Note to media: if you would like to speak to an expert in an area of biological sciences not listed below, contact Peggy Rinard, communications director, at 612-624-0774 or rinar001@umn.edu.
UM News Service contact: Mark Cassutt, 612-624-8038.
Huber Warner, associate dean for research, professor, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, 612-625-1839, warne033@umn.edu
James Curtsinger, professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-624-6746, jwcurt@umn.edu
The Department of Plant Biology conducts a variety of federally funded research to make crop plants more productive and more resistant to disease, pests, and temperature extremes.
Kate Vandenbosch, professor and head, Plant Biology, 612-625-1234, vande102@umn.edu
Fumi Katagiri, associate professor, plant disease resistance, Plant Biology, 612-624-5195, katagiri@umn.edu
Jane Glazebrook, associate professor, Plant Biology, 612-624-5194, jglazebr@umn.edu
Nathan Springer, assistant professor, Plant Biology, 612-624-6241, springer@umn.edu
Craig Packer, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-625-5729, packer@umn.edu
Anne Pusey, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-625-5727, pusey001@umn.edu
Joe McFadden, assistant professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-624-7238, mcfadden@umn.edu
[myasthenia gravis] Bianca Conti-Fine, 612-624-6796, conti001@umn.edu
Marc von Keitz, program director, 612-624-6758, vonkeitz@umn.edu
Mark Sanders, program director, 612-624-3454, msanders@umn.edu
Thomas Krick, program director, 612-624-7715, krick001@umn.edu
David Tilman, McKnight Presidential Chair and Regents Professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-625-5740, tilman@umn.edu
Ruth Shaw, professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-624-7206, shawx016@umn.edu
Richard Hemmingsen, director, Initiative for Energy and the Environment (IREE), 612-625-2263, hemmings@umn.edu
Todd Reubold, director of communications and public affairs, Institute on the Environment, 612-624-6140, reub0002@umn.edu
Ken Valentas, BioTechnology Institute, 612-625-4250, valen004@umn.edu
Marc von Keitz, BioTechnology Institute, 612-624-6758, vonkeitz@umn.edu
Sue Gibson, associate professor of plant biology, 612-624-7408, gibso043@umn.edu
Michael Flickinger, professor, BioTechnology Institute, 612-624-9259, flick001@umn.edu
Daniel Bond, assistant professor, BioTechnology Institute, 612-624-8619, dbond@umn.edu
Larry Wackett, McKnight University Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, wacke003@umn.edu
Friedrich Srienc, professor, BioTechnology Institute, 612-624-9776, srienc@umn.edu
[Use of microbial organisms to clean up the environment]
Lawrence Wackett, Distinguished McKnight University Professor and head, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, 612-625-3785, wacke003@umn.edu
Michael Flickinger, professor, BioTechnology Institute, 612-624-9259, flick001@umn.edu
Robert Elde, dean, 612-624-0774 or 612-624-2244, elde@umn.edu
Kenneth Valentas, BioTechnology Institute, 612-625-4250, valen004@umn.edu
Marc von Keitz, BioTechnology Institute, 612-624-6758, vonkeitz@umn.edu
[proteins that prevent or cause blood clotting in hemophilia, thrombosis, and sepsis; new therapies for these conditions]
Gary Nelsestuan, 612-624-3622, nelse002@umn.edu
Robert McKinnell, professor emeritus, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, 612-626 6881 or 612-624-2285, mckin002@umn.edu
Joe McFadden, assistant professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-624-7238, mcfadden@umn.edu
Sarah Hobbie, associate professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-625-6269, shobbie@umn.edu
Robert McKinnell, professor emeritus, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, 612-626 6881 or 612-624-2285, mckin002@umn.edu
David Bernlohr, McKnight Distinguished University Professor and head, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, 612-624-2712, bernl001@umn.edu
Helene Muller-Landau, assistant professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-624-9529, hmuller@umn.edu
Jeannine Cavender-Bares, assistant professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-624-6337, cavender@umn.edu
Bob Sterner, professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-625-6790, stern007@umn.edu
Craig Packer, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-625-5729, packe001@umn.edu
Susan Jones, associate professor, Ecology, Evolution and Behavior and History of Science and Technology, jone0996@umn.edu
[Renewable energy, conservation and efficiency, public policy]
Todd Reubold, director of communications and public affairs, Institute on the Environment, 612-624-6140, reub0002@umn.edu
Richard Hemmingsen, director, Initiative for Energy and the Environment (IREE), 612-625-2263, hemmings@umn.edu
Robert Elde, dean, 612-624-0774 or 612-624-2244, elde@umn.edu
Mark Borrello, assistant professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-624-7079, borrello@umn.edu
Jim Curtsinger, professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-624-6746, jwcurt@umn.edu
Scott Lanyon, professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, and director of The Bell Museum of Natural History, 612-624-7217, lanyo001@umn.edu
Mark Borrello, assistant professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-624-7079, borrello@umn.edu
Georgiana May, associate professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-624-6737, gmay@umn.edu
Peter Tiffin, assistant professor, Plant Biology, 612-624-7406, ptiffin@umn.edu
George Weiblen, Packard Fellow, assistant professor, Plant Biology, 612-624-3461, gweiblen@umn.edu
