Plant Science and Technology

Katherine Hagely

Feb. 9, 2021

Katherine Hagely
A medium-skinned woman with medium-length black hair wears glasses and a grey blazer while standing in front of a green houseplant and smiling.

Dec. 11, 2020

So-Yon Park

Host-Parasitic plant interaction is a fascinating model to study Plant-Plant interaction. Park is interested in how mobile RNAs and proteins are exchanged, transferred, and functional in other organisms through the host-parasite interaction. Cuscuta (stem parasitic plant) and Phelipanche (root parasitic plant) growing on Arabidopsis, tomato, and soybean are major parasites used in Park lab. We are also interested in how small RNAs are transported and suppress target genes under drought stress in soybeans. Educational Background B.S., Dankook University, South KoreaPh.D., Seoul National University, South Korea…
Jacob Washburn

Dec. 2, 2020

Jacob Washburn

Educational background Ph.D., Biological Sciences, University of Missouri M.S., Plant Breeding, Texas A&M University B.S., Biology, Brigham Young University…
David Braun smiling.

May 18, 2020

David Braun

Carbohydrate partitioning is the process whereby photoassimilates are distributed from their site of synthesis in leaves to the rest of the plant. Control of carbohydrate partitioning is crucial for plant growth and development, and underlies all aspects of crop yield, including cellulose deposition in cell walls and sucrose accumulation in storage organs, such as the stems of sugarcane or sweet sorghum. For most plants, fixed carbon, in the form of sucrose, is loaded into the phloem and transported from leaves to non-photosynthetic tissues, such as stems, roots, and fruits. This process is well characterized at the physiological, biochemical, and anatomical…
Tom Slewinski

Jan. 14, 2020

Tom Slewinski

Tom Slewinski currently leads the Crop Efficiency and Disease Discovery Lead in the Biotechnology division of Bayer Crop Science in Chesterfield, MO. Prior to joining industry, Tom completed his post-doctoral training at Cornell University where he worked on the underlying genetics, physiology and evolution of phloem loading in trees and kranz-type C4 photosynthesis in maize. Educational background Ph.D., Plant Biology, Pennsylvania State University. B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University…

Aug. 28, 2019

Suhas Kadam
Kent Shannon

Dec. 12, 2018

Kent Shannon

Educational background M.S., University of Missouri, 1993, Agricultural Engineering B.S., University of Missouri, 1990, Agricultural Engineering Courses taught AST 1040 – Physical Principles for Agricultural Applications AST 4320/7320 – Agricultural Equipment and Machinery AST PS SS 4360/7360 – Precision Agriculture Science and Technology AST 4365/7365 – Machinery Management Using Precision Agriculture Technology AST 4366/7366 – Data Management and Analysis Using Precision Agriculture Technology AST 4368/7368   – Profit Strategies Using Precision Agriculture Technology…
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Dec. 5, 2018

Malia Gehan

Educational background Ph.D., Plant Biology, Michigan State University B.A., Biology, Willamette University…

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…
Heng Ye posing.

Sep. 9, 2018

Heng Ye

Educational background Ph.D., Plant Science, South Dakota State University M.S., Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK B.S., Bioengineering, Sichuan University, China…