Presidential Faculty Fellows

9553030邓，这是美国国家科学基金会的校长院士奖。通过光合作用，光为植物提供能源，并最终为所有生物提供能源。作为对波动环境的反应，不活动的植物能够感知变化的光信号，并优化生长和发育。高等植物具有复杂的光感觉和在很大程度上未知的信号转导和传输系统，以监测光信号的方向、数量和质量，并相应地调节它们的生长和发育。这一奖项将使邓博士能够继续研究那些对理解植物发育的光控制的分子和细胞机制非常重要的研究方向，并根据科学的要求探索新的研究方向。作为一名校长院士，邓博士将参与下一代科学家的培训，并参与提高本科生群体科学素养的活动。

9553030 Deng This is a NSF Presidential Faculty Fellow Award. Through photosynthesis, light provides the energy source for plants and, ultimately, for all living organisms. In response to a fluctuating environment, nonmotile plants are able to sense varying light signals and to optimize growth and development. Higher plants possess sophisticated photosensory and largely uncharacterized signal transduction and itegration systems to monitor the direction, quantity and quality of light signals and to adjust their growth and development accordingly. This award will enable Dr. Deng to pursue those research directions which are important to understand the molecular and cellular mechanisms of light control of plant development, and to explore new research directions as science dictates. As a Presidential Faculty Fellow, Dr. Deng is expected to be involved in the training of the next generation of scientists and in activities that will increase scientific literacy of undergraduate student populations.