Our research focuses on probing plant life by developing simple and powerful systems and tools combined with innovative experimental approaches to unravel diverse plant signal transduction pathways and regulatory networks. Our interests extend from discovering plant sensors/receptors to elucidating signaling networks central to nutrient, energy, and metabolic homeostasis, innate immunity, stress adaptation, stem-cell-niche communication, cell fate specification, plant shape, and architecture determination, as well as plant cell reprogramming and regeneration. Our research investigations are guided by curiosity and the desire to use green plants as versatile and fascinating model systems for discovering fundamental principles in the regulatory networks of living organisms as well as finding solutions towards mitigating challenges brought on by global climate change.