Group Leader
Biosciences Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Telephone : (865) 574-4597
Fax : (865) 241-1555
Email : tschaplinstj@ornl.gov
Timothy J. Tschaplinski
Distinguished Scientist
- Ph.D., Forestry, University of Toronto, 1987
- M.S., Forestry, University of Toronto, 1982
- B.S., Biology, Carleton University, 1980
Research Interests:
- Mass spectrometry-based metabolomics of plants and microbes
- Plant-microbe interactions
- Water relations and production physiology of bioenergy crops
- Drought tolerance of tree species
- Effects of elevated CO2 on plant C and N metabolism
Recent Publications:
- Metabolic profiling reveals altered sugar and secondary metabolism in response to UGPase overexpression in Populus (BMC Plant Biology 2014)
- ALD1 regulates basal immune components and early inducible defense responses in Arabidopsis (Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 2014)
- Transgenic American Chestnuts Show Enhanced Blight Resistance and Transmit the Trait to T1 Progeny (Plant Science 2014)
- Populus trichocarpa and Populus deltoides Exhibit Different Metabolomic Responses to Colonization by the Symbiotic Fungus Laccaria bicolor (Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 2014)
- Lignin Valorization: Improving Lignin Processing in the Biorefinery (Science 2014)
- Down-regulation of the Caffeic Acid O-Methyltransferase Gene in Switchgrass Reveals a Novel Monolignol Analog (Biotechnology for Biofuels 2012)
- Priming in Systemic Plant Immunity (Science 2009)
- The Path Forward for Biofuels and Biomaterials (Science 2006)