John

John Cushman

Director of Biochemistry
Graduate Program
CABNR, Biochemistry
University of Nevada, Reno

Contact Info
Email: jcushman@unr.edu
Phone: (775) 682-6847

Links
Personal Website
Department Website
Biomass

Expertise

John Cushman has received his PhD in 1986 from Rutgers University - New Brunswick. His research interests focus on understanding the mechanisms by which plants perceive and respond to environmental insults such as high salinity, water deficit (drought), and freezing.

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology
Renewable Energy
biofuel

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New NatGeo monster fish series with Zeb Hogan of University of Nevada, Reno features flying carp, 400-pound perch ...

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Photos

Students Brittany Kent and Lionel Ruckstuhl test out some of the high-tech equipment from the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center during the third annual Smallwood Multimedia Boot Camp.

Franco Biondi, professor of geography in the University of Nevada, Reno’s College of Science, has just received a fellowship to the prestigious fellowship to conduct research at Harvard University’s 3,500 acre forest research laboratory, Harvard Forest. Photo by Theresa Danna-douglas, University of Nevada, Reno.

Scotty Strachan, University of Nevada, Reno environmental research coordinator in the Department of Geography installing data network equipment for environmental monitoring at Snake Range Salt Desert East site in Snake Valley, Nevada. Photo courtesy of University of Nevada, Reno.

Kathleen Hill, recent advanced-degree graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno, is one of 30 nationally recognized GEAR UP alumni to be selected for the GEAR UP Alumni Leadership Academy. Photo by Theresa Danna-Douglas, University of Nevada, Reno.

Anne Leonard, a new faculty member in the biology department, shows her bee attractant apparatus that tracks and conditions bees response to different light, pollen and flowers. Photo by Mike Wolterbeek, University of Nevada, Reno.

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