Faculty
Dorothea Tholl
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
- Ph.D., Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany, 1996
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, 1997 - 2002
- Visiting Scientitst, Washington State University, 1997 - 1999
- Postdoctoral Fellow and Junior Group Leader, University of Michigan, Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, 2003 - 2005
Major Fields of Interest
Plant Defense Metabolism and Chemical Ecology
Current Research
The Tholl lab employs biochemical, molecular and genomic tools to study the biosynthesis of plant chemical defenses, especially volatile compounds, and explore their physiology and ecological significance in above- and below-ground plant tissues. Current research includes: 1) Biochemistry and molecular biology of volatile compounds as messengers in above-ground plant-organism interactions; 2) Metabolic organization and function of chemical defenses in plant roots.
- tholl@vt.edu
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Office: 408 Latham Hall (Mail Code 0390)
Lab: 432 Latham Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0390
U.S.A.