Distinguished Professor, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California at San Diego, USA Expertise: signal transduction mechanisms and pathways that mediate resistance to environmental stresses in plants Research interests: 1) Signal transduction mechanisms and pathways that mediate resistance to environmental stresses in plants 2) Identifying genes that mediate salt (sodium) stress resistance and heavy metal uptake and detoxification in plants Publications:  Abscisic acid-induced degradation of Arabidopsis guanine nucleotide exchange factor requires calcium-dependent protein kinases. Li Z, Takahashi Y, Scavo A, Brandt B, Nguyen D, Rieu P, Schroeder JI. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 May 8;115(19):E4522-E4531. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1719659115. Epub 2018 Apr 23.  SnapShot: Abscisic Acid Signaling. Hauser F, Li Z, Waadt R, Schroeder JI. Cell. 2017 Dec 14;171(7):1708-1708.e0. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.11.045.  Screening for Natural Variation in Water Use Efficiency Traits in a Diversity Set of Brassica napus L. Identifies Candidate Variants in Photosynthetic Assimilation. Pater D, Mullen JL, McKay JK, Schroeder JI. Plant Cell Physiol. 2017 Oct 1;58(10):1700-1709.  Seeing is believing. Azoulay-Shemer T, Hsu PK, Schroeder JI. Nat Plants. 2017 Oct;3(10):765-766. doi: 10.1038/s41477-017-0025-5.  Two-electrode Voltage-clamp Recordings in Xenopus laevis Oocytes: Reconstitution of Abscisic Acid Activation of SLAC1 Anion Channel via PYL9 ABA Receptor. Wang C, Zhang J, Schroeder JI. Bio Protoc. 2017 Jan 20;7(2). pii: 2114. doi: 10.21769/BioProtoc.2114.