Our faculty is diverse, dedicated to science, research, public service and teaching. We cover a broad range of fundamental and applied science. Aproximately 50% of our 26 PMB ladder faculty are elected members of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS), 16 faculty members are fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, six faculty members are Miller Research Fellows, and two faculty members Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators. Click on the faculty profiles below to learn more.
Associate Professor
Fungi as a model system for the study of genetic variation and evolution
Professor, Plant & Microbial Biology
Computational Biology, Genomics, Protein Function Prediction
Professor of Microbiology and Academic Director, Energy Biosciences Institute
Bioremediation
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Abiotic stress response and plant growth promoting microbial communities
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Genetics, genomics, and large-scale protein function discovery
Professor of Plant Biology and Executive Director, UC Botanical Garden
Plant and Root Development
Adjunct Professor
Plant Stem Cells, Developmental Signaling
Associate Professor, Plant & Microbial Biology
Identity in social bacteria
Professor, Plant & Microbial Biology and Graduate Group in Microbiology
Biofuels, Fungi
Professor, Plant & Microbial Biology, Associate Chair
Virus-Host Interactions, RNA-Based Regulation
Adjunct Professor / Senior Scientist / Program Head
Fungal and Algal Genomics, Computational Biology
Professor Emeritus
Molecular genetics and cell biology of plus and minus strand RNA plant viruses
Professor, Plant & Microbial Biology
Bacterial organelles and biomeinralization
Assistant Professor
Plant climate change adaptation and historical functional genomics
Professor of Cooperative Extension
Crop Genetic Improvement via Engineering and Editing
Chancellor's Professor and Chair, Department of Plant & Microbial Biology
Plant Responses to the Environment
Assistant Professor
Lanthanide-biochemistry and metabolism. Microbial Physiology, Metabolic Engineering, Plant-microbe interactions, bioremediation and biometallurgy
The Kase / Tsujimoto Distinguished Professor of Plant & Microbial Biology
Photosynthesis, Metabolic Engineering, Synthetic Biology, Bioenergy Research
Professor, Plant and Microbial Biology
Regulation of Photosynthesis and Photoprotection
Distinguished Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology & Plant and Microbial Biology
Bacterial pathogenesis
Professor Emeritus
Light Signaling in Plants, Solar Energy Capture Optimization
Associate Professor, Plant & Microbial Biology
Signaling Pathways, Antibiotic Persistence, Cell Envelope Integrity
Associate Professor
Interactions between bacteria and their viral predators (bacteriophages)
Assistant Professor
Synthetic Biology, Plant Metabolism, Microbial Evolution
Professor Emerita
Plant-pathogen interactions; mechanisms of host defense; cell wall integrity sensing
Maxine J. Elliot Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology
Plant Immunity
Professor, Plant & Microbial Biology
Microbial Nutritional Interactions
Associate Professor
Bacterial interspecies interactions and specialized metabolism
Associate Professor, Plant & Microbial Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Professor Emerita
Type IV secretion in bacteria and cell-to-cell transport in plants