Plant Biology and Pathology

  • Bonos, Stacy A.

    • Title: Professor
    • Department / Research Program: Plant Biology
    • Email: bonos@aesop.rutgers.edu
    • Phone: 848-932-6367
    • Detailed Profile: http://plantbiopath.rutgers.edu/faculty/bonos/bonos.html
    • Research Areas: Biofuels, Biomass Crops, Switchgrass
    • Energy Research Focus: Breeding and development of switchgrass for biofuel production with particular emphasis on improvement on marginal land, disease resistance, biomass quality and increased yield.

  • Di, Rong

    • Title: Associate Research Professor
    • Department / Research Program: Plant Biology and Pathology
    • Email: di@aesop.rutgers.edu
    • Phone: 848-932-6350
    • Detailed Profile: http://plantbiopath.rutgers.edu/faculty/di/di.html
    • Research Areas: Biofuel, Plant engineering, Starch to Bioethanol, Cellulosic Biomass
    • Energy Research Focus: Genetic engineering cassava plants with apoplast-targeting alpha-amylase and glucoamylase genes to facilitate the conversion of starch to fermentable sugar for the production of bioethanol. Genetic engineering switchgrass plants with apoplast-targeting cellulosic biomass-degrading enzyme genes to facilitate the conversion of cellulosic biomass to fermentable sugar for the production of bioethanol.

  • Helsel, Zane R.

    • Title: Extension Specialist in Agriculture Energy - Emeritus
    • Department / Research Program: Plant Biology, Rutgers Cooperative Extension
    • Email: helsel@AESOP.Rutgers.edu
    • Phone: 848-445-5232
    • Detailed Profile: http://plantbiopath.rutgers.edu/faculty/helsel/helsel.html
    • Research Areas: Biomass, Energy Crops
    • Energy Research Focus: Production and evaluation of potential biomass energy crops (primarily temperate and tropical grasses) and their conversion to energy (combustion and liquid)

  • Janes, Harry W.

  • Lam, Eric

    • Title: Professor
    • Department / Research Program: Plant Biology and Pathology
    • Email: lam@aesop.rutgers.edu
    • Phone: 848-932-6351
    • Detailed Profile: http://plantbiopath.rutgers.edu/faculty/lam/lam.html
    • Research Areas: Biomass and Biofuel Production
    • Energy Research Focus: Creating more optimized “energy crops” by engineering enzymes of interest into genomes of target feedstocks. Specifically, duckweed as a Versatile System to Link Bioremediation and Biofuel Production.

  • Morin, Xenia

    • Title: Senior Associate Dean for Learning, Associate Teaching Professor, Undergraduate Program Director for Agriculture and Food Systems
    • Department / Research Program: Plant Biology
    • Email: xenia.morin@rutgers.edu
    • Phone: 848-932-3502
    • Detailed Profile: https://plantbiology.rutgers.edu/faculty/morin/Xenia_Morin.html
    • Research Areas: Food systems; sustainable agriculture and food systems; climate-smart agriculture and food systems; diversity and inclusion through mentoring and professional development.
    • Energy Research Focus: Climate-smart energy reductions in agriculture and food systems