Plant Biology

Master of Arts
Doctor of Philosophy

For More Information

Campus address: Norman Hackerman Building (NHB) 2.634, phone (512) 471-8490, fax (512) 232-3699; campus mail code: A6500

Mailing address: The University of Texas at Austin, Plant Biology Graduate Program, 100 E 24th Street Stop A6500, Austin TX 78712

E-mail: tamra@austin.utexas.edu

URL: https://cns.utexas.edu/plantbio-graduate-program

Areas of Study

Graduate study in plant biology is available in the following areas: algal physiology, plant biochemistry, cell biology, development, ecology, evolution, molecular biology, natural products chemistry, photobiology, phycology, plant anatomy, plant biogeography, plant morphology, plant physiology, population biology, systematics, and ultrastructure.

Graduate Studies Committee

The following faculty members served on the Graduate Studies Committee in the spring 2019 semester.

Zengjian J Chen Deana L Erdner Caroline E Farrior Norma L Fowler Lawrence E Gilbert Justin C Havird Enamul Huq Robert K Jansen Shalene Jha Thomas E Juenger Donald A Levin

Craig R Linder Alan M Lloyd Mona Mehdy Nancy A Moran Jose L Panero Hong Qiao Stanley J Roux Jr Beryl B Simpson Sibum Sung Edward C Theriot

Admission Requirements

The undergraduate training of students planning to undertake graduate study in plant biology should ordinarily include at least 24 semester hours in plant biology and/or other biological sciences. At least 12 of these must be in upper-division work. This requirement in the major should be supported by coursework in the other sciences, especially chemistry, physics, and mathematics.