Dr. Karen E. Koch
Professor
Mailing Address:
Fifield Hall
2550 Hull Road
PO Box 110690
Gainesville, Florida 32611
Office: 2147 Fifield Hall
Phone: (352) 273-4833
E-mail: kekoch@ufl.edu
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RESEARCH
Physiology and genetics of sugar metabolism, sensing, and partitioning
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TEACHING
- HOS 6345: Environmental Physiology of Plants (4cr grad)
- BCH-BOT 6925: Plant Biochemistry - Central Metabolism (4cr grad)
Mentoring: Highschool Interns (~1), Undergraduate Interns (~5), PhD students (~2), Postdoctoral Associates (~1), and Associate Research Professors (~1). Each has their own mentees and helps train new lab members.
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EDUCATION
- BA: Biology, University of Wisconsin
- MS, Ph.D.: Botany, Plant Physiology, University of Iowa
- Postdoc: Agronomy, Genetics, University of Wisconsin
- Professor: Horticultural Sciences, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology, Genetics Institute, Center for Smell and Taste, University of Florida, 1981-present.
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PUBLICATIONS
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COMMUNITY SERVICE AND HONORS
Awards
Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award, American Society of Plant Biologists (2016-present)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2012-present). Elected Member-at-Large for AAAS National Section on Agriculture, Food, and Renewable Resources (2018 – 2022); President’s Circle (2017)
Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists (2012-present)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Distinguished Mentor Award (2007-2009)
Google Scholar Citation Classics (1,000 citations or more):
Koch KE, Carbohydrate modulated gene expression. 1996. Ann Rev Plant Biol. https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev.arplant.47.1.509
Koch KE, Sucrose metabolism: regulatory mechanisms and pivotal roles in sugar sensing and plant development. 2004. Cur Op Plant Biol. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369526604000469
Other Honors and Service
Maize Genetics Cooperation Executive Committee. Elected to MGEC (2016-2020), Chair, 2017-2018
American Society of Plant Biologists
Science policy committee for legislative interface (2019 – 2020)
Elected to Executive Committee 2006-2009, 2012-2016.
National Secretary and Program Chair (2013-2015) Secretary Elect (2012), Immediate Past Secretary (2016), and Elected Member at Large (2006-2009)
Steering Committee, Maize Genetics Cooperation (2008-2011)
Continuing Service to National Funding Agencies
Panel service: 29 panels for NSF, USDA-NRI, USDA-DOE, and inter-agency (1988-present)
Panel Manager: 3 panels for USDA-NRI and USDA-ARS (2005 to present)
National Program Review Committees for USDA-ARS and DOE (4 site visits, 2004-present)
National Program Restructuring for USDA-ARS: Office of the Deputy Secretary (2006)
External Evaluator (Granting agencies of Australia, Canada, Netherlands, Switzerland, and UK)
Gordon Conference Central Committee – Conference Evaluator
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PROGRAM PERSONNEL
- Jonathan "Jono" Saunders, Biological Scientist
- Jiahn-Chou Guan, Associate Research Professor
- Maria Angélica Sanclemente, Ph.D. Student
- Peng Liu, Ph.D. Student
- Scott Fleishman, Undergraduate Intern
- Sarah E. Joe, Undergraduate Intern
- Lauren D. Bradley, Undergraduate Intern