Keynote and Symposium Invited Speakers
Tenative; last updated 4/17/15
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Sunday, August 9th
Morning: Phytochemical and Plant “omics”
- Miroslava Cuperlovic-Culf, National Research Council Canada, Moucton, New Brunswick
- Dean DellaPenna, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Michigan State University
Afternoon: Phytochemical Lipids
- Kent Chapman, Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas
- Pradeep Kachroo, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky
Elsevier Award Speaker
- Nicole Clay, Department of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, Yale University
Monday, August 10th
Morning: Phytochemical Biosynthesis
- Xiao-Ya Chen, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Science
- Joe Chappell, Department of Plant & Soil Science, University of Kentucky.
- Cecelia McIntosh, Department of Biological Sciences, East Tennessee State University
Afternoon: Plant Insect Ecology
- May Berenbaum, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Walter S. Leal, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Califonia at Davis
Tuesday, August 11th
Morning: Chemical Ecology
- Jonathan Gershenzon, Department of Biochemistry, Max Plank Institute for Chemical Ecology
- Eric Schmelz, Department of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego
- Jyoti Shah, Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas
Afternoon: Botanical Medicines
- Richard van Breemen, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Ehab Abourashed, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chicago State University
Wednesday, August 12th
Morning: Nutritional Phytochemistry
- Mary Ann Lila, Plants for Human Health Institute, North Carolina State University
Morning: Plant Natural Products
- Jack Juvik, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois
Arthur Neish Young Scientist Award Speakers
- Martha Vaughan, USDA, ARS, Peoria, IL
- Abe Koo, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Missouri
- Philipp Zerbe, Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis