Advisory Board and Editors Plant Science
L.Maria Lois
Current position: Group leader at CRAG
Research: Role of SUMO in Plant Development
Career:
2008- :Assistant Professor, Spanish Research Council CSIC.
2004 2008: RyC Research Associate, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
2003- 2004: Postdoctoral associate, MSKCC, N.Y., USA.
2002- 2003: Postdoctoral associate, WMC of Cornell University, N.Y., USA.
1999- 2002: Postdoctoral fellow, The Rockefeller University, New York, N.Y., USA.
1999: Ph.D. in Biochemistry, University of Barcelona.
Nguyen Esmeralda López-Lozano
Dr. Nguyen Esmeralda López-Lozano is a microbial ecologist who earned her doctorate in Biomedical Sciences from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). She has extensive research experience in microbial diversity and ecosystem processes, mainly focusing on biogeochemical cycles in desert soils.
Since 2014, Dr. López-Lozano has been a CONACyT professor in the Environmental Sciences Division at the Potosi Institute of Scientific and Technological Research. Her research focuses on plant microbiomes in arid environments and the role of microorganisms as bioindicators of ecosystem health. She investigates how both biotic and abiotic factors shape microbial communities and utilizes microbial parameters to assess environmental stress. In recent years, her work has also explored how microbiome insights can be applied to restoration and conservation efforts in arid regions.
Ann E. Loraine
I am a Professor of Bioinformatics and Genomics at UNC Charlotte.
Julin N Maloof
Professor of Plant Biology and member of the Genome Center, University of California, Davis.
Elected Fellow, AAAS
Postdoctoral training at The Salk Institute. Doctoral Training at UCSF
Santiago Martín-Bravo
I am an Associate Professor and researcher at Botany Area of the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemical Engineering at Pablo de Olavide University (Seville, Spain). I am a botanist but I also like to define myself as an evolutionary biologist. My final objective is to contribute to the knowledge and conservation of the biodiversity that surrounds us. My main research interests are on systematics and evolution of angiosperms. I try to answer questions related with the topics of when, how and why are species (and in general biodiversity) generated. I am also very interested in biogeography, this is, explaining the processes causing the distribution of species. To accomplish these task, I use multidisciplinar approaches ranging from classic taxonomy to molecular phylogenetics, estimation of divergence times, cytogenetic evolution, phylo- and biogeographic analyses. Finally, I am also interested in conservation biology, particularly in relation with conservation genetics. I am also the curator of UPOS herbarium
Enrique Mateos Naranjo
Assistant Professor of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of Seville (Spain). Past postdoctoral researcher activities at School of Biological Sciences (University of East Anglia, UK), Faculty of Biology (University Illes Balears, Spain) and Faculty of Agronomic Sciences (University Nacional de Rosario, Argentina). Past PhD student at University of Seville (Spain).
Ewa J. Mellerowicz
Professor in plant cell and molecular biology at the Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umea Plant Science Center.
Koji Mikami
Prof. Koji Mikami is Professor of Department of Food Resource Development in School of Food Industrial Sciences at Miyagi University, Japan. He is also President of the Japanese Society of Applied Phycology. Prof. Mikami received his PhD in Plant Science from Hokkaido University in 1990. His area of expertise focuses on the physiology and molecular biology of development and environmental stress response in seaweeds, and the biotechnology of seaweeds (gene transfer and genetic transformation, application of seaweed genes for land green plants).
A. Harvey Millar
Professor of Plant Biochemistry and Director of The Comparative Analysis of Biomolecular Networks Research and Training Centre (CABiN) at the University of Western Australia. Editorial Board Member: The Journal of Biological Chemistry, Plant Methods, The Arabidopsis Book. Recipient of the 2012 Fenner Medal for Biology from Australian Academy of Science; Science Minister's Prize -Life Scientist of the Year 2005, Australian Federal Government.
Boyd A Mori
Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Ecological Entomology in the Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta.
Research in our lab focuses on varying aspects of insects in agricultural systems. Our focal areas of research include chemical ecology, population genetics, and insect-plant interactions. We use a variety of techniques from field and laboratory bioassays to transcriptomics and genomics to examine basic and applied ecological questions.
Kevin Mueller
I'm an assistant professor at Cleveland State University. My primary area of research is the ecology and biogeochemistry of temperate forests and grasslands, with an emphasis on plant-environment interactions. For example, I've studied the impacts of climate change, land management, and diversity loss on ecosystem functions of North American grasslands. I frequently use measures of plant functional traits or stable isotope ratios to better understand a variety of ecological concepts and biogeochemical processes, including how plants respond to the environment and interact with cycles of water, nutrients, and carbon.
Jonathan Muledi
Jonathan Ilunga Muledi is an agricultural engineer with a Master of Science in Plant Biology and Environment. His PhD research focused on the functional ecology and management of Miombo woodlands in Upper Katanga, giving him in-depth expertise in tropical forest ecology, management, and restoration, particularly in the Miombo ecoregion. Since 2018, he has been the Deputy Director of the DRC Open Forest Observatory and serves as a consultant and scientific advisor to the national Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development on issues related to Miombo ecosystems in the DRC. He also lectures on forestry and dendrometry at the University of Lubumbashi in the Department of Management of Renewable Natural Resources (MRNR) within the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences.
Jonathan is an active member of global scientific networks, such as ForestPlots.Net and SEOSAW, that focus on sustainable natural resource management in tropical environments.