Anne Pusey, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-625-5727, pusey001@umn.edu
Craig Packer, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-625-5729, packe001@umn.edu
Sharon Jansa, assistant professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior; Curator of Mammals, Bell Museum of Natural History, 612-624-6293, jansa003@umn.edu
Lawrence Wackett, Distinguished McKnight University Professor and head, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, 612-625-3785, wacke003@umn.edu
Robert McKinnell, professor emeritus, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, 612-626 6881 or 612-624-2285, mckin002@umn.edu
Michael Simmons, professor, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, 612-624-5354, simmo004@umn.edu
Peter Snustad, professor, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, 612-624-3499, snust001@umn.edu
Bonnie LeRoy, associate professor, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, 612-624-7193, leroy001@umn.edu
Kate VandenBosch, professor and head, Plant Biology, 612-624-2755, vande102@tc.umn.edu
Jane Glazebrook, associate professor, Plant Biology, 612-624-5194, jglazebr@umn.edu
Judy Berman, professor of genetics, cell biology, and development, 612-625-1971, berma003@umn.edu
Kate VandenBosch, professor and head, Plant Biology, 612-624-2755, vande102@tc.umn.edu
Lawrence Wackett, Distinguished McKnight University Professor and head, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, 612-625-3785, wacke003@umn.edu
Huber Warner, associate dean for research and professor, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, 612-625-1839, warne033@umn.edu
Michael O'Connor, Ordway Chair in Developmental Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, 612-626-0642, moconnor@umn.edu
David Tilman, McKnight Presidential Chair and Regents Professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-625-5740, tilman@umn.edu
Sarah Hobbie, associate professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-625-6269, shobbie@umn.edu
Jennifer King, assistant professor, impact on plants, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-624-0786, jyking@umn.edu
James Cotner, associate professor, impact on aquatic ecosystems, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-625-1706, cotne002@umn.edu
David Tilman, McKnight Presidential Chair and Regents Professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-625-5740, tilman@umn.edu
Bob Sterner, professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-625-6790, stern007@umn.edu
Joe McFadden,assistant professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-624-7238, mcfadden@umn.edu
Robert Sterner, professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-625-6790, stern007@umn.edu
Diane Larson, adjunct professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-625-9271, dllarson@.umn.edu
Robert Sterner, professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-625-6790, stern007@umn.edu
James Cotner, associate professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, and Moos Chair in Limnology, 612-625-1706, cotne002@umn.edu
Bob Zink, professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-624-7207, zinkx003@umn.edu
David Biesboer, professor, Plant Biology; director, Itasca Biological Station and Laboratories, 612-625-1799, biesboer@umn.edu
Ed Cushing, professor emeritus, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-625-5713, cushing@umn.edu
[Evolution and biodiversity]
David McLaughlin, professor of plant biology, Bell Museum Curator of Fungi, 612-625-1738, davem@umn.edu
Ruth Shaw, professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-624-7206, shawx016@umn.edu
Iris Charvat, professor, Plant Biology, 612-625-3199, charv001@umn.edu
[Study of proteins produced by an organism’s genome and the role of those proteins in health and disease]
David Bernlohr, McKnight University Distinguished Professor and head, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, 612-624-2712, bernl001@umn.edu
Timothy Griffin, assistant professor, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, 612-624-5249, tgriffin@umn.edu
Gary Nelsestuen, professor, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, 612-624-3622, nelse002@umn.edu
[Renewable alternatives to fossil fuels, including biomass, hydrogen, wind, solar forms of energy.]
Media guide to renewable energy experts (PDF)
Todd Reubold, director of communications and public affairs, Institute on the Environment, 612-624-6140, reub0002@umn.edu
Richard Hemmingsen, director, Initiative for Energy and the Environment (IREE), 612-625-2263, hemmings@umn.edu
Robert Elde, dean, 612-624-0774 or 612-624-2244, elde@umn.edu
Daniel Bond, assistant professor, BioTechnology Institute, 612-624-8619, dbond@umn.edu
Ken Jeddeloh, Science Education Project for Greater Minnesota, 612-624-6571, jedde001@umn.edu
Robin Wright, associate dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs, 612-624-2244 or 612-625-1183, wrightr@umn.edu
George Weiblen, Packard Fellow, assistant professor, Plant Biology, 612-624-3461, gweiblen@umn.edu
Helene Muller-Landau, assistant professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-624-9529, hmuller@umn.edu
Jeannine Cavender-Bares, assistant professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-624-6337, cavender@umn.edu
Robert Elde, dean, 612-624-0774 or 612-624-2244, elde@umn.edu
[Transmission of infectious diseases from animals to humans]
Craig Packer, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 612-625-5729, packer@umn.edu
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