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://integrativebio.utexas.edu/plant-biology-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 (GSC) in the spring 2023 semester.
Z Jeffrey Chen Caroline E Farrior Norma L Fowler Lawrence E Gilbert Justin C Havird Enamul Huq Robert K Jansen Shalene Jha Thomas E Juenger Craig R Linder |
Alan M Lloyd Mona Mehdy Nancy A Moran Jose L Panero Hong Qiao Stanley J Roux Jr Sibum Sung Edward C Theriot Keiko Torii Amelia Wolf |
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.