Research
Availability of water and plant nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus is the major limitation for plant growth in most natural and...
Teaching
Summer 2026 Genetics BIOL2490 Spring 2026 Special Topics: Bioinformatics BIOL4490/5490 Genetics BIOL2490 Fall 2025 Genetics BIOL2490 Summer 2025 Genetics BIOL2490 Spring 2025 Experimental Molecular Biology BIOL4431/5431 Fall 2024 Genetics BIOL2490 Spring 2024 Genetics BIOL2490 Fall 2023 Genetics BIOL2490 Spring 2023 Experimental Molecular Biology BIOL4431/5431 Fall 2022 Genetics BIOL2490 Spring 2022 Genetics BIOL2490 Fall 2021 Genetics BIOL2490 Spring 2021 Genetics BIOL2490 S
Selected Publications, Presentations, and Student Research Highlights
Publications Degon, Z., Dixon, S., Rahmatallah, Y., Galloway, M., Gulutzo, S., Price, H., Cook, J., Glazko, G., Mukherjee, A. (2023), Azospirillum brasilense improves rice growth under salt stress by regulating the expression of key genes involved in salt stress response, abscisic acid signaling, and nutrient transport, among others. Frontiers in Agronomy, 5, 1216503. Mukherjee, A. (2022), What do we know from the transcriptomic studies investigating the interactions between
Awards and Research Support
Selected Awards and Honors Winner, Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Award, UCA, August, 2020 Winner, Faculty External Funding Impact Award, UCA, August, 2019 Finalist (Top 3), Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Award, UCA, August, 2019 Finalist (Top 3), Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Award, UCA, April, 2018 Outstanding Young Scientist poster award on behalf of the Journal of Applied and Environmental Microbiology in the area of Symbiosi
Lab Members
Principal Investigator Arijit Mukherjee, Ph.D. Current Graduate Students Brianna Loughran Current Undergraduate Students Elizabeth Armstrong (Fall 2025- present) Michael Krause (Spring 2026 - present) Aleksandr Lazarev (Spring 2026 - present) Jayden Patel (Spring 2026 - present) Kayci Smock (Spring 2026 - present) Olivia Oury (Spring 2026 - present) Emma Frazier (Spring 2026 - present) Ella Layzell (Fall 2026 - present) Kathryn Mizell (Fall 2026 - present) Past Graduate Stud
Professional Service
Administrative Service NIH-INBRE (IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence) PUI Faculty Liaison, University of Central Arkansas,...
