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Associate Professor of Plant Science and Technology

Associate Member and Principle Investigator, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Erin Sparks

College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

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Erin Sparks

Biography

Erin Sparks has a BS in Biomedical Engineering, a PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology, and Postdoctoral experience in Plant Molecular Biology. Sparks’ research uses interdisciplinary and multi-scale approaches to optimize plant resilience under abiotic and biotic stressors. She was a faculty member at the Delaware Biotechnology Institute and the University of Delaware for 8 years. Sparks joined the University of Missouri as a joint faculty member with the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in 2025.