Sheng-Yang He

Dr. Sheng-Yang He is a University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. He obtained his bachelor’s degree (1982) and a master’s degree in plant protection (1991) from Zhejiang Agricultural University in China. He pursued his graduate degree in plant pathology (1991) at Cornell University and continued his post-doctoral training at this institution. He joined the faculty of the University of Kentucky (1993), and in 1995 he moved to Michigan State University. His lab investigates plant-pathogen interactions. They study the molecular mechanisms of infection, and how climate and microbiota affect disease in plants. For his scientific contributions, He was elected to the US National Academy of Sciences in 2015. Learn more about He’s research at his lab website.