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Work Beadle Center (BEAD) N123
Lincoln NE 68583-0664
US
Work 402-472-2936 On campus, dial 2-2936
I and my team research membrane remodeling of plant membranes that confer stress resistance or enhance photosynthetic yield. We use state-of-the-art microscopy and membrane lipid analyses combined with standard biological fractionation and molecular biology techniques to determine needed lipid changes and the molecular mechanisms through which they occur.

icon-academic-capEducation

  • BS, University of California, Davis, 2003
  • Ph D, University of California, Davis, 2009

icon-chat-userCourses

  • CHEM 933, Enzymes, Fall 2022
  • BIOC 431, Biochemistry I: Structure and Metabolism, Fall 2021
  • BIOC 431, Biochemistry I: Structure and Metabolism, Fall 2020
  • BIOC 431, Structure and Metabolism, Fall 2019
  • BIOC 431, Structure and Metabolism, Fall 2018
  • BIOC 431, Structure and Metabolism, Fall 2017
  • BIOC 431, Structure and Metabolism, Fall 2016
  • BIOC 992K, Seminar in Biological Chemistry, Fall 2016
  • BIOC 431, Structure and Metabolism, Fall 2015

icon-documentPublications and Other Intellectual Contributions

  • Chloroplast membrane remodeling during freezing stress is accompanied by cytoplasmic acidification activating SENSITIVE TO FREEZING 2, Plant Physiology
  • An Arabidopsis protoplast isolation method reduces cytosolic acidification and activation of the chloroplast stress sensor SENSITIVE TO FREEZING 2, PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR
  • Interactive learning modules with 3D printed models improve student understanding of protein structure-function relationships, BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY EDUCATION
  • Lipid transport required to make lipids of photosynthetic membranes, PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH, June 2018

icon-bookmark-starAwards & Honors

  • NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2019
  • ARD Junior Faculty for Excellence in Research Award, UNL Agricultural Research Division, 2019
  • 2019 Junior Faculty Holling Family Teaching Excellence Award, UNL, 2019
  • Arthur C. Neish Young Investigator Award, Phytochemical Society of North America, 2021
  • Ralph and Alice Raikes Chair in Plant Sciences, The Raikes family, 2023

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