Dr. Klaus Apel
Understanding how plants sense and respond to stress at the genetic level
Dr. Gary Blissard
Understanding how viruses infect insects
Dr. Carmen Catala
Understanding how plant hormones control fruit development
Dr. Michelle Cilia
Understanding how viruses commandeer plants and insects to promote their own transmission
Dr. Zhangjun Fei
Understanding how scientists access and use massive amounts of plant genomics data
Dr. Jim Giovannoni
Understanding the genetic basis of fruit development and ripening
Dr. Maria Harrison
Understanding how soil fungi supply plants with mineral nutrients
Dr. Georg Jander
Understanding how plants defend themselves against insect herbivory
Dr. Dan Klessig
Understanding how plants acquire immunity to disease
Dr. Gregory Martin
Understanding how bacterial pathogens undermine and also activate the plant immune system
Dr. Lukas Mueller
Understanding how researchers will store and retrieve scientific information in the future
Dr. George Popescu
Using computational approaches to study biological networks and processes in order to understand evolution and dynamics at the molecular and cellular levels
Dr. Sorina Popescu
Understanding how plants sense their environments
Dr. Eric Richards
Understanding different aspects of epigenetics
Dr. Frank C. Schroeder
Understanding how biogenic small molecules control development and aging
Dr. David Stern
Understanding how plants coordinate genes in different compartments
Dr. Joyce Van Eck
Applying the techniques of genetics and biotechnology to plant research
