Informational Interview by Hillary Fischer, ASPB Conviron Scholar 2020 I recently had the pleasure to sit down with Dr. Christine Foyer, a professor at the University of Leeds in the Centre for Plant Science were her research lab focuses on the impact of stress on the growth and development of the plant, specifically in regard […]
Informational Interview by Will Hinckley, ASPB Conviron Scholar 2020 1. You began your education in Canada, but then continued it in the US. What are some of the differences in research culture you noticed while making that transition? I don’t think that there were significant differences in research culture between Canada and the U.S. back […]
Informational Interview by Ruth (Jean Ae) Kim, ASPB Conviron Scholar 2020 Dr. Robert Jinkerson is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Riverside in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Department of Botany and Plant Sciences. He is one of the most interdisciplinary researchers on paper you have seen. He obtained his […]
Informational Interview by Susana Perez Martine, ASPB Conviron Scholar 2020 I interviewed Dr. Elliot Meyerowitz who is the George Beadle Professor of Biology, and a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator at the California Institute of Technology, where he has been on the faculty since 1980. Prior to joining the Caltech faculty he obtained an undergraduate degree […]
Informational Interview by Laura Ortega, ASPB Conviron Scholar 2018 Title: Dr. Leandro Mozzoni Associate Professor, Soybean breeding University of Arkansas I chose Dr. Mozzoni as my interviewee because I was looking for someone like himself who has had industry experience and has recently switched over to academia. As someone who is undecided between these two sectors, […]
Informational Interview by Aimee Schulz, ASPB Conviron Scholar 2018 Dr. Nason is a professor and department chair at Iowa State University. His lab studies the evolutionary relationships and population genetics of figs and fig wasps, and is also interested in the factors influencing gene flow and the resulting impacts on the genetic structure of both […]
Informational Interview by Bryce Askey, ASPB Conviron Scholar 2018 Interviewee: Dr. C. Eduardo Vallejos Interviewer: Bryce Askey Date: November 13th, 2018 Dr. Vallejos is a professor in horticultural science at the University of Florida. I spoke with him about his career path, responsibilities as a professor, and general thoughts regarding his work. A summarized version of our conversation is below. Can you […]
Informational Interview by Seth O’Conner, ASPB Conviron Scholar 2018 Dr. Eve Wurtele is a professor in the GDCB department at Iowa State University. Her Bio is taken from her GDCB webpage (https://www.gdcb.iastate.edu/p…). I was fortunate enough to do a research rotation in Dr. Wurtele’s lab while I was at Iowa State, where my interest in […]
Informational Interview by Stuti Shrivastava, ASPB Conviron Scholar 2020 Prof. Raymond E Zielinski is an emeritus professor with the department of plant biology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). He did his Ph.D. from Rutgers University and then pursued his post-doctorate from the University of Maryland. Prof. Zielinski has been at UIUC since 1984. He is interested in studying […]