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Clint Chapple

Biochemistry professor elected to National Academy of Sciences for research accomplishments

May 9, 2022

Clint Chapple’s furnace was on the fritz. He was driving back to campus in a rainstorm after meeting the repairman, and he ignored his ringing phone. “I don’t know anyone in Los Angeles, so I figured it was spam and I didn’t answer the call.” he says.

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Purdue student team develops hydroseeding adhesive to win Student Soybean Innovation Competition

April 20, 2018

A chat with farmers over a cup of coffee in a small Indiana town led to an invention that earned a team of four students…

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Center for Plant Biology Faculty Spotlight | Chris Oakley

October 6, 2017

Chris Oakley joined the Purdue Center for Plant Biology (CPB) in January 2017 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology.…

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Pollination: A classic tale of romance, love, and death

October 6, 2017

Plants are more romantic than you may think. In fact, the story of pollination may as well have been written by Shakespeare himself. Pollination, an…

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Purdue plant science student sees new career opportunities after Roadtrip Nation experience

September 14, 2017

As Shannon Newerth reached the top of an Australian mountain, the first rays of sunlight hit the mainland, and an email from Roadtrip Nation hit…

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Molecular Agriculture Summer Institute (MASI) students in the lab.

Purdue summer institute provides students with hands-on research experience in plant sciences

August 16, 2017

For most students, summer is a time to kick back, relax, and forget about the stress of school. But for 18 Indiana high schoolers and…

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