Affiliated Researchers: Plant Cell

Daniel Cosgrove

Eberly Family Chair Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Expansin, Cell Wall, Plant Cell Wall, Cellulose, Cellulose Nanofibrils

Ying Gu

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Cellulose, Synthase, Cellulose Synthase, Arabidopsis, Cellulose Synthesis

Marcia Maria de Oliveira Buanafina

Research Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Cell Wall, Esterase, Tall Fescue, Ferulic Acid, Festuca Arundinacea

Charles Anderson

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Cellulose, Pectin, Arabidopsis Thaliana, Arabidopsis, Dynamics

Sulin Zhang

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Carbon Nanotube, Lithiation, Silicon, Nanoparticle, Lithium Ion Battery

Amir Sheikhi

Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Hydrogel, Nanocellulose, Cellulose Nanocrystals, Biomaterial, Gelatin Methacryloyl (GelMA)

Wayne Curtis

Professor of Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Root Culture, Hyoscyamus Muticus, Hyoscyamus, Reactor, Cell Suspension

Gary Felton

Department Head and Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Caterpillar, Helicoverpa Zea, Plant Defense, Herbivore, Host Plant

Yimin Zhu

Associate Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Monolignol, Lignification, Lignin, P-coumarate, Facile Synthesis

Jared Ali

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Plant Defense, Herbivore, Entomopathogenic Nematodes, Host Plant, Natural Enemies

Jonathan Lynch

Distinguished Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Zea Mays, Soil, Phosphorus, Corn, Beans

Mihail Kantor

Assistant Research Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Nematode, Molecular Characterization, Morphological Characterization, Nematodes, Nematoda

Sarah Assmann

Waller Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Guard Cell, Arabidopsis, Abscisic Acid, G Protein, Heterotrimeric G Protein

Sally Mackenzie

Lloyd and Dottie Huck Chair for Functional Genomics and Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Mitochondrial Genome, Arabidopsis, Fertility, Plastids, Male Infertility

Sarah Nilson

Assistant Professor of Biology, Penn State Beaver
Top research keywords: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Heterotrimeric G Protein, G Protein, Arabidopsis, Lupus Erythematosus

Francisco Dini-Andreote

Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Microbiome, Taxon, Bacterial Communities, Microorganism, Rhizosphere

Seong Kim

Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Surface (Surface Science), Sum Frequency Generation, Silicon, Film, Silicon Dioxide

Blair Siegfried

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, College of Agricultural Sciences
Top research keywords: Western Corn Rootworm, Diabrotica Virgifera, Coleoptera, European Corn Borer, Bacillus Thuringiensis

Tracy Nixon

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Sinorhizobium Meliloti, ATPases Associated With Diverse Cellular Activities, Cellulose Synthase, DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases, Adenosine Triphosphate

Seogchan Kang

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Infectious Agent, Fusarium Oxysporum, Magnaporthe Grisea, Magnaporthe Oryzae, Pathogenicity

Jesse Lasky

Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Genomics, Arabidopsis Thaliana, Local Adaptation, Genetics, Arabidopsis

Virendra M. Puri

Distinguished Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Powders, Hot Temperature, Moisture, Heat Exchangers, Temperature

Kathleen Brown

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Zea Mays, Ethylene, Soil, Phosphorus, Corn

Surinder Chopra

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Maize, Sorghum, Allele, Pericarp, Flavonoids

Majid Foolad

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Tomato, Lycopersicon, Salt Tolerance, Quantitative Trait Loci, Quantitative Trait Locus

Enrique Gomez

Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Block Copolymer, Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT), Conjugated Polymer, Organic Solar Cells, Conjugated Polymers

Ming Tien

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Phanerochaete, Lignin Peroxidase, Manganese Peroxidase, Peroxidase, Lignin

Joshua D. Lambert

Professor, Food Science
Top research keywords: Epigallocatechin-3-gallate, Epigallocatechin Gallate, Polyphenol, Malignant Neoplasm, Green Tea Polyphenols

Siela Maximova

Research Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Cacao, Theobroma Cacao, Somatic Embryogenesis, Infectious Agent, Arabidopsis

Mark J. Guiltinan

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Cacao, Theobroma Cacao, Somatic Embryogenesis, Infectious Agent, Starch

Sairam V. Rudrabhatla

Professor of Biology, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Hemp, Cannabis Sativa, Explant, Callus, Plant Regeneration

Estelle Couradeau

Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Cyanobacteria, Biological Soil Crust, Microorganism, Microbialites, Microbialite

Ángel Ferrero-Serrano

Assistant Research Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Heterotrimeric G Protein, Rice, G Protein, Drought Tolerance, Arabidopsis

Michela Centinari

Associate Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Grapevine, Grape, Vineyard, Vine, Wine

Erin Connolly

Department Head and Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Arabidopsis, Ferric Reductase, Oxidoreductase, Reductase, Iron Uptake

Teh-hui Kao

Distinguished Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Petunia, Self Incompatibility, Self-incompatibility, Petunia Inflata, Ribonuclease

Gretchen A. Kuldau

Associate Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fusarium, Maize, Fusarium Verticillioides, Mycotoxins, Fusarium Graminearum

Hong Ma

Top research keywords: Arabidopsis, Angiosperm, Meiosis, Cladistics, Angiosperms

Anuleka Dutta

Doctoral Student

Philip Bevilacqua

Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: RNA, Ribozyme, Mg2+, RNA Structure, Hepatitis Delta Virus