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Plant Biology Faculty

Faculty Members

Jeanne M. Harris

Professor • Chair

Jeanne.Harris@uvm.edu

  • Plant developmental biology
  • Plant-microbe-interactions
  • Plant physiology

Laura Almstead

Senior Lecturer

Laura.Almstead@uvm.edu

  • Promoting student engagement in large introductory science courses and curricula development, particularly focusing on teaching of cell biology, biochemistry, and food chemistry

Brian Beckage

Professor

Brian.Beckage@uvm.edu

  • Forest ecology
  • Theoretical ecology
  • Statistics

Terrence P. Delaney

Associate Professor

Terrence.Delaney@uvm.edu

  • Plant disease resistance signaling
  • Plant-pathogen interactions
  • Fungal biology
  • Molecular genetics

Karsten Fatur

Lecturer

karsten.fatur@uvm.edu

  • Ethnobotany
  • Plant secondary metabolites
  • Plant identification and classification

Laura Hill

Senior Lecturer

lhill@uvm.edu

  • Native Plant Ecology and Evolution
  • Nature-based Climate Solutions
  • Sustainability Across-the-curriculum
  • Contemplative Pedagogy
  • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Stephen R. Keller

Associate Professor of Plant Biology

Stephen.Keller@uvm.edu

  • Population and ecological genomics
  • Quantitative genetics
  • Evolution
  • Genomic forecasting
  • Conservation
  • Climate change
  • Forest trees
  • Alpine plants

Philip M. Lintilhac

Research Associate Professor

Philip.Lintilhac@uvm.edu

  • Plant morphogenesis
  • Sexual differentiation
  • Cell wall biophysics

Jane Molofsky

Professor

Jane.Molofsky@uvm.edu

  • Evolution of invasiveness
  • Population dynamics
  • Coexistence in plant communities

Walter Poleman

Senior Lecturer

walter.poleman@uvm.edu

Instructional programs: Natural Resources; Sustainability, Ecology and Policy
Research: Landscape analysis, place-based education, land conservation, social-ecological systems science

Jill Preston

Professor

Jill.Preston@uvm.edu

Evolutionary genetics of plant development

Tim Rademacher

Director of Scientific Research, Proctor Maple Research Center • Assistant Professor

tim.rademacher@uvm.edu

Donald A. Stratton

Senior Lecturer

Donald.Stratton@uvm.edu

Evolutionary biology, ecological genetics.

Weston Testo

Assistant Professor • Director of the Pringle Herbarium

Weston.Testo@uvm.edu

Plant systematics and evolution; phylogenomics; comparative phylogenetic methods; specimen-based research; tropical plant diversity.

Mary L. Tierney

Associate Professor

Mary.Tierney@uvm.edu

  • Endosomal trafficking
  • Control of root and root hair growth

Emeriti Faculty Members

David S. Barrington

Professor Emeritus

David.Barrington@uvm.edu

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Catherine A. Paris

Senior Lecturer Emerita

Cathy.Paris@uvm.edu

  • Plant systematics and evolution