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Dr. Seung Yon Rhee's group strives to understand how plants adapt to changing temperatures, water availability, and nutrient limitations. They focus on decoding biological traits at molecular and organismal scales and are developing translational research programs that engineer resilience metabolic traits for bioenergy and cover crops. Dr. Rhee has extensive leadership, mentoring, and research experience, having trained 160 scientists and achieved leadership positions in academia, government, and industry. She received her B.A. in Biology from Swarthmore College in 1992 and her Ph.D. in Biology from Stanford University in 1998. After joining the Carnegie Institution for Science as a Staff Associate and founding the Arabidopsis Information Resource, she rose to become a Senior Staff Scientist in 2023 before joining Michigan State University. Her research is crucial for establishing the Gene Ontology system and initiating international scientific communities for Biocuration to systematically annotate biological entities. Dr. Rhee is committed to creating a rigorous, collaborative, and innovative training environment, emphasizing responsible research conduct and community engagement.
Michigan State University • East Lansing, MI
Leads the Plant Resilience Institute and conducts research on plant adaptation and resilience.
Department of Psychology