Faculty

All Faculty

Our faculty is diverse, dedicated to science, research, public service and teaching. We cover a broad range of fundamental and applied science. Aproximately 50% of our 26 PMB ladder faculty are elected members of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS), 16 faculty members are fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, six faculty members are Miller Research Fellows, and two faculty members Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators. Click on the faculty profiles below to learn more.

Barbara Baker

Adjunct Professor

Plant Innate ImmunityRead more about Barbara Baker

Rebecca Bart

Agricultural sustainability, plant–microbe interactions, plant immunity, crop disease resistanceRead more about Rebecca Bart

Benjamin Blackman

Associate Professor

Evolutionary processes and plant-environment interactionsRead more about Benjamin Blackman

Rachel Brem

Associate Professor

Fungi as a model system for the study of genetic variation and evolutionRead more about Rachel Brem

Steven Brenner

Professor

Computational Biology, Genomics, Protein Function PredictionRead more about Steven Brenner

Tom Bruns

Professor Emeritus

Fungal EcologyRead more about Tom Bruns

Bob Buchanan

Professor Emeritus

Redox Regulation, Cereal ImprovementRead more about Bob Buchanan

John Coates

Professor

BioremediationRead more about John Coates

Devin Coleman-Derr

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Abiotic stress response and plant growth promoting microbial communitiesRead more about Devin Coleman-Derr

Adam Deutschbauer

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Genetics, genomics, and large-scale protein function discoveryRead more about Adam Deutschbauer

Lewis Feldman

Professor of Plant Biology and Executive Director, UC Botanical Garden

Robert Fischer

Professor Emeritus

DNA Demethylation, Gene ImprintingRead more about Robert Fischer

Jennifer Fletcher

Adjunct Professor

Plant Stem Cells, Developmental SignalingRead more about Jennifer Fletcher

Michael Freeling

Professor Emeritus

Evolutionary History of PlantsRead more about Michael Freeling

Karine Gibbs

Associate Professor

microbiology, microbial development, molecular genetics, biochemistry, microbial social behaviors, bacterial communities / microbiomes, collective behaviorsRead more about Karine Gibbs

Louise Glass

Professor

Biofuels, FungiRead more about Louise Glass

Britt Glaunsinger

Professor

Virus-Host Interactions, Gene RegulationRead more about Britt Glaunsinger

Yan Gong

Cell polarity, plant development, single-cell transcriptomics, evolutionary genomicsRead more about Yan Gong

Igor Grigoriev

Adjunct Professor / Senior Scientist / Program Head

Fungal and Algal Genomics, Computational BiologyRead more about Igor Grigoriev

Yangnan Gu

Associate Professor

Plant and Microbial Biology

Plant Cell Biology and Plant ImmunityRead more about Yangnan Gu

Sarah Hake

Adjunct Professor Emerita

Plant Development and Plant ArchitectureRead more about Sarah Hake

Frank Harmon

Adjunct Associate Professor

Circadian ClockRead more about Frank Harmon

Arash Komeili

Professor

Bacterial organelles and biomeinralizationRead more about Arash Komeili

Ksenia Krasileva

Associate Professor

Genomics and Innate Immune systemsRead more about Ksenia Krasileva

Patricia Lang

Assistant Professor

Plant climate change adaptation and historical functional genomicsRead more about Patricia Lang

Aaron Leichty

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Peggy Lemaux

Professor of Cooperative Extension

Crop Genetic Improvement via Engineering and EditingRead more about Peggy Lemaux

Jennifer D. Lewis

Adjunct Associate Professor

Plant Disease and ImmunityRead more about Jennifer D. Lewis

Steven Lindow

Professor Emeritus

Ecology of Plant-Associated MicroorganismsRead more about Steven Lindow

Lotus Lofgren

Assistant Professor

comparative genomics, bioinformatics, ecology, mycologyRead more about Lotus Lofgren

Sheng Luan

Chancellor's Professor

Plant Responses to the EnvironmentRead more about Sheng Luan

N. Cecilia Martinez-Gomez

Associate Professor

microbial physiology, one-carbon metabolism, microbial molecular biology, bacteria, enzymes, enzyme activity, enzymology, enzyme kinetics, protein biochemistry, protein characterizationRead more about N. Cecilia Martinez-Gomez

Sheila McCormick

Adjunct Professor Emerita

Pollen, Plant FertilizationRead more about Sheila McCormick

Anastasios Melis

Professor

Photosynthesis, Metabolic Engineering, Synthetic Biology, Bioproduction R&DRead more about Anastasios Melis

Sabeeha Merchant

Professor

chloroplast, photosynthesis, algae, trace metals, genomics, synthetic biology, designer lipids, Chlamydomonas, Auxenochlorella, DunaliellaRead more about Sabeeha Merchant