Stephen Ebbs
Professor
Plant Biology
Southern Illinois University
United States of America
Biography
Research in my laboratory focuses on the interface between pollutants, plants, and the soil-water environment. This includes fundamental studies of plant uptake and transport of contaminants, physiological effects of pollutants on plants, interactions of pollutants with mineral nutrients, phytotoxicity, hyperaccumulation, tolerance, and detoxification. My work also focuses on the biogeochemistry of pollutants and their trophic transfer to wildlife and humans. The pollutants of primary interest include Cd, Zn, cyanide and metal cyanides, engineered nanoparticles, and automotive friction materials while past work has examined Au, Cu, Pb, As, Se, radionuclides (137Cs, 90Sr), and uranium. I also have a long standing interest in phytotechnologies such as phytoremediation, phytomining, and green roofs and conduct basic research that contributes to the development of those techniques.
Research Interest
Plant ecophysiology, ecotoxicology, pollutant biogeochemistry, phytotechnologies
Publications
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Machingura M, Sidibe A, Wood AJ, and Ebbs SD. 2013. The β-cyanoalanine pathway is involved in the response to water deficit in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 63:159-169.
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Milner M, Mitani N, Yamaji N, Yokosho K, Craft E, Fei Z, Ebbs S, Ma JF, and Kochian L. 2014. Root and shoot transcriptome analysis of two ecotypes of Noccaea caerulescens uncovers the role of NcNramp1 in Cd hyperaccumulation. The Plant Journal. 78(3):398–410.
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Machingura M and Ebbs SD. 2014. Functional redundancies in cyanide tolerance provided by b-cyanoalanine pathway genes in Arabidopsis thaliana. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 175(3):346-358
