Department Chair Sheng Luan Chancellor's Professor and Chair, Department of Plant & Microbial Biology sluan@Berkeley.edu Department Associate Chair Britt A. Glaunsinger Professor, Plant & Microbial Biology, Associate Chair glaunsinger@berkeley.edu Equity Advisor(s) Mary C. Wildermuth Associate Professor, Plant & Microbial Biology mwildermuth@berkeley.edu Michi Taga Professor, Plant & Microbial Biology taga@berkeley.edu Head Grad Advisor Arash Komeili Professor, Plant & Microbial Biology komeili@berkeley.edu GSI Advisor Kathleen Ryan Associate Professor, Plant & Microbial Biology krr@berkeley.edu