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Katy Denise Heath

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UIUC

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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

School of Integrative Biology

Department of Plant Biology

Katy Denise Heath is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Professor at Uiuc.

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biology evolutionary biology symbiosis microbial ecology ecology plant-rhizobia interaction plant-microbe interactions plant science molecular ecology genetics coevolution functional ecology rhizosphere ecology evolution molecular plant-microbe interactions evolutionary ecology genome biology fungal ecology mutualism (biology) genetic variation molecular evolution community (ecology) evolutionary applications plant physiology ecosystems adaptation molecular plant pathology soil biology evolutionary microbiology plant soil mutualistic interactions biotic interactions soil microbiology quaternary science plant genomics forest ecology microbial diversity partner quality variation legume hosts partner quality forest ecosystems plant-parasite coevolution natural selection plant genetics forest microbiome microbial genetics fitness benefits model legume discordant population structure plant metabolism plant biochemistry vegetation history evolutionary game theory evolutionary theory biological evolution specie interaction evolutionary significance plant reproduction plant-animal interactions genetic diversity population genomics forest biomass plant ecology comparative genomics host genetics wood decomposition divided genomes plant molecular biology cam photosynthesis pineapple cam photosynthesis pineapple genome climate refugia joint inference less-cooperative rhizobia long-term nitrogen addition global nitrogen evolutionary responses plant diversity global change integrative plant biology

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Dominant Foliar Endophytes Influence Soybean Yield and Transcriptome. FEMS Microbiology Ecology (2025)

Ivan Sosa MarquezKarla GriesbaumLindsay V ClarkElizabeth A AinsworthNatalie ChristianKaty D Heath

symbiosismolecular plant pathologysoybean leavessoybean growthgeneticsbiologymicrobial ecologyplant physiologyrhizospheremolecular plant-microbe interactionsendophyte researchmicroorganismsplant-microbe interactionsplant scienceplant endophytesmicrobiologysoil biologyinfluence soybean yield

Mobile Gene Clusters and Coexpressed Plant–Rhizobium Pathways Drive Partner Quality Variation in Symbiosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025)

Muhammad Rizwan RiazIvan Sosa MarquezHanna LindgrenGarrett LevinRebecca DoyleMario Cerón RomeroJulia C. PaoliJenny DrnevichChristopher J. FieldsBarney A. GeddesAmy Marshall-ColónKaty D. Heath

genomicssymbiosisgenome biologymolecular plant pathologyplant genomicspartner qualityfunctional genomicspartner quality variationgeneticsbiologymicrobial ecologymolecular ecologyrhizospherelegume hostsmolecular plant-microbe interactionsplant-rhizobia interactionplant-microbe interactionsmicrobiology

Co-Inoculation With Novel Nodule-Inhabiting Bacteria Reduces the Benefits of Legume–Rhizobium Symbiosis. Canadian Journal of Microbiology (2024)

James C. KosmopoulosRebecca T. Batstone-DoyleKaty D. Heath

symbiosisnre strainfitness benefitsbiologyoccupy nodulesmicrobial ecologyplant soilrhizospheremicroorganismsplant-microbe interactionsbacteriaplant-rhizobia interactionsoil microbiologymicrobiologysoil biology

Conventional Management Has a Greater Negative Impact on Phaseolus Vulgaris L. Rhizobia Diversity and Abundance Than Water Scarcity. Frontiers in Plant Science (2024)

Arantza del-CantoAlvaro Sanz-SaezKaty D. HeathMichael A. GrilloJónathan HerasMaite Lacuesta

symbiosisconventional managementagronomymicrobial ecologyrhizosphereplant-rhizobia interactionplant scienceclimate changemicrobiologyagricultural economicsplant genotype

Plasmid Transmission Dynamics and Evolution of Partner Quality in a Natural Population of Rhizobium Leguminosarum. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

David Vereau GorbitzChase SchwarzJohn G McMullenMario Cerón-RomeroRebecca T. DoyleJennifer A LauRachel J WhitakerCarin K VanderpoolKaty Heath

genomicssymbiosisgenome biologymolecular plant pathologyreference-quality genomespartner qualitygeneticsbiologymicrobial ecologymolecular ecologymicrobial geneticsevolutionary microbiologymolecular plant-microbe interactionsplasmid transmission dynamicsmolecular evolutionplant-microbe interactionsmicrobiology

Agrochemical Inputs and Management Have a Greater Impact on Common Bean Rhizobia Diversity Than Drought. Research Square (Research Square) (2023)

Arantza del CantoMichael A. GrilloKaty D. HeathÁlvaro Sanz Saez de JaureguiJonathan HerasMaite Lacuesta

nodule bacteriadroughtsoilsustainable agricultureagronomysoil biologymicrobial ecologyrhizospheresoil rhizobiaagrochemical inputsplant-soil interactionsplant-rhizobia interactionecologyplant soilagricultural economics

Farm Management Has a Greater Impact on Common Bean Rhizobia Diversity and Abundance Than Rainfed Treatment. Research Square (Research Square) (2023)

Arantza del CantoKaty Denise HeathMichael GrilloJonathan HerasMaite LacuestaAlvaro Sanz Saez

droughtsoilsustainable agricultureagronomysoil biologymicrobial ecologyplant soilrhizospheresoil rhizobiarainfed treatmentplant-soil interactionsplant-rhizobia interactionfarm managementmicrobiologyagricultural economics

Assembly of Wood-Inhabiting Archaeal, Bacterial and Fungal Communities Along a Salinity Gradient: Common Taxa Are Broadly Distributed but Locally Abundant in Preferred Habitats. FEMS Microbiology Ecology (2022)

Astrid FerrerKaty D HeathSergio L MosqueraYaraví SuarézJames W Dalling

microbial diversitybranch woodfungal ecologyforest microbiomeaquatic ecosystemsenvironmental microbiologymicrobial ecologywood decompositionmicroorganismsecologymicrobiologyfungal communities

Combining Gwas and Population Genomic Analyses to Characterize Coevolution in a Legume‐Rhizobia Symbiosis. Molecular Ecology (2022)

Brendan EpsteinLiana T. BurghardtKaty D. HeathMichael A. GrilloAdam KostaneckiTuomas HämäläNevin D. YoungPeter Tiffin

genomicssymbiosisgenome biologymolecular plant pathologylegume‐rhizobia symbiosisgeneticsgenetic variationbiologymolecular ecologyassociation analysisevolutionary microbiologymolecular plant-microbe interactionsmolecular evolutionplant-rhizobia interactionplant-microbe interactionstwo-species association analysisevolutionary biology

Contemporary Evolution Rivals the Effects of Rhizobium Presence on Community and Ecosystem Properties in Experimental Mesocosms. Oecologia (2022)

Jennifer A. LauMark D. HammondJennifer E. SchmidtDylan J. WeeseWendy H. YangKaty D. Heath

symbiosisecology evolutioncontemporary evolutionecosystem interactionsecosystemsbiologyfunctional ecologymicrobial ecologycommunity (ecology)rhizosphererhizobium presenceecology and evolutionary biologyexperimental mesocosmsapplied ecologyecologyevolutionary biology

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Katy Denise Heath

Professor

UIUC

Affiliations

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

School of Integrative Biology

Department of Plant Biology

Katy Denise Heath is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Professor at Uiuc.

Honors

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Experiences

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Katy Denise Heath

UIUC

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Dominant Foliar Endophytes Influence Soybean Yield and Transcriptome. FEMS Microbiology Ecology (2025)

Ivan Sosa MarquezKarla GriesbaumLindsay V ClarkElizabeth A AinsworthNatalie ChristianKaty D Heath

Mobile Gene Clusters and Coexpressed Plant–Rhizobium Pathways Drive Partner Quality Variation in Symbiosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025)

Muhammad Rizwan RiazIvan Sosa MarquezHanna LindgrenGarrett LevinRebecca DoyleMario Cerón RomeroJulia C. PaoliJenny DrnevichChristopher J. FieldsBarney A. GeddesAmy Marshall-ColónKaty D. Heath

Co-Inoculation With Novel Nodule-Inhabiting Bacteria Reduces the Benefits of Legume–Rhizobium Symbiosis. Canadian Journal of Microbiology (2024)

James C. KosmopoulosRebecca T. Batstone-DoyleKaty D. Heath

Conventional Management Has a Greater Negative Impact on Phaseolus Vulgaris L. Rhizobia Diversity and Abundance Than Water Scarcity. Frontiers in Plant Science (2024)

Arantza del-CantoAlvaro Sanz-SaezKaty D. HeathMichael A. GrilloJónathan HerasMaite Lacuesta

symbiosisconventional managementagronomymicrobial ecologyrhizosphereplant-rhizobia interactionplant scienceclimate changemicrobiologyagricultural economicsplant genotype

Plasmid Transmission Dynamics and Evolution of Partner Quality in a Natural Population of Rhizobium Leguminosarum. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

David Vereau GorbitzChase SchwarzJohn G McMullenMario Cerón-RomeroRebecca T. DoyleJennifer A LauRachel J WhitakerCarin K VanderpoolKaty Heath

Agrochemical Inputs and Management Have a Greater Impact on Common Bean Rhizobia Diversity Than Drought. Research Square (Research Square) (2023)

Arantza del CantoMichael A. GrilloKaty D. HeathÁlvaro Sanz Saez de JaureguiJonathan HerasMaite Lacuesta

Farm Management Has a Greater Impact on Common Bean Rhizobia Diversity and Abundance Than Rainfed Treatment. Research Square (Research Square) (2023)

Arantza del CantoKaty Denise HeathMichael GrilloJonathan HerasMaite LacuestaAlvaro Sanz Saez

Astrid FerrerKaty D HeathSergio L MosqueraYaraví SuarézJames W Dalling

microbial diversitybranch woodfungal ecologyforest microbiomeaquatic ecosystemsenvironmental microbiologymicrobial ecologywood decompositionmicroorganismsecologymicrobiologyfungal communities

Combining Gwas and Population Genomic Analyses to Characterize Coevolution in a Legume‐Rhizobia Symbiosis. Molecular Ecology (2022)

Brendan EpsteinLiana T. BurghardtKaty D. HeathMichael A. GrilloAdam KostaneckiTuomas HämäläNevin D. YoungPeter Tiffin

Contemporary Evolution Rivals the Effects of Rhizobium Presence on Community and Ecosystem Properties in Experimental Mesocosms. Oecologia (2022)

Jennifer A. LauMark D. HammondJennifer E. SchmidtDylan J. WeeseWendy H. YangKaty D. Heath

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