Thomas LeustekProf. Dr. Thomas Leustek currently serves as the Dean of Academic Programs at the Rutgers University School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and a Professor in the Department of Plant Biology. He earned his Ph.D. from Rutgers University-Newar and carried out postdoctoral studies as a fellow at the Roche Institute of Molecular Biology. Dr. Leustek was initially appointed Assistant Professor at Rutgers University in the Center for Agriculture Biotechnology and continued his research in the Plant Biology department. He has published 97 peer-reviewed articles in leading scientific journals. His research has focused on plant and microbial metabolism, intermediary metabolism, sulphur metabolism, mineral nutrition, nutrient sensing, and metabolic engineering. He has used post-genomic tools, primarily with the Arabidopsis thaliana model, to understand how plants coordinate metabolism during growth and development and how plants sense and respond to nutrient levels in their environment. He has served as a reviewer for 63 journals and agencies. Since 2008, he has served on the Journal of Biological Chemistry editorial board. Read More Read Less