Join Us

If you are a highly motivated student interested in iron homeostasis, molecular biology, and/or plant biology, our lab could be a great fit for you. There are many ways to get involved:

During the semester

  • Senior Honors Theses provide an in-depth research experience for Biology and BCBP majors. Students usually start their projects the summer before their senior year and continue with their research throughout senior year.

  • Gregory S. Call Fellows work as undergraduate research assistants during the academic year.

  • Special Topics Students develop and execute a for-credit one-semester research project.


During the summer

  • Summer Science Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) students perform research in the lab for 10 weeks during the summer. This fellowship is a great introduction to research for younger students who may not have prior research experience. Students in this program present their research in a poster session in the fall.

  • Gregory S. Call Fellows also work during the summer. This research opportunity applies to all class years, regardless of prior research experience or involvement in the lab.


If you are interested in finding out more, please contact Professor Jeong at jjeong [at] amherst.edu.

Honors Theses

2019-2020

  • Jennifer Gallegos Iraheta, The role of Ferroportin 3 in Arabidopsis thaliana

  • Liz Parsons, Chromatin Remodeling as a Regulatory Mechanism of the Iron Deficiency Response in Arabidopsis thaliana

2018-2019

  • Leah Kim, Ferroportin 3: A mitochondrial iron exporter in Arabidopsis thaliana

  • Emily Park, PRC2-mediated H3K27me3 contributes to the FIT-dependent iron deficiency response in Arabidopsis thaliana

2017-2018

  • Kaitlyn Tsuyuki, The Iron Deficiency Response and the Possible Role of Histone Modification in A. thaliana

  • Jingwen Zhang, Understanding the role of FPN3, a mitochondrial ferroportin in Arabidopsis thaliana

2015-2016

  • Claire Castellano, Characterizing the Directionality of Arabidopsis thaliana Mitochondrial Iron Transporter, Ferroportin 3, using Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model system

Summer Projects

2019

  • Hannah Goldberg '22, Identifying FRO2 tissue-specific expression in Arabidopsis

  • Gwi Park '22, Identifying fpn3-6 and fpn3 fer1/3/4 Mutants for Phenotypic Analysis

  • Shreya Venkat '21, Determining the Role of Intron Retention in FRO2 on Iron Homeostasis in Arabidopsis

2018

  • Mariama-Alexis Camara '21, Cellular Metal Homeostasis in Arabidopsis thaliana

  • Jennifer Gallegos Iraheta '20, Determining FPN3 Tissue Expression and Role on Homeostasis

2017

  • Chris DaVeiga '20, Examining the Elemental Profile of Weedy Rice

  • Liz Parsons '20, Iron Epigenetics in Arabidopsis

2016

  • Madeline Clyne '18, Characterizing a Plant Mitochondrial Iron Transporter