AVERY, Paul
University of Florida · Physics
Active 1950–2025
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About
Paul Avery is a professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Florida, holding a PhD from the University of Illinois obtained in 1980. His research interests include experimental high energy physics, with active participation in the CLEO experiment at Cornell University and the CMS experiment at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. Dr. Avery's work also encompasses the study of decays of heavy quarks, and he has a strong focus on software development, including object-oriented methods and fitting algorithms. Additionally, he is involved in computing, particularly distributed computing and Computational Grids, and is currently engaged in a major grid initiative called GriPhyN. He is affiliated with the Institute for High Energy Physics and Astrophysics (IHEPA), where his office is located at 2029 NPB 352, and can be contacted via phone at 352.392.9264 or email at avery@ufl.edu.
Research topics
- Biology
- Cell biology
- Genetics
- Geology
- Environmental science
- Astronomy
- Astrobiology
- Ecology
- Earth science
- Neuroscience
Selected publications
Communications Biology · 2022 · 88 citations
The extent to which plants can enhance human life support on other worlds depends on the ability of plants to thrive in extraterrestrial environments using in-situ resources. Using samples from Apollo 11, 12, and 17, we show that the terrestrial plant Arabidopsis thaliana germinates and grows in diverse lunar regoliths. However, our results show that growth is challenging; the lunar regolith plants were slow to develop and many showed severe stress morphologies. Moreover, all plants grown in lun…
Root Skewing-Associated Genes Impact the Spaceflight Response of Arabidopsis thaliana
Frontiers in Plant Science · 2020 · 49 citations
responses suggests that the loss of SKU5 initiates a much more complex, deeper and more stress related response to spaceflight. This suggests that proper SKU5 function is important to spaceflight adaptation.
Frontiers in Plant Science · 2021 · 26 citations
results in poor development in spaceflight grown plants, together with a diminished, dramatically reprogrammed transcriptomic response.
Frontiers in Plant Science · 2023-11-27 · 21 citations
articleOpen accessSpaceflight presents a unique environment with complex stressors, including microgravity and radiation, that can influence plant physiology at molecular levels. Combining transcriptomics and proteomics approaches, this research gives insights into the coordination of transcriptome and proteome in Arabidopsis’ molecular and physiological responses to Spaceflight environmental stress. Arabidopsis seedlings were germinated and grown in microgravity (µ g ) aboard the International Space Station (ISS…
Effects of oxygen fertilization on damage reduction in flooded snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
Scientific Reports · 2022-03-11 · 9 citations
articleOpen accessAbstract Flooding is one of the major abiotic stresses for vegetable production in Florida. Hydroponic and pot trials were conducted with snap bean to evaluate the effects of oxygen fertilization on the biochemical and physiological status of flooded snap bean plants. There were three treatments in the hydroponic trials were: (1) flooded (control), (2) bubble aeration with ambient air, and (3) hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) applied at the beginning of the trial. Plant health was evaluated by deter…
Frequent coauthors
- 157 shared
Robert J. Ferl
University of Florida
- 21 shared
Mingqi Zhou
University of Florida
- 21 shared
Natasha Sng
- 18 shared
Agata K. Żupańska
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
- 15 shared
Jordan Callaham
University of Florida
- 14 shared
Andrew C. Schuerger
University of Florida
- 11 shared
Eric R. Schultz
University of Minnesota
- 9 shared
Collin LeFrois
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