Master of Arts
Doctor of Philosophy

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Campus address: Patterson Building (PAT 302), phone (512) 471-8490; campus mail code: C0930

Mailing address: The University of Texas at Austin, Plant Biology Graduate Program, 2415 Speedway Stop C0930, Austin TX 78712

E-mail: EEBandPBGrad@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 2024 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 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.