Courtney Leisner
Graduate Research Assistant
1201 W. Gregory Dr.
147 ERML
MC-051
Urbana, IL
(217) 265-9884
leisner1@illinois.edu
Education
- B.S. - The College of William and Mary. Williamsburg, VA, 05/2007.
- Major - Biology and Environmental Science
- M.S. - Washington State University. Pullman, WA. 08/2009.
- Department - School of Biological Sciences
- Ph.D. - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign expected 2013
- Department - Plant Biology
PhD Thesis Research
- Courtney is in the process of developing a project related to the effects of elevated ozone of the reproductive structures and assimilate partitioning in soybean.
Previous Reseach
- Worked in the Laboratory of Dr. Gerald Edwards. Studied the salinity tolerance of the single-cell C4 species Bienertia sinuspersici and the related Kranz-type C4 species Suaeda eltonica (Chenopodiaceae).