Scott Poethig has been appointed the John H. and Margaret B. Fassitt Professor. Junhyong Kim has been named the Patricia M. Williams Term Professor in Biology. Dr. Poethig has received numerous honors for his research on the genetics of plant development, including election to the National…
The Biology Department is pleased to announce the election of Nancy Bonini to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the election of Scott Poethig to the National Academy of Sciences. Congratulations!!!
Erica Lawrence and Ben Galeota-Sprung both received 3-year NSF Fellowship Awards. Erica is studying plant genetics with Dr. Scott Poethig and Dr. Brent Helliker. Ben is in the Sniegowski lab studying evolution in E. coli populations. Congratulations to both Erica and Ben!
When Doris Wagner looks at her fellow faculty members in the Department of Biology, she sees a strong group of faculty working on plant biology, complementing her own work coming up with an epigenome approach to increasing drought resistance in crops. Brent Helliker …
