trueCollege of Natural Science,Plant Biology02/15/2023Andrea Case named chair of MSU's Department of Plant Biology

Andrea Case has been appointed chair of the Michigan State University Department of Plant Biology in the College of Natural Science. Case came to MSU in January from Kent State University, where she was a professor in the Biological Sciences Department. In addition to her duties as department chair, Case has relocated her research group to MSU and will continue her work, which focuses on the evolution of reproductive systems in flowering plants.  

Kathleen VanderveldeProfessor Andrea L. Case and members of her Plant Evolutionary Ecology Lab study the evolution of reproductive systems in flowering plants. The Case lab is particularly interested in understanding sexual diversity – for example, why some groups of organisms are hermaphrodites while others are predominantly composed of males and females. Pictured here is a silhouette of Lobelia, a genus of flowering plants comprising 415 species with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world. Professor Andrea L. Case and members of her Plant Evolutionary Ecology Lab study the evolution of reproductive systems in flowering plants. The Case lab is particularly interested in understanding sexual diversity – for example, why some groups of organisms are hermaphrodites while others are predominantly composed of males and females. Department Chairplant biology