Faculty and Research
The department has 31 Faculty including adjunct and joint members from other Cornell Departments, the USDA Plant, Soil & Nutrition Laboratory and The Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research.
Research in Plant Biology encompasses a broad range of topics, including:
- Plant Systematics, Evolution and Paleobotany
- Plant Development, Structures and Reproduction
- Chloroplast and Mitochondrial Biology
- Plant Interactions with the Abiotic and Biotic Environment and
- Genomics of Plant Diversity
Faculty Spotlight
Adrienne Roeder
Assistant Professor
I am fascinated by how beautiful and complex patterns form during development. The patterning process generally requires that one cell adopts a different identity from its neighbor. Patterns are generally formed while the cells are growing and dividing, yet the coordination of cell division and... Read Adrienne Roeder's full profile