RESEARCH TOPICS
Biomechanics
of wavy root development in Arabidopsis
- Use of wavy-root behavior in Arabidopsis thaliana
(Brassicaceae) to understand the scaling of genetic effects into
whole-organ development
- The initiation of stable chirality in the twisting and bending
of developing root tissue
- Mechanical buckling in thin, expanding tissues
Ecophysiology of
salt-excretion by a Chilean Atacama desert plant
- Effect of salts excreted by leaf salt glands on the
physiological status of the desert perennial Nolana mollis
(Solanaceae, subfam. Nolaneae)
- Evolution of key salt gland characteristics leading to the
radiation of the Nolaneae subfamily
Long-distance sucrose transport in plants
- Modeling of the fluid mechanics of osmotically active sucrose
solutions in narrow pipes (sieve tubes)
- Effects and importance of potassium ions in mediating
viscosity and pressure potentials in sieve tube sap
- Models of long-distance sucrose transport and whole canopy vascular architecture
in monocot and dicot trees
General topics in developmental and evolutionary
biology
- The meaning of genetic action in a developmental context
- Evolution of the structural versus genetic complement of
living cells
- Non-genetic inheritance