Serena Lotreck

Serena Lotreck is a Researcher at the MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University. She uses computational techniques to explore plant biology, with a focus on desiccation tolerance and photorespiration. Pronouns: she/hers. Contact: lotrecks@msu.edu. Location: 106 Plant Biology Lab.

• Ph.D. in Plant Biology (2024), Michigan State University
• B.A. in Biochemistry (2019), Cornell University

Serena's research bridges data science and plant biology. Her doctoral work leveraged machine learning from Natural Language Processing (NLP) to generate hypotheses about desiccation tolerance mechanisms. As a postdoc, she studies photorespiration using transcriptomic, proteomic data, and metabolic flux analysis. Her interdisciplinary approach emphasizes computational modeling and data integration.

Recent publications highlight her focus on computational methods in plant sciences, including knowledge graphs, multi-omics data fusion, and NLP-based literature analysis. These works span desiccation tolerance, genetic redundancy, and trait prediction.

Serena contributes to the Walker Lab at Michigan State University, advancing computational frameworks for plant biology research.