The Plant Heat-Resilience Research Hub brings together researchers from multiple institutions working across plant physiology, molecular biology, systems biology, bioinformatics, and ecology. This collaborative effort includes faculty, postdoctoral scholars, graduate students, undergraduate researchers, and international partners who contribute diverse expertise to understanding how plants survive and thrive under extreme heat. Together, these researchers form an interdisciplinary network advancing the study of thermophilic plants and the mechanisms underlying plant heat resilience.
Michigan State University
Joanna Feehan
Postdoctoral Scholar within the Rhee Lab
Charles Hawkins
Plant Metabolic Network Director & Biocurator within the Rhee Lab
Karine Prado
Senior Research Associate & Rhee Lab Manager
Seung Yon (Sue) Rhee
Director of the Plant Resilience Institute & Foundation Professor
Katherine Rivera-Zuluaga
Postdoctoral Scholar within the Rhee Lab
Matt Stata
Postdoctoral Scholar within the Rhee Lab
Bo Xue
Data Resource Analyst & Programmer within the Rhee Lab
University of Kansas
Jennifer Johnson
Assistant Professor within the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Washington State University
Asaph Cousins
Professor & Director of the School of Biological Sciences
Helmut Kirchhoff
Associate Professor within the Institute of Biological Chemistry
Haley Schrader
PhD Student within the School of Biological Sciences
Cornell University
Amber Hotto
Senior Research Associate within the Stern Lab
David Stern
Professor within the School of Integrative Plant Science
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Leonardo Andrade
Research Scientist within the Lyumkis Lab
Anna De Angelis
Senior Staff Scientist
Shrikaar Kambhampati
Senior Research Scientist
Joseph Noel
Professor & Director of the Jack H. Skirball Center for Chemical Biology & Proteomics
Justin Pacheco
Postdoctoral Fellow within the Busch Lab
Rebecca Re
Postdoctoral Fellow within the Jack H. Skirball Center for Chemical Biology & Proteomics
University of Hong Kong
Shifeng Cheng
Professor within the School of Biological Sciences
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Hongbing Liu
Professor within the Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning