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Andrew Leakey

Professor Plant Biology

UIUC

Affiliations

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

School of Integrative Biology

Department of Plant Biology

Andrew Leakey is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Professor Plant Biology at Uiuc.

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Andrew Leakey

UIUC

Professor Plant Biology

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environmental science plant physiology photosynthesis ecology plant science botany biology ecosystems greenhouse gas agricultural economics agronomy crop physiology carbon sequestration carbon allocation experimental botany biogeochemistry global change sustainable agriculture plant ecology plant metabolism photorespiration climate change plant-abiotic interaction greenhouse gas control plant genetics integrative plant biology carbon sinks phenomics plant soil terrestrial ecosystems plant stress crop improvement forest ecosystems tree physiology applied ecology global ecology functional ecology atmospheric environment crop water relation c 4 zea mays forest ecology ecohydrology biological carbon fixation greenhouse gas sequestration plant breeding crop ecology water stress plant analysis crop science experimental plant biology greenhouse gas emissions crop yields terrestrial ecosystem productivity elevated co2 carbon farming ozone layer depletion invasive species vegetation science climate-smart agriculture c4 photosynthesis drought stress biomass production soil carbon sequestration aboveground-belowground interactions biogeochemical models carbon dioxide concentration co 2 grass species elevated carbon dioxide ozone concentrations soybean grown carbon fixation yield loss carbon gain biomass sorghum carbon metabolism crop responses drought

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A Spontaneous Mutation in a Key C 4 Pathway Gene Significantly Alters Leaf δ 13 C Uncoupling Its Relationship With Wue and Photosynthetic Performance in Zea Mays. (2025)

Robert J. TwoheyJoseph D CrawfordMatthew M. RunyonJiayang XieAndrew D B LeakeyAsaph B. CousinsAnthony J. Studer

geneticsbiological carbon fixationbiologyplant scienceexperimental botanyc 4plant biotechnologycarbonic anhydrase1integrative plant biologycarbonic anhydraseplant physiologybotanygenetic variationcarbon allocationphotosynthesis

Breaking the Barrier of Human-Annotated Training Data for Machine Learning-Aided Plant Research Using Aerial Imagery. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (2025)

Sebastian VarelaXuying ZhengJoyce NjugunaErik SacksDylan AllenJeremy RuhterAndrew D B Leakey

machine learning toolscomputer sciencemachine learningesgan modeldata sciencedata annotationsensor dataimage analysisartificial intelligenceabstract machine learningmachine learning researchimage representationmachine learning modelsimage classification

Breaking the Barrier of Human-Annotated Training Data for Machine-Learning-Aided Plant Research Using Aerial Imagery. (2025)

Sebastian VarelaXuying ZhengJoyce NjugunaErik SacksDylan AllenJeremy RuhterAndrew Leakey

deep learningcomputer sciencemachine learning toolsmachine learningesgan modeldata sciencedata annotationsensor dataimage analysisartificial intelligencemachine learning researchimage representationmachine learning modelsimage classification

Constitutive Down‐Regulation of Liguleless Alleles in Sorghum Drives Increased Productivity and Water Use Efficiency. Plant Biotechnology Journal (2025)

Nikhil JaikumarTruyen QuachZhengxiang GeNatalya NersesianShirley J. SatoScott M. McCoyMing GuoAndrew D.B. LeakeyStephen P. LongTom Elmo Clemente

geneticsplant developmentbiologyplant sciencesummary plant architectureplant geneticsintegrative plant biologyerect architecture phenotypeplant physiologybotanygenetic variationplant biologyquantitative geneticscanopy photosynthesis

Drought Does Not Mitigate Reductions in Soybean Photosynthesis and Yield Caused by Elevated Ozone. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (2025)

Duncan G MartinElise K AsprayShuai LiAndrew D B LeakeyElizabeth A Ainsworth

droughtenvironmental scienceplant scienceelevated ozonesustainable agricultureagricultural economicsplant-abiotic interactionabiotic stressplant stresscrop physiologyplant physiologybotanyclimate changeecosystemssoybean photosynthesisphotosynthesis

Environmental Factors Have a Greater Influence on Photosynthetic Capacity in C4 Plants Than Biochemical Subtypes or Growth Forms. New Phytologist (2025)

Yuzhen FanDaniel W. A. NobleBelinda E. MedlynRussell K. MonsonRowan F. SageNicholas G. SmithElizabeth A. AinsworthFlorian A. BuschFlorence R. DanilaMaria ErmakovaPatrick FriesenRobert T. FurbankShu Han GanOula GhannoumDaniel M. GriffithLianhong GuVinod JacobJürgen KnauerAndrew D. B. LeakeyShuai LiDanica L. LombardozziMartha LudwigVarsha S. PathareMurilo M. PeixotoKarine PradoBalasaheb V. SonawaneChristopher J. StillSusanne von CaemmererRussell WoodfordDanielle A. Way

biologyplant scienceenvironmental scienceecologyc 4classical c 4crop physiologyplant metabolismplant physiologybotanyphotorespirationecosystemsother c 4photosynthesis

Improving Multi-Trait Genomic Prediction Efficiency Through the Incorporation of Synthetic Traits Selected Based on Co-Heritability. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)

Ashmita UpadhyayRuhana AzamMeilu YuanStefan IvanovicJohn N. FergusonRachel E. PaulOluwasanmi KoyejoMohammed El-KebirAlexander E. LipkaAndrew D. B. LeakeySamuel B. Fernandes

high-heritability secondary traitsplant biotechnologymolecular breedingagronomyquantitative geneticsgeneticspopulation geneticsgenomicsplant geneticspartial least squaresagricultural biotechnologysynthetic traitsplant genomicsplant sciencephenomicsfunctional genomicsbiostatisticsstatistical geneticsplant breedinggenetic variation

Influence of Particle Size on Nir Spectroscopic Characterization of Sorghum Biomass for the Biofuel Industry. Results in Chemistry (2025)

Ahmed, Md WadudEsquerre, Carlos A.Eilts, KristenAllen, Dylan P.McCoy, Scott M.Varela, SebastianSingh, VijayLeakey, Andrew D. B.Kamruzzaman, Mohammed

sorghum biomassbiomass (energy)environmental engineeringbiorefinery productbiofuelsbioenergybiomass conversionbiofuel industryparticle sizewood chemistrybioresource technologybiomass characterizationbiological engineering

Light-Stable, Ultrastretchable Wearable Strain Sensors for Versatile Plant Growth Monitoring. ACS Sensors (2025)

Siqing WangJanice M. BaekAllison P. LauJennifer C. QuebedeauxAndrew D.B. LeakeyYing Diao

growth rate measurementbiological engineeringsensor applicationspostharvest biologygrowth monitoringplant growth monitoringsensor designflexible sensoroptical sensorsbiomedical engineeringsensorsflexible electronicsplant physiologywearable biosensorsbiophotonicswearable technology

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

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Andrew Leakey

Professor Plant Biology

UIUC

Affiliations

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

School of Integrative Biology

Department of Plant Biology

Andrew Leakey is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Professor Plant Biology at Uiuc.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Andrew Leakey

UIUC

Professor Plant Biology

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

A Spontaneous Mutation in a Key C 4 Pathway Gene Significantly Alters Leaf δ 13 C Uncoupling Its Relationship With Wue and Photosynthetic Performance in Zea Mays. (2025)

Robert J. TwoheyJoseph D CrawfordMatthew M. RunyonJiayang XieAndrew D B LeakeyAsaph B. CousinsAnthony J. Studer

Breaking the Barrier of Human-Annotated Training Data for Machine Learning-Aided Plant Research Using Aerial Imagery. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (2025)

Sebastian VarelaXuying ZhengJoyce NjugunaErik SacksDylan AllenJeremy RuhterAndrew D B Leakey

Breaking the Barrier of Human-Annotated Training Data for Machine-Learning-Aided Plant Research Using Aerial Imagery. (2025)

Sebastian VarelaXuying ZhengJoyce NjugunaErik SacksDylan AllenJeremy RuhterAndrew Leakey

Constitutive Down‐Regulation of Liguleless Alleles in Sorghum Drives Increased Productivity and Water Use Efficiency. Plant Biotechnology Journal (2025)

Nikhil JaikumarTruyen QuachZhengxiang GeNatalya NersesianShirley J. SatoScott M. McCoyMing GuoAndrew D.B. LeakeyStephen P. LongTom Elmo Clemente

Drought Does Not Mitigate Reductions in Soybean Photosynthesis and Yield Caused by Elevated Ozone. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (2025)

Duncan G MartinElise K AsprayShuai LiAndrew D B LeakeyElizabeth A Ainsworth

Environmental Factors Have a Greater Influence on Photosynthetic Capacity in C4 Plants Than Biochemical Subtypes or Growth Forms. New Phytologist (2025)

biologyplant scienceenvironmental scienceecologyc 4classical c 4crop physiologyplant metabolismplant physiologybotanyphotorespirationecosystemsother c 4photosynthesis

Improving Multi-Trait Genomic Prediction Efficiency Through the Incorporation of Synthetic Traits Selected Based on Co-Heritability. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)

Ashmita UpadhyayRuhana AzamMeilu YuanStefan IvanovicJohn N. FergusonRachel E. PaulOluwasanmi KoyejoMohammed El-KebirAlexander E. LipkaAndrew D. B. LeakeySamuel B. Fernandes

Influence of Particle Size on Nir Spectroscopic Characterization of Sorghum Biomass for the Biofuel Industry. Results in Chemistry (2025)

Ahmed, Md WadudEsquerre, Carlos A.Eilts, KristenAllen, Dylan P.McCoy, Scott M.Varela, SebastianSingh, VijayLeakey, Andrew D. B.Kamruzzaman, Mohammed

Light-Stable, Ultrastretchable Wearable Strain Sensors for Versatile Plant Growth Monitoring. ACS Sensors (2025)

Siqing WangJanice M. BaekAllison P. LauJennifer C. QuebedeauxAndrew D.B. LeakeyYing Diao

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

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