Research Interests (300 words)
What do you do when you’re hungry? How do you cope with stress? Maybe you “get up and get a snack” and “take a break, go for a walk”. Now, imagine you were a plant. Not so easy, right? As stationary beings, plants must get water and nutrients and cope with stress without leaving their place. In my research, I study the many clever ways plants evolved to survive when soils don’t have enough nutrients or have too much salt, heavy metals, or other elements that make plants sick.