Faculty and Staff

Department of Botany

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William J. Henley, Ph.D.

Department Head

PhD: Duke University, 1988.

Photosynthetic Physiology: physiological ecology of aquatic and marine plants.

henley@okstate.edu

 

Becky Johnson, Ph.D.

PhD: University of Illinois, 1968.

Plant tissue culture.

bjohnso@okstate.edu  

 

Suzanne D. McAlister, Ph.D.

PhD: Duke University, 1990.

Bryophyte Ecology

 

David W. Meinke, Ph.D.

Regents Professor

PhD: Yale University, 1979.

Development and Molecular Genetics of embryogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana.

meinke@okstate.edu

 

Michael W. Palmer, Ph.D.  

PhD: Duke University, 1988.
Community Ecology: ecological theory, fractal geometry, conservation of biodiversity.

carex@okstate.edu

 

Arnon Rikin, Ph.D.

PhD: The Weizmann Institute of Science, 1982. 

Plant Physiology: plant adaptation to low temperatures;  biological clocks.

arrbot@okstate.edu

 

Kay Scheets, Ph.D.

PhD: Kansas State University, 1986.

Molecular Biology: Monocot-infecting RNA viruses and tissue specific expression in transgenic wheat.

kms@okstate.edu

 

Gerald Schönknecht, Ph.D.

PhD: 1990 University of Osnabrück (Germany) 

Ion Fluxes and Signal Transduction Processes in Plant Cells.

schoenk@okstate.edu

 

Ronald J. Tyrl, Ph.D.

PhD: Oregon State University, 1969.

Taxonomy and Agrostology: biosystematic studies of angiosperm taxa with emphasis on grasses; classification and phylogeny; studies of Oklahoma flora.  

rjtyrl@okstate.edu

Ming Yang, Ph. D.  

PhD: Ohio State University, 1996

Cell biology and molecular genetics: cell cycle regulation and morphogenesis at the cellular and subcellular levels in Arabidopsis thaliana.

yming@okstate.edu

 

Paula Shryock

Unit Assistant

pshryoc@okstate.edu

 

Ann Yankunas

Financial Control Assistant

anny@okstate.edu

 
 

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