Huazhong Shi, Ph.D.

Research Interests

• Gene regulation in response to environmental stresses in plants
• Molecular mechanisms of plant salt tolerance
• Sulfonation of small molecules and plant stress response

Plants frequently encounter unfavorable conditions that adversely affect their growth, development, and productivity. How plants sense, transduce and respond to abiotic stresses is a fundamental question that is of tremendous significance for the future of agriculture. The research in the Shi lab focuses on understanding how plants cope with environmental stresses at molecular, cellular and organismal levels by employing genetic, molecular and biochemical research tools.