Ruth Finkelstein
Professor
Contact Information
Phone: (805) 893-4800
Email: finkelst@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Office: 2127 Bio II
Website: MCDB Faculty Page
Address
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9625
Bio
Dr. Finkelstein received her Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology in 1986 from Indiana University at Bloomington. Her doctoral thesis examined the role of environmental and hormonal signals in regulating gene expression and physiological changes during plant embryo maturation. As an NSF postdoctoral fellow at the Michigan State University-Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory from 1986 to 1988, she added a genetic approach, studying mutants with reduced sensitivity to the phytohormone abscisic acid. She has expanded her studies of ABA response loci since joining the UCSB faculty in 1989. Dr. Finkelstein served as a Monitoring Editor for the journal Plant Physiology from 2000-2005, and as an Associate Dean for the Division of Mathematical, Life, and Physical Sciences from 2006-2008.