Lewis J. Feldman
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| Born | (1945-10-10) October 10, 1945 (age 78) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of California, Davis (B.S., 1967)
University of California, Davis (M.S.) |
| Occupation | Professor of plant biology |
| Employer | University of California, Berkeley |
| Organization | Department of Plant & Microbial Biology |
| Awards | Distinguished Teaching Award - UC Berkeley - 1996 |
Lewis Jeffrey Feldman (born October 10, 1945) is a professor of plant biology at the University of California, Berkeley, Director of the University of California Botanical Garden and previously Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Natural Resources.[1] He is in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology. Feldman has taught at Berkeley since 1978.[2] He received Berkeley's Distinguished Teaching Award in 1996.[2][3] Feldman's research focuses on regulation of development in meristems/stem cells, root gravitropism, and redox regulation of plant development.
After graduating in 1963 from Sunset High SchoolinHayward, California, Feldman attended the University of California, Davis, earning a B.S. in 1967, then an M.S., both in Botany.[2] He received a Ph.D. in biology from Harvard University in 1975.[1]
Feldman is a fellow of the California Academy of Sciences.[2][4]
The hypothesis advanced here is that the signal transduction pathway for gravitaxis (gravitropism) evolved by building on and/or incorporating signal transduction steps which evolved earlier in connection with prokaryotes responding to light.(An abstract for a presentation)
John Gordon Torrey was a forthright, honest, highly principled man, and a groundbreaking plant scientist.
The Feldman Lab researches plant development e.g. how the populations of cells in and around the meristem interact to control root development.
A fellow of the California Academy of Sciences, Feldman's specialty is growth and development and root physiology. He received his BS and MS in botany from UC Davis and his PhD in biology from Harvard.
I delight in plants and I meet the challenge of drawing my students into the botanical kingdom as zealously as a missionary. I feel fortunate in my enthusiasm.
Lewis J. Feldman, Botany
1980 L.J. Feldman, University of California
1999 Lewis Feldman, Professor, Plant & Microbial Biology
To assure that interaction, Feldman visits all 25 lab sections during the course of his five-week botany section.Feldman is quoted extensively in this article.
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