Charles T. Anderson

　　Title: PhD, Professor

　　Address: Assistant Professor of Biology·The Pennsylvania State University

　　201 Huck Life Sciences Building · University Park, PA 16802 USA · (814) 863-4736 · cta3@psu.edu

　　Education Background:

　　PhD Cell and Molecular Biology, Stanford University   Jan 2008

　　BS   Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill    Apr 2002  summa cum laude, with Honors

　　Working Experience:

　　Assistant Professor  Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University Dec 2011 - present     Research Focus: Cell Wall Dynamics in Plants Using the Arabidopsis thaliana   and Brachypodium distachyon Model Systems

　　Postdoctoral Research   Energy Biosciences Institute, University of California Berkeley Feb 2008 - Nov 2011 Postdoctoral Research: Cell Wall Expansion and Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana Advisor: Chris Somerville           

　　PhD   Department of Biology, Stanford University Sep 2002 - Jan 2008   Thesis Research: Biogenesis and Function of Primary Cilia in Mammalian Cells     Advisor: Tim Stearns

　　Undergraduate   Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Aug 1998 - May 2002       Honors Thesis Research: Characterization of p120catenin in Drosophila Advisor: Mark Peifer

　　Research Interests:

　　My laboratory studies the dynamics of plant cell walls, including their synthesis, modification, degradation, and recycling, with the goal of informing efforts to sustainably produce food, materials, and bioenergy from plants. My current research interests include the trafficking of cellulose synthase and de novo cell wall formation during cytokinesis in plant cells, the functions of pectin-degrading enzymes in plant cell growth and organ development, functional interactions between pectins and cellulose during cell wall synthesis and modification, the identification and characterization of new genes involved in cell wall expansion using activation tag screening, and tracking wall component delivery and dynamics in living plant cells using click chemistry-based metabolic labeling.

　　Honors and Professional Activities:

　　Tombros Fellow of the Center for Excellence in Science Education   2015

　　National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship   2002-05

　　Stanford Graduate Fellowship  2002-05

　　Highest Honors in Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill  2002

　　H.V.P. Wilson Award for research in cellular and molecular biology 2002

　　Pfizer Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship  2001

　　Thompson Undergraduate Research Award  2000

　　American Society for Cell Biology, member since 2003 American Society of Plant Biologists, member since 2011

　　Reviewer for Nature Plants, Developmental Cell, Current Biology, Plant Cell , Plant Physiology , The Plant Journal , BMC Plant Biology , Journal of Experimental Botany , Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, Plant and Cell Physiology , Planta , PLOS ONE , and Frontiers in Plant Science

　　Editorial Reviewer for Frontiers in Plant Science