Anthony Joseph Studer

Anthony Joseph Studer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He holds additional affiliations with the Center for Digital Agriculture, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), and the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology. His research focuses on plant genetics, photosynthesis mechanisms, and crop adaptation.

• Key research areas: Plant genetics, C4 photosynthesis, maize domestication, genomic biology
• Recent work explores rhizosphere microbiomes, stomatal physiology, and genetic diversity in popcorn germplasm