Jeeyon Jeong
Professor
Plant Biology
UMassAmherst
France
Biography
Ph. D., Dartmouth College, University of Wisconsin-Madison Howard Hughes Medical Institute Teaching Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison ,Cell and Developmental Biology, Genomics and Genetic, Molecular and cellular biology of metals, Researcher and many on going researches under guidance.
Research Interest
The World Health Organization, iron deficiency in the most common nutritional disorder worldwide and the only nutrient deficiency prevalent in industrialized countries. Given that plants are the major dietary source of iron worldwide, understanding plant iron homeostasis is pivotal for improving human nutrition via providing insights into biofortification that provides a sustainable solution to malnutrition worldwide.
