RESEARCH PROJECTS

Effects of heat wave on plant-insect herbivore interactions.

Algal communities and climate change.

CO₂-induced changes in heat-shock proteins (HSPs) and photosynthetic tolerance to acute heat stress.

Ecological physiology of plant chloroplast small heat-shock proteins.

Proteonomic and physiological analysis of nutritional stress in plants.

Effects of global environmental change on plant-soil linkages.

Assessing the role of turbid river plumes in the development of Microcystis blooms in Lake Erie with molecular techniques.

Summary of all projects

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PHOTOS OF CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

Scott Heckathorn
Principal Investigator

Associate Professor

Office: 3036 Bowman-Oddy

Phone:  419-530-4328

Email:  scott.heckathorn@utoledo.edu

My research interests

Ms. Nicole Rud
Ph.D. candidate (Co-advisor: Jonathan Frantz)

Email: nicole.rud@rockets.utoledo.edu

Dr. Sasmita Mishra
Post-doctoral research associate
Email: sasmita.mishra@utoledo.edu

Ms. Michele Phillips
M.S. candidate

Email: michele.phillips@rockets.utoledo.edu

Mr. Deepesh Bista
M.S. candidate

Email: deepesh.bista@rockets.utoledo.edu

Ms. Nicole Lightle
M.S. candidate

Email: nicole.lightle@rockets.utoledo.edu

Email: pcope@rockets.utoledo.edu

Collaborators and Advisees

Mr. Justin Chaffin

Ph.D. candidate

(major advisor: Tom Bridgeman)

Recent Lab Members