	Research
	Department of Biology
	School of Arts and Sciences
	University of Pennsylvania

Plant Sciences and Microbial Physiology

primary faculty

Andrew Binns
genetic and biochemical analysis of Agrobacterium-plant cell interaction

Dustin Brisson
disease ecology, molecular evolution, microbial evolution

Anthony Cashmore
photoregulatory signal regulation

Brenda Casper
plant population biology

Fevzi Daldal
photosynthetic and respiratory electron transfer pathways and structure, function and biogenesis of cytochrome complexes
Kim Gallagher
analysis of intercellular protein trafficking
Mark Goulian
two-component signaling in E. coli. regulation of porin expression, directed evolution of signaling circuits

Brent Helliker
plant physiological ecology and global ecology

R. Scott Poethig
genetic regulation of plant morphogenesis

Mecky Pohlschröder
protein translocation in archaea

Philip A. Rea
energy-dependent transport across plant membranes

Doris Wagner
control of the onset of reproduction in Arabidopsis

adjunct faculty

Block, Timothy - Morris Arboretum
Use of geographic information systems (GIS) and global positioning system (GPS) in floristic inventories; systematic plant anatomy and morphology

Bott, Thomas - Stroud Water Research Center
Microbial ecology of aquatic ecosystems with focus on primary productivity and flow; microbes in food webs and trophic interactions; dynamics and ecology of introduced bacteria.

McCourt, Rick - Academy of Natural Sciences
Phylogeny and morphological evolution of charophycean algae; molecular and morphological systematics of algae utilizing data from both living and fossil taxa; biogeography and speciation.

Rhoads, Ann - Morris Arboretum
History and status of Pennsylvania's forests; maintenance of the Pennsylvania Flora Database; field surveys and herbarium and/or taxonomic research; land conservation.

Research
Department of Biology
School of Arts and Sciences
University of Pennsylvania

last updated December 21, 2007