Plant Biology (PhD)

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Degree Requirements

Core Courses15-16
PB 795
Special Topics Botany (Functional Plant Biology) 1
PB 513
Plant Anatomy 1
PB 824
Topical Problems (Botany Colloquium)
ST 511
Statistical Methods For Researchers I 1
PHI 816
Introduction to Research Ethics (or equivalent ethics course)
PB 570
Plant Functional Ecology 1
or PB 503
 Systematic Botany
Teaching / Research Courses2-12
PB 885
Doctoral Supervised Teaching
PB 893
Doctoral Supervised Research
Plant Biology Course3
Select one PB prefix course 2
Additional Courses41-52
Additional Courses are determined in conjunction with the academic committee to meet the 72 total hours
Total Hours72

Additional Requirements

Ph.D. degree students complete the required courses and other courses for 72 total credit hours (at the 500 level or above). They must also pass a written and oral preliminary exam, and defend a dissertation.

Associate professors

  • Jose Miguel Alonso
  • Richard L. Blanton
  • Kent Oliver Burkey
  • Joann M. Burkholder
  • Susan B. Carson
  • Ralph E. Dewey
  • Robert Graham Franks
  • Amy Michele Grunden
  • Candace Hope Haigler
  • Linda Kay Hanley-Bowdoin
  • Christine Veronica Hawkes
  • William A. Hoffmann
  • Shuijin Hu
  • James E. Mickle
  • Thomas W. Rufty Jr.
  • Jean B. Ristaino
  • Heike Inge Ada Sederoff
  • William F. Thompson
  • Ross W. Whetten
  • Qiuyun Xiang
  • Deyu Xie
  • Tzung Fu Hsieh
  • Slavko Komarnytsky
  • Alexander Krings
  • Xu Li
  • Terri A.Long
  • Marcela Pierce
  • Rosangela Sozzani
  • Anna N. Stepanova
  • Jillian Marie De Gezelle
  • Chad Victor Jordan
  • Imara Yasmin Perera
  • Carole H. Saravitz
  • Nina S. Allen
  • Udo Blum
  • Wendy F. Boss
  • Rebecca S. Boston
  • Margaret E. Daub
  • Roger C. Fites
  • James W. Hardin
  • Walter Webb Heck
  • Rongda Qu
  • Jon M. Stucky
  • Judith F. Thomas
  • C. Gerald VanDyke
  • Thomas R. Wentworth

Assistant professors

  • Orlando Arguello-Miranda
  • Mallory Choudoir
  • Colleen Jennifer Doherty
  • Manuel Kleiner
  • Zhe Lyu
  • William Kevin Petry
  • Seema Nayan Sheth