Faculty Member

Yu-Ya Liang

Education

PhD, Texas A&M University, 2019

Major: Plant Breeding

Teaching

BIOL 1610

College Biology I, Fall 2025

BIOL 3100

Introduction to Data Analysis for Biologists, Fall 2025

BOT 3500

Mycology, Fall 2025

BOT 3340

Plant Biology, Fall 2025

BOT 490R

Special Topics in Botany, Summer 2025

BIOL 1610

College Biology I BB, Spring 2025

BIOL 3100

Introduction to Data Analysis for Biologists, Spring 2025

BOT 2400

Plant Kingdom BB, Spring 2025

BOT 3710

Plant Propagation, Spring 2025

BIOL 489R

Student Research, Spring 2025

Presentations

Palmer, Dalton (Presenter & Author), Redd, Jeremy (Author Only), Liang, Yu-Ya (Author Only), ASHS Annual Conference, "Comparative observation of trichome type and density in Solanum spp. Using scanning electron microscopy", American Society for Horticultural Science, New Orleans, Louisiana. (July, 2025)
Todd, Stirling (Presenter & Author), Rotter, Michael (Author Only), Hjelmen, Carl (Author Only), Liang, Yu-Ya (Author Only), ASHS Annual Conference, "Optimization of genome size estimation protocol for thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)", American Society for Horticultural Science, New Orleans, Louisiana. (July, 2025)
Baum, Abbigale (Presenter & Author), Liang, Yu-Ya (Author Only), Rotter, Michael (Author Only), Botany Annual Meeting, "Concentration of phenolic compounds in Populus (salicaceae).", Botanical Society of America, Palm Springs, CA. (July, 2025)
Liang, Yu-Ya (Presenter & Author), Hansen, Zoe (Author Only), Davila, Jaime (Author Only), Bioinformatics and Computational Biology in the Liberal Arts, "Using AI/LLMs in the classroom ", Carleton College, Northfield, MN. (June, 2025)
Johnson, Aubrilin (Presenter & Author), Liang, Yu-Ya (Author Only), Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, "Optimizing Tissue Culture for Germination and Growth of Drought-Tolerant Wild Tomato", Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT. (February 28, 2025)
Lazarte, Laureana (Presenter & Author), Laney, Alma (Author Only), Liang, Yu-Ya (Author Only), Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, "Phenotypic variation in brassica species_ impact on resistance mechanisms", Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT. (February 28, 2025)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Mustahsan, Wardah K, Liang, Yu-Ya , Mohammed, Abdul R, Johnson, Charles D, Septiningsih, Endang M, Tarpley, Lee , Thomson , Michael J, (2024) "Transcriptome profiling of two rice varieties reveals their molecular responses under high night-time temperature" . https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0311746