News

Philip Bentz, a former graduate student in the Leebens-Mack lab, was recognized by the Department of Plant Biology with the 2024 Paper of the Year Award for his graduate work on Asparagus (published in September 2024).

Species stressed by climate change must move or adapt in order to persist. But can they?

Congratulations to all our graduates this semester! It was a pleasure interacting with you as members of our Department and we are wishing you all the best for a successful future!

We are happy to share that our graduate student endowment was renamed in honor of Shu-Mei Chang. It’s now known as the Shu-Mei Chang Graduate Student Endowment in Plant Biology.