PERSONAL BACKGROUND
My professional experience spans from the horticultural use of woody ornamental trees and shrubs for the landscape to transcriptional regulation of environmental stress responsive genes in the model plant species Arabidopsis thaliana. My research interests are focused on understanding the molecular-genetic basis of freezing tolerance in barley, wheat, and rye. The long term goal is to utilize this information to improve crop performance.
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
University of California
Riverside CA |
Plant Science |
B.S. |
1985 |
University of California
Riverside CA |
Botany (Plant Genetics) |
Ph.D. |
1993 |
Michigan State University
East Lansing MI |
Plant Genetics |
Postdoc |
1993-1994 |
Michigan State University
East Lansing MI |
Gene Regulation |
Postdoc |
1994-2000 |
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
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2006-Present |
Associate Professor, Dept of Horticulture and Crop Science. The Ohio State University/OARDC, Wooster OH 44691 |
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2000-2006 |
Assistant Professor, Dept of Horticulture and Crop Science. The Ohio State University/OARDC, Wooster OH 44691 |
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1994-2000 |
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Dept of Crop & Soil Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI; Research Advisor: Michael F. Thomashow |
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1993-1994 |
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Dept of Horticulture, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI; Research Advisor: Amy F. Iezzoni |
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1986-1993 |
Research Assistant, Dept of Botany & Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside CA; Research Advisor: Linda L. Walling |
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1990 |
Teaching Assistant (Molecular Biology), Dept of Biology, University of California, Riverside CA; Teaching Advisor: Brad Hyman |
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1986 |
Teaching Assistant (Genetics), Dept of Biology, University of California, Riverside CA; Teaching Advisor: Gary Jones |
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1984-1986 |
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Dept of Botany & Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside CA; Research Advisor: J. Giles Waines |
OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS HELD
1986 California Nurseryman, Cherry Valley Nursery, Cherry Valley CA
1979-1984 Nurseryman/Retail Sales, Landscape Growers Inc., Monterey Park CA.
1978 Firefighter, USDA Forest Service, Glendora CA.
COURSES TAUGHT
Agricultural genomics (http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~wang/PP703/, co-instructor)
Yeast One-Hybrid (laboratory exercise)
Molecular Genetic Control of Flowering: Integration of Environmental Signals with the Endogenous Program of Plant Development (journal club)
Transcription factors controlling plant traits of agroeconomic value (journal club)
Crop Breeding (guest lecture, plant cellular organization and genetic structure)
THESIS AND POSTDOCTORAL ADVISEES
Current (1)
Completed (4)
PH.D. STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE SERVICE
Current (9)
Completed (4)
