Research Interests
- Plant cell biology
- Biochemistry
- Physiology of aquatic and marine species
My current research involves the cell biology and physiology in marine systems, especially of freshwater and marine plants and algae.
I am particularly interested in:
- molecular interaction between seagrasses and pathogens that have led to massive die-off of seagrass beds in temperate areas around the world,
- molecular mechanisms of stress tolerance in halophytic algae
- nitrogen and carbon uptake and metabolism in marine algae and the plant species forming the large off-shore seagrass beds that line the coastal regions of the Gulf of Mexico, and difference between non-indigenous species (NIS) and the native species
- cellular events involved in interactions between parasitic plants and their plant hosts
I am a broadly trained plant physiologist/cell biologist having worked with algal nitrogen metabolism, herbicide mode of action and acquired herbicide resistance, and developmental biology and physiology of parasitic plants.
