The Frost Laboratory: Plant Integrative Biology and Chemical Ecology
Our Team
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ChrisChris loves plant chemical ecology, data analysis, Non-linear Career Paths, and Work-Life Balance.His Curriculum Vitae lists professional accomplishments. Find out more. |
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SophieSophie is a Biochemisty Major in the Franke Honors College at UofA. She started a project in the lab measuring volatiles organic compounds (VOCs) from plants in Biosphere 2. She measured wound-released VOCs in over 150 plants species in three experimental biomes! This led to her securing her own funding (Franke Honors College Exploratory Mini Grant!) to pursue work addressing the role of VOCs as signaling cues to modulate plant resilience to environmental stress! |
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EmilyEmily is a graduate student with Solange Duhamel in MCB studying the presence and impact of organophosphate ester (OPE) contaminants in marine environments. OPEs are used as flame retardants and plasticizers and are now found in freshwater and marine ecosystems. Emily's project focuses on the resilience of marine microbiota to OPEs contamination. She has also now turned her attention to a critical local waterway - the Santa Cruz river - to understand the presence, fate, and impact of OPEs in a seasonal river system. |
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RememberRemember is a student lab technician who is now the expert at all things related to cryogenic processing of samples and also the organizational glue that keeps the lab space operational! |
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AlyssaAlyssa is a graduate student with Giovanni Melandri in the School of Plant Sciences. She did a rotation in my lab exploring regulation of enzymes critical for volatile emissions from plants. While short, as rotations are, Alyssa added a key element to the developing story of the phylogenetic constraints on the regulation of VOC emissions. |
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KathrynKathryn is a Senior plant science major interested in controlled environmental agriculture. Her project in our lab is asking how seeds grown as microgreens (think sprouts!) respond to plant volatiles. Volatiles can act as stress cues that influence resilience and response to stress, but our past results show some VOCs can stimulate plant growth. Can we make an even more nutritious sprout? Kathryn aims to find out. |
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DanielDaniel is a Master's student in the Genetics Interdisciplinary Graduate Program with a broad range of interests. He is known for asking insightful questions and is currently refining his research focus. More soon! |
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KenanKenan is a Senior Molecular and Cellular Biology major. She is working with Emily on our collaborative Accelerate for Success project with Solange Duhamel. Kenan is measuring Organophosphate ester (OPE) contaminants in the Santa Cruz River. Kenan will be working with Emily to collect soil samples for microbiome analysis and plant samples to determine OPE accumulation in, and potentially volatile emissions from, plants native to the Santa Cruz River. |
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PaulaPaula is a Junior Natural Resources major. She is working with Emily on our collaborative Accelerate for Success project with Solange Duhamel. Paula's role is to develop outreach materials and science communication tailored to K–12 and public audiences. She and Emily are currently finalizing hands-on lesson plans for 7th and 8th grade classrooms, aligned with Arizona science standards. For example, Exploring Water Quality and Emerging Contaminants in the Santa Cruz River introduces students to water quality measurements through the lens of local ecological research. They are also engaging broader public and community engagement through events such as the Sonoran Institute Trash Clean-up Days, Tucson Earth Day Festival, and Party for the Planet at Reid Park Zoo. |
