Scott A. Heckathorn
Professor
Ecology
University of Toledo
Spain
Biography
His research interests are in plant, and more recently algal, ecological physiology and biochemistry, stress physiology and stress proteins, photosynthesis and respiration, and nutrient relations. Most of hiscurrent and recent research is focused on: Environmental controls associated with global climate change, Understanding the mechanisms by which low-molecular-weight, or small, (HSPs) protect photosynthesis and respiration during stress, especially heat stress, The patterns, functional consequences, and causes of natural variation in protection of metabolism by small HSPs, Nutrient (especially micronutrient) deficiency and toxicity effects on physiology and protein and gene expression in plants and Abiotic effects on stress-protein production and performance in freshwater algae.
Research Interest
Plant Physiological Ecology, Biochemistry, Global Environmental Change, Heat-Shock Proteins
