Welcome to the Department of Plant Biology
Plant Science

Plant Science

The Department of Plant Biology is home to the Basic Plant Sciences on campus.

The Department has 31 Faculty including members from other Cornell Departments, the USDA Plant, Soil & Nutrition Laboratory and The Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research. Research in the Department is also supported by some 24 postdoctoral fellows and research associates.

In addition, the Department of Plant Biology administers the Graduate Field of Plant Biology, a successful interdisciplinary Ph.D. training program that produces some of the top leaders in Plant Biology Research & Education.

Visit "About us" for an overview of the Department.

News

Roeder   We welcome Adrienne Roeder, our newest Assistant Professor, who is joining us after completing her post doc at Caltech. Adrienne's office and lab are on the second floor of Weill Hall.  She invites everyone to stop by. Adrienne's significant other, Erich Schwarz, will be joining Kelly Liu's lab as a senior Research Associate in January 2012.

 

Oldest Known Eucalyptus Macrofossils Are from South America.

EucalyptusFruit    Check out a recent article by Maria A. Gondolfo, Elizabeth J. Hermsen , Maria C. Zamaloa, Kevin C. Nixon and 4 others. Read more...

 

 scanlonVan Wijk
Michael J. Scanlon and Klaas van Wijk have been promoted to full professor as of April 1, 2011.  Congratulations to them for this important recognition of their professional achievements.

Seminar

Seminar Series

Fridays, academic year only
11:15 am
404 Plant Science Building

 

Student Spotlight
Summers

Holly Summers is taking a broadly interdisciplinary approach to investigate the mechanisms of floral display and mating system evolution in Oeothera flava, the Yellow Evening Primrose (Onagraceae).

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Contact Information

Chair
Professor William Crepet

Administrative Office
412 Mann Library Building
(607) 255-2131

Sr Administrative Manager
Andrew J. Vail
(607) 255-7864

Director of Graduate Studies
Professor Jian Hua
(607) 255-5554

Graduate Field Assistant
Karin Jantz
(607) 255-4075

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