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Don Ort

Professor Emeritus

UIUC

Affiliations

College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Crop Sciences

Department of Crop Sciences

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

School of Integrative Biology

Department of Plant Biology

Don Ort is currently serving as a College Of Agricultural, Consumer And Environmental Sciences Professor Emeritus at Uiuc.

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Don Ort

UIUC

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photosynthesis plant physiology botany plant science environmental science biology biochemistry plant metabolism photobiology ecology photochemistry crop physiology photorespiration greenhouse gas biosynthesis bioenergetics experimental botany plant biochemistry sustainable agriculture agronomy plant cells plant-abiotic interaction plant molecular biology ecosystems carbon sequestration climate change carbon allocation plant stress redox biology molecular metabolism photoprotection integrative plant biology plant biotechnology photomorphogenesis mechanistic photochemistry climate-smart agriculture biological carbon fixation biological chemistry crop production phytochrome leaf photosynthesis co 2 bioresource technology sustainable crop production atmospheric environment cell metabolism crop yields climatic change phototropin ozone layer depletion energy crops circadian rhythm membrane transport plant ecology carbon dioxide canopy photosynthesis c 4 atp formation plant proteomics quantum biology atmospheric photochemistry cellular enzymology terrestrial ecosystem productivity net photosynthesis electron transport carbon sinks greenhouse gas sequestration carbon farming water stress co2 assimilation plant productivity electron transport complexes atmospheric co 2 crop photosynthesis leaf hydraulic conductance photosynthesis research drought photosynthetic performance plant growth carbon dioxide levels

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

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Bioconversion of Co2 Into Valuable Bioproducts via Synthetic Modular Co-Culture of Engineered Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii and Escherichia Coli. Metabolic Engineering (2025)

Nam Kyu KangHyun Gi KohYujung ChoiHyunjun MinDonald R OrtYong-Su Jin

biological carbon fixationbioproductsprocess biochemistrymicrobiologysynthetic biologysynthetic modular co-culturebioelectrochemical reactorbiofuelsbioenergybioenergeticsbiomanufacturingmicrobial cell factorychlamydomonas reinhardtiibiotechnologyescherichia colibioresource technologybiological engineering

Phylogenetic Diversity of Light Dependent Phosphorylation of Thr78 in Rubisco Activase. Journal of Experimental Botany (2025)

Nikita BhatnagarSarah S ChungJohn HodgeSang Yeol KimMia SandsAndrew D B LeakeyDonald R OrtSteven Burgess

biosynthesisplant biochemistrybiologyplant cellsplant molecular biologybiochemistrymolecular biologyplant speciesplant metabolismplant physiologybotanythreonine 78phylogenetic diversityenzymes

Safeguarding Crop Photosynthesis in a Rapidly Warming World. Science (2025)

Carl J. BernacchiStephen P. LongDonald R. Ort

biologyplant sciencecrop photosynthesiswarming worldmolecular biologyextreme environmentsplant stressplant metabolismbiotechnologybotanyplant physiologyglobal warmingglobal change biologymetabolic engineeringphotosynthesis

Bioconversion of Co2 Into Valuable Bioproducts via a Synthetic Modular Co-Culture of Engineered Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii and Escherichia Coli. (2024)

Nam Kyu KangHyun Gi KohDonald Richard OrtYong-Su Jin

energy biotechnologybioenergeticsbiological carbon fixationbioproductsmicrobiologysynthetic modular co-culturebiofuelsbioenergybiological engineeringprocess biochemistrybiochemical engineeringbiomanufacturingmicrobial cell factorybiotechnologybioresource technologybiosynthesisalgal researchengineered chlamydomonas reinhardtiiescherichia colienvironmental biotechnologymetabolic engineering

Insights Into Vem and Correlative Nanoscopy at Uiuc. Microscopy and Microanalysis (2024)

Kingsley A BoatengMoon-Sub LeeMahmoud A MahrousSeyed Alireza Zamani-DahajReza Rajabi-ToustaniHuanyu QiaoIwona JasiukDonald R OrtWilliam C RatcliffGlenn Fried

nanoparticle researchphysicsnanotechnologynanometrologynanoscale sciencemicroscopynanomaterialsapplied physicsinsights into vem

Perspectives on Improving Photosynthesis to Increase Crop Yield. The Plant Cell (2024)

Roberta CroceElizabete Carmo-SilvaYoung B ChoMaria ErmakovaJeremy HarbinsonTracy LawsonAlistair J McCormickKrishna K NiyogiDonald R OrtDhruv Patel-TupperPaolo PesaresiChristine RainesAndreas P M WeberXin-Guang Zhu

biological carbon fixationcanopy photosynthesiscarbon sequestrationcarbon captureenvironmental scienceecologyphotosynthesis improvementcarbon dioxidebioenergeticsplant metabolismplant physiologyphotobiologyphotosynthesis

Shortcutting Photorespiration Protects Potato Photosynthesis and Tuber Yield Against Heatwave Stress. Global Change Biology (2024)

