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Colleen Doherty

Associate Professor

Polk Hall 30A

Education

Post-doctoral Researcher UC-San Diego 2013

Ph.D. Michigan State University 2008

Area(s) of Expertise

The Doherty Lab investigates the connections between time and stress in plants. We have two major research objectives. The first is to use time as a tool to interrogate the signaling networks that allow a plant to perceive and respond to a stress. Secondly, we are interested in understanding how changes in temporal patterns (earlier springs, warmer nights) affect the productivity of crop species.