About The Speaker

Dr. Verhoef is assistant professor at the department of Soil and Crop Sciences at Texas A&M University. Since 2002 he has worked on high-resolution XUV spectroscopy, laser development, attosecond physics and nonlinear optics and microscopy. His mission at Texas A&M University is to accelerate translation of optical technology to plant biology and agriculture.

Event Details

I will discuss our most recent experimental results from a few different experiments. First, I will show how we use simultaneous 2- and 3 photon imaging to study the biology of anti-fungal compounds produced by soil bacteria, followed by results on the development of super-resolution multiphoton microscopy. Second, I will discuss the use of Raman micro-spectroscopy in the study of plant physiology, especially to characterize the regulation of nitrate in arabidopsis roots. Last, I will show how combined Raman and OCT measurements provide a means to evaluate individual cotton seed viability.