Katherine Meacham‐HensoldAmanda P. CavanaghPeyton SorensenPaul F. SouthJessica FowlerRyan BoydJooyeon JeongSteven BurgessSamantha StutzRyan N. DilgerMoonsub LeeNicholas FerrariJustin LarkinDonald R. Ort

potato tuber massbiologyplant scienceenvironmental sciencetransformed plantsbioenergyagricultural economicscrop physiologyplant metabolismplant physiologybotanyphotorespirationsustainable agriculturetuber biomassphotosynthesis

The Role of Phosphorylation and Dephosphorylation in the Regulation of Rubisco Activase. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

Nikita BhatnagarSarah S. ChungJohn HodgeRyan A BoydSang Yeol KimMia SandsAndrew D. B. LeakeyDonald R. OrtSteven Burgess

plant biochemistrybiologyc4 grass speciesplant cellsplant molecular biologybiochemistrymolecular biologyplant speciesplant metabolismplant physiologythreonine 78molecular and cellular biologyenzymesphotosynthesis

Exploring 3D Leaf Anatomical Traits for C 4 Photosynthesis: Chloroplast and Plasmodesmata Pit Field Size in Maize and Sugarcane. New Phytologist (2023)

Moon‐Sub LeeRyan A. BoydKingsley A. BoatengDonald R. Ort

biologycell volumeplant scienceplant cellssurface areaplant pathologyc 4plant physiologybotanycell biologyplant biologyplant histologyplant cytologyphotosynthesis

Impact of Pod and Seed Photosynthesis on Seed Filling and Canopy Carbon Gain in Soybean. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (2023)

Young B ChoSamantha S StutzSarah I JonesYu WangElena A PelechDonald R Ort

biologycarbon sequestrationplant scienceenvironmental scienceecologyseed photosynthesisleaf photosynthesisbiogeochemistrycrop physiologyplant metabolismplant physiologybotanysoybean podcarbon allocationphotosynthesis

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Don Ort

Professor Emeritus

UIUC

Affiliations

College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Crop Sciences

Department of Crop Sciences

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

School of Integrative Biology

Department of Plant Biology

Don Ort is currently serving as a College Of Agricultural, Consumer And Environmental Sciences Professor Emeritus at Uiuc.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Don Ort

UIUC

Professor Emeritus

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Bioconversion of Co2 Into Valuable Bioproducts via Synthetic Modular Co-Culture of Engineered Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii and Escherichia Coli. Metabolic Engineering (2025)

Nam Kyu KangHyun Gi KohYujung ChoiHyunjun MinDonald R OrtYong-Su Jin

Phylogenetic Diversity of Light Dependent Phosphorylation of Thr78 in Rubisco Activase. Journal of Experimental Botany (2025)

Nikita BhatnagarSarah S ChungJohn HodgeSang Yeol KimMia SandsAndrew D B LeakeyDonald R OrtSteven Burgess

biosynthesisplant biochemistrybiologyplant cellsplant molecular biologybiochemistrymolecular biologyplant speciesplant metabolismplant physiologybotanythreonine 78phylogenetic diversityenzymes

Safeguarding Crop Photosynthesis in a Rapidly Warming World. Science (2025)

Carl J. BernacchiStephen P. LongDonald R. Ort

Bioconversion of Co2 Into Valuable Bioproducts via a Synthetic Modular Co-Culture of Engineered Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii and Escherichia Coli. (2024)

Nam Kyu KangHyun Gi KohDonald Richard OrtYong-Su Jin

Insights Into Vem and Correlative Nanoscopy at Uiuc. Microscopy and Microanalysis (2024)

Kingsley A BoatengMoon-Sub LeeMahmoud A MahrousSeyed Alireza Zamani-DahajReza Rajabi-ToustaniHuanyu QiaoIwona JasiukDonald R OrtWilliam C RatcliffGlenn Fried

nanoparticle researchphysicsnanotechnologynanometrologynanoscale sciencemicroscopynanomaterialsapplied physicsinsights into vem

Perspectives on Improving Photosynthesis to Increase Crop Yield. The Plant Cell (2024)

Shortcutting Photorespiration Protects Potato Photosynthesis and Tuber Yield Against Heatwave Stress. Global Change Biology (2024)

The Role of Phosphorylation and Dephosphorylation in the Regulation of Rubisco Activase. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

Nikita BhatnagarSarah S. ChungJohn HodgeRyan A BoydSang Yeol KimMia SandsAndrew D. B. LeakeyDonald R. OrtSteven Burgess

Exploring 3D Leaf Anatomical Traits for C 4 Photosynthesis: Chloroplast and Plasmodesmata Pit Field Size in Maize and Sugarcane. New Phytologist (2023)

Moon‐Sub LeeRyan A. BoydKingsley A. BoatengDonald R. Ort

biologycell volumeplant scienceplant cellssurface areaplant pathologyc 4plant physiologybotanycell biologyplant biologyplant histologyplant cytologyphotosynthesis

Impact of Pod and Seed Photosynthesis on Seed Filling and Canopy Carbon Gain in Soybean. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (2023)

Young B ChoSamantha S StutzSarah I JonesYu WangElena A PelechDonald R Ort

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