PLANT MOLECULAR GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
The Hepworth Lab
CURRENT LAB MEMBERS
Dr. Shelley Hepworth
Full Professor, Carleton University, 2019- present
Guest Professor, Lanzhou University, China
Associate Editor, Botany
Associate Professor, Carleton University, 2009- 2019
Assistant Professor, Carleton University, 2005-2009
Research Associate, University of British Columbia, 2002-2005
NSERC and EMBO Post-doctoral fellow, John Innes Center, Norwich, UK, 1998-2002
Ph.D. Biochemistry, University of Toronto, 1998
B.Sc. Biology and Chemistry, University of Waterloo, 1991
CURRENTLY TEACHING
BIOL 3201: Cell Biology
BIOL 3202: Principles of Development
BIOL/BIOC 4901/3901: Directed Studies
BIOL/BIOC 4907/4908: B.Sc. Thesis Project
BIOL 6300: Advanced Plant Biology (Graduate level)
Sibei Li
Ph.D. candidate
TGA bZIP transcription factors: modes of action
Amarachi Ezeoki
Ph.D. candidate
ALOG family: roles in plant development
Tamara Montoya
B.Sc. candidate
Plant abscission zones: chemical analysis
Marlee Sanderson
B.Sc. candidate
Plant abscission: the role of cutin synthase
Risham Osahan
M.Sc.candidate
Structural requirements for abscission in plants
Laura Kelly
M.Sc. candidate
Creating seedling triploid hemp varieties