Appointments and Education
2014 - present Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
2013 - 2014 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
2010 - 2013 PhD Candidate, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
2008 - 2012 Visiting Researcher, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
2007 - 2008 Visiting Researcher, Department of Multi-Trophic Interactions, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
2013 - 2014 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
2010 - 2013 PhD Candidate, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
2008 - 2012 Visiting Researcher, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
2007 - 2008 Visiting Researcher, Department of Multi-Trophic Interactions, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
Honors and Awards
Research Interests
Host-parasite interactions
Publications
Groen SC, Whiteman NK (2014) The evolution of ethylene signaling in plant-attacker interactions. Journal of Chemical Ecology 40(7): 700-716
Groen SC, Whiteman NK, Bahrami AK, Wilczek AM, Cui J, Russell JA, Cibrian-Jaramillo A, Butler IA, Rana JD, Huang G-H, Bush J, Ausubel FM*, Pierce NE* (2013) Pathogen-triggered ethylene-signaling mediates systemic induced susceptibility to herbivory in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 25(11): 4755-4766
Westwood JH*, Groen SC*, Du Z, Murphy AM, Anggoro, DT, Tungadi TD, Luang-In V, Lewsey MG, Rossiter J, Powell G, Smith AG, Carr JP (2013) A trio of viral proteins tune aphid-plant interactions in Arabidopsis. PLoS ONE 8(12): e83066
Palukaitis P, Groen SC, Carr JP (2013) The Rumsfeld paradox: Some of the things we know we don’t know about plant virus infection. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 16(4): 513-519
Whiteman NK, Gloss AD*, Sackton TB*, Groen SC, Humphrey PT, Lapoint RT, Sønderby IE, Halkier BA, Kocks C, Ausubel FM, Pierce NE (2012) Genes involved in the evolution of herbivory by a leaf-mining, drosophilid fly. Genome Biology and Evolution 4(9): 900-916 [Cover Article 5(1)]
Ziebell H*, Murphy AM*, Groen SC, Tungadi TD, Westwood JH, Lewsey, MG, Moulin M, Kleczkowski A, Smith AG, Stevens M, Powell G, Carr JP (2011) Cucumber mosaic virus and its 2b RNA silencing suppressor modify plant-aphid interactions in tobacco. Scientific Reports 1: 187
Whiteman NK, Groen SC, Chevasco D, Bear A, Beckwith NMR, Gregory TR, Denoux C, Mammarella N, Ausubel FM, Pierce NE (2011) Mining the plant–herbivore interface with a leafmining Drosophila of Arabidopsis. Molecular Ecology 20(5): 995-1014 (Cover Article)
Perspective and Review: Molecular Ecology (2011) 20(5): 990–994 and 869–871
* Equal effort
Groen SC, Whiteman NK, Bahrami AK, Wilczek AM, Cui J, Russell JA, Cibrian-Jaramillo A, Butler IA, Rana JD, Huang G-H, Bush J, Ausubel FM*, Pierce NE* (2013) Pathogen-triggered ethylene-signaling mediates systemic induced susceptibility to herbivory in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 25(11): 4755-4766
Westwood JH*, Groen SC*, Du Z, Murphy AM, Anggoro, DT, Tungadi TD, Luang-In V, Lewsey MG, Rossiter J, Powell G, Smith AG, Carr JP (2013) A trio of viral proteins tune aphid-plant interactions in Arabidopsis. PLoS ONE 8(12): e83066
Palukaitis P, Groen SC, Carr JP (2013) The Rumsfeld paradox: Some of the things we know we don’t know about plant virus infection. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 16(4): 513-519
Whiteman NK, Gloss AD*, Sackton TB*, Groen SC, Humphrey PT, Lapoint RT, Sønderby IE, Halkier BA, Kocks C, Ausubel FM, Pierce NE (2012) Genes involved in the evolution of herbivory by a leaf-mining, drosophilid fly. Genome Biology and Evolution 4(9): 900-916 [Cover Article 5(1)]
Ziebell H*, Murphy AM*, Groen SC, Tungadi TD, Westwood JH, Lewsey, MG, Moulin M, Kleczkowski A, Smith AG, Stevens M, Powell G, Carr JP (2011) Cucumber mosaic virus and its 2b RNA silencing suppressor modify plant-aphid interactions in tobacco. Scientific Reports 1: 187
Whiteman NK, Groen SC, Chevasco D, Bear A, Beckwith NMR, Gregory TR, Denoux C, Mammarella N, Ausubel FM, Pierce NE (2011) Mining the plant–herbivore interface with a leafmining Drosophila of Arabidopsis. Molecular Ecology 20(5): 995-1014 (Cover Article)
Perspective and Review: Molecular Ecology (2011) 20(5): 990–994 and 869–871
* Equal effort