Faculty
Aldwin Anterola
Associate Professor. Phytochemistry and Plant Secondary Metabolism

Phone: 618.453.3222
Office: Life Science II, Room 429
email: anterola@plant.siu.edu
My research involves studying the biosynthesis of plant constituents that have medicinal or industrial uses. We employ multidisciplinary techniques in phytochemistry, molecular biology, biochemistry and tissue culture to understand how the production of plant natural products is controlled. ...read full profile >>
Loretta Battaglia
Associate Professor. Wetland Ecology

Phone: 618.453.3216
Office: Life Science II, Room 411
email: lbattaglia@plant.siu.edu
I am interested in the dynamics of wetland plant communities and the ecological processes that link them with the surrounding landscape. Specifically, research in my lab focuses on the effects of climate change and large-scale phenomena, such as exotic species invasions, on community ...read full profile >>
Karla Gage
Assistant Professor. Weed Ecology

Phone: 618.453.7679
Office: Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, Room 108
email: kgage@siu.edu
Dr. Gage holds a cross-appointment between the College of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Plant Soil and Agricultural Systems and the College of Agricultural, Life, and Physical Sciences, Plant Biology program. She has experience working with weed management research, planning and control in ...read full profile >>
Nancy Garwood
Research Professor and Curator of the Herbarium. Tropical botany, ecology, systematics, conservation

Phone: 618.453.3236
Office: Life Science II, Room 454
email: ngarwood@plant.siu.edu
I am a tropical botanist in the broadest sense, with active research projects in ecology, systematics and conservation. Linking these apparently disparate areas is a long-term focus on the seed and seedling stages of the life cycle. My first projects 25 years ago in Panama were community level studies ...read full profile >>
Matt Geisler
Associate Professor. Mathematical Biology

Phone: 618.453.3212
Office: Life Science II, Room 403
email: mgeisler@plant.siu.edu
Biology is now an information science, as DNA and protein sequences are digital, and data collected can be manipulated by decryption and database software. I use a novel combination of data mining software and high-throughput whole genome expression analysis to match cis-regulatory elements in ...read full profile >>
Jane Geisler-Lee
Research Professor. Bioinformatics, Cell Biology, Cell Wall Biology, Metabolism

Phone: 618.453.2576
Office: Life Science II, Room 483
email: geislerlee@siu.edu
My main research interests are in systems biology approach to solve biological questions and environmental problems. My research group employs different microscopy, molecular cell biology, and different –omics studies to approach the problems and questions. Currently my funded research projects ...read full profile >>
David Gibson
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies. Plant population and community ecology, grassland ecology, multivariate methods

Phone: 618.453.3231
Office: Life Science II, Room 405
email: djgibson@siu.edu
Laboratory Website
Current research interests and specialties include: Population and community ecology succession Plant competition Exotic species Ecology of grasslands Agroecology Ecology education Effects of Global Environmental Change Multivariate methods Education Ph.D. 1985, University of Wales Selected ...read full profile >>
Kurt Neubig
Assistant Professor. Systematics, Phylogenetics, and Biodiversity

Phone: 618.453.3823
Office: Life Science III, Room 1004
Lab: Life Science III, Room 1045
email: kneubig@siu.edu
My lab investigates plant systematic questions, both floristically and taxonomically focused. Because evolution is the central unifying process of biology, the use of phylogenetic methods can give us an evolutionary perspective for interpreting variation in morphology, biogeography, ...read full profile >>
Sedonia Sipes
Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies. Plant biodiversity and conservation biology

Phone: 618.453.3213
Office: Life Science II, Room 473
email: ssipes@plant.siu.edu
My research focuses on the evolution of plant-insect interactions, specifically interactions between bees and their pollen and nectar host plants. I integrate both the botanical and entomological aspects of these interactions; I also address conservation implications of these interactions. My ...read full profile >>
Jennifer Weber
Assistant Professor. Plant Ecology and Evolution

Lab: Life Science II, Room 0425
email: jennifer.weber@siu.edu
Laboratory Website
I am broadly interested in plant evolutionary ecology, and I currently study factors that drive trait variation at various spatial and temporal scales. Flowering plants provide an astounding template for studies of trait variation. For example, plant mating strategies have been the ...read full profile >>
Andrew Wood
Interim Director and Professor. Stress physiology

Phone: 618.453.5609
Office: Life Science II, Room 431
email: wood@plant.siu.edu
The molecular, cellular and biochemical responses of plants to water-deficit stress is the central, and long-term, interest of my research program. My laboratory is pursuing a two-pronged strategy, one basic and one applied, with the ultimate goal of improving drought-tolerance and yield ...read full profile >>