Members
Adam Caparco
The Caparco lab engineers protein assemblies and virus-derived nanoparticles to bring new functions to plants, with a focus on plant immunoengineering, crop protection, and bioremediation of agricultural sites.
Gabriela Garcia
The Garcia lab investigates how ecological and social factors interact in perennial crop and agroforestry systems, using diverse research methods to understand and enhance agricultural resilience across different scales.
Jing-Ke Weng
The Weng lab investigates how plants create diverse specialized compounds, focusing on understanding and harnessing biosynthetic pathways for medicine, agriculture, and environmental applications.
Lital Davidi
The Davidi lab investigates stress adaptation mechanisms in extremophilic algae to develop solutions for global food security and ecosystem health by understanding and enhancing resilience in photosynthetic organisms.
Lianyong Wang
The Wang lab investigates chloroplast biology in algae to better understand and potentially enhance photosynthetic efficiency and stress resistance in plants.
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IPHI member Gabriela Garcia receives prestigious scholarship from the Ecological Society of America…. - Could Allergy-Free Peanuts be the Future? This Northeastern Researcher Wants to Find out
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Dr. Yulin Sun, a postdoctoral researcher in at IPHI, has been awarded the 2024 College of Science Dean’s Postdoctoral Research Award for her groundbreaking work on developing plant-based carbon sequestration biotechnology…. - Faculty Openings at IPHI, Northeastern University
Institute for Plant-Human Interface at Northeastern University seeks candidates for tenure-track faculty positions starting fall, 2025….