American species. The biochemistry of terpenoids (essential oils) is of particular interest. This research is firmly built upon a long-standing career in Plant Systematics (Taxonomy). The systematics of the awesome Asteraceae (Compositae) family (daisies) is his prime interest, especially the systematics of the cosmopolitan genus Senecio. Vincent enjoys teaching plant science…
Aug. 22, 2018
Chris Topp
Educational background Ph.D., Plant Biology, University of Georgia B.S., Genetics, University of Georgia…
Aug. 22, 2018
David Stanley
Educational background Ph.D., Entomology, University of California, Berkeley B.A., Biology, California State University, Fullerton…
Aug. 22, 2018
Kent Shelby
Educational background Ph.D., Zoology, Oklahoma State University B.S., Biology, Oklahoma State University…
Aug. 22, 2018
Wenping Qiu
Molecular interactions between grapevine and obligate biotrophic Uncinula necator Powdery mildew caused by the fungus Uncinula necator is the most destructive fungal disease in grapevines worldwide. U. necator thrives only on living grapevine tissues by getting nutrients through an elaborate feeding structure haustoria formed between fungus and epidermal cell. Research in the Qiu laboratory focuses on understanding molecular mechanisms underlying this intimate relationship between grapevine and U. necator. The lab conducts high throughput discovery and hypothesis-based research projects hopefully, to reveal key steps in the complex interactions that happen after fungal conidiospores start to germinate on the surfaces of leaf, stem…
Aug. 22, 2018
Melvin Oliver
The approach that I have developed is a combination of functional and comparative phylogenomics, a merging of genomics and phylogenetics, underpinned by a sound understanding of the morphology, phenology, physiology and molecular biology of the plants I have chosen to focus on. Using two phylogenetic approaches, ancestor-descendant comparisons and sister-group contrasts, my specific goals relate to identifying and understand the function of those genes and processes that are truly adaptive with regards to dehydration tolerance in plants. My work has focused on three primary models each uniquely positioned to experimentally address the adaptive aspects of dehydration tolerance. We utilize the…
Aug. 22, 2018
Jong Chan Hong
Functional Genomics of Plant Transcription FactorsJong Chan Hong’s lab has constructed Arabidosis transcription factor (TF) open reading frame genome (TF-ORFeome) in a highly efficient recombinational cloning system and is interested in the analysis of protein interaction networks involved in various plant developmental and stress responses. The protein-interaction network, named interactome, analysis will provide valuable information on the understanding of complex biological phenomena such as flowering time control and defense responses. The TF networks that are under investigation are 1) flowering time regulatory network that involve CONSTANS, a B-box zinc finger factor and flowering time (FT), 2) photomorphogenic control networks involving…