Education History:
B.S. University of Wisconsin - 1982
M.S. University of Minnesota -1985
Ph.D. Univeristy of Minnesota - 1990

Current Position: Senior Research Scientist in the Biology Department at Carleton College, Northfield, MN, USA

Research Interests:
Research interests relate to hormonal and developmental processes during the reproductive phase of plant growth with emphasis in gibberellin physiology and the developmental genetics of inflorescence architecture as it applies to both ornamental, agronomic and model plant systems.

Current Research Grants:
NSF (IBN-0422840) - $390,000 Shoot Architecture - A Systems Approach in Pea (Co-PI, 7/04-6/09)

Service Activities:
• Currently serving on the Steering Committee for the Plant Growth Regulation Society of America.
• Editorial Board, Journal of Plant Growth Regulation.
• Member of American Society of Plant Biologists, American Society for Horticultural Science, Plant Growth Regulation Society of America, International Plant Growth Substance Association.
• Program chair for the 2005 annual conference of the Plant Growth Regulation Society of America meeting in Newport Beach, California.
• Partner with K-12 schools in service learning projects promoting the use of native plants in sustainable landscapes.

Selected Publications:

Maki, S.L., Mullen, H., Pharis, R., Singer, S. 2005. Improvement of Yield in Greenhouse Grown Determinate Multiflowered Peas with Gibberellin Treatments. Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Plant Growth Regulation Society of America, Newport Beach, CA.

Maki, S.L., Delgado, M., Adelberg, JW. 2005. Time course study of ancymidol for micropropagation of hosta in a liquid culture system. HortScience 403(3):764-766.

Maki, S.L., S. Rajapakse, R.E. Ballard, N.C. Rajapakse. 2002. Role of gibberellins in chrysanthemum growth under far-red deficient greenhouse environments. J. Amer. Soc. Hort Sci. 127(4):639-643.

Singer, S., J. Sollinger, S. Maki, J. Fishbach, B. Short, C. Reinke, J. Fick, Laura Cox, A. McCall and H. Mullen. 1999. Inflorescence Architecture: A Developmental Genetics Approach. The Botanical Review, 65(4):385-410.

Singer, S.R., S.L. Maki, H.J. Mullen, 1994. Specification of Meristem Identity in Pisum sativum Inflorescence Development. Flowering Newsletter, 18:26-32.

Maki, S.L., M.L. Brenner. 1991. [14C]GA12-Aldehyde, [14C]GA12, and [2H]-and [14C]GA53 Metabolism by Elongating Pea Pericarp. Plant Physiology 97:1359-1366.

Durley, R.C., C.R. Sharp, S.L. Maki, M.L. Brenner. 1989. Immunoaffinity techniques applied to the purification of gibberellins from plant extracts. Plant Physiology 90:445-451.

Davies, P.J., P.R. Birnberg, S.L. Maki, M.L. Brenner. 1986. Photoperiod modification of [14C]gibberellin A12 aldehyde metabolism in shoots of pea, line G2. Plant Physiology 81:991-996.

Birnberg, P.R., S.L. Maki, M.L. Brenner, G.C. Davis, M.G. Carnes. 1986. An improved enzymatic synthesis of labeled gibberellin A12-aldehyde and gibberellin A12. Analytical Biochemistry 153:1-8.

Maki, S.L., M.L. Brenner, P.R. Birnberg, P.J. Davies, T.P. Krick. 1986. Identification of pea gibberellins by studying [14C]GA12-aldehyde metabolism. Plant Physiology 81:984-990.

Selected Published Abstracts:

Singer, S., Maki, S., Farmer, A., Huntley, J., Cannon, S., Coate, J., Doyle, J., and May, G. 2008. Floral and Nodule Transccriptome in Chamaecrista - A New Model for the Legumes. Plant and Animal Genome Conference XVI, San Diego, CA.

Maki, S., H. Mullen, R. Pharis and S. Singer. 2004. Effects of a Range of Gibberellin Structures on Growth of Pisum sativum Genotypes Differing in Shoot Architecture. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Plant Growth Regulation Society of America.

Singer, S.R., J. Plotz, C. Sydney, E. Boswell, D. Speiser, J. Sollinger, S. Maki, H. Mullen 2002 Inflorescence development in Pisum sativum: Role of floral meristem identity genes. International Conference on Legume Genetics and Genomics, Minneapolis (http://www.agro.agri.umn.edu/iclgg/All_Abstracts.htm#Plenary%20Session%20VIII)

Singer, S.R., S.L. Maki, J. Sollinger, H. Mullen, J. Fick, A. McCall 1996 Regulation of indeterminancy in pea inflorescences - evolutionary implications. Plant Physiology 111: 33

Singer, S.R., S.L. Maki, J. Sollinger, H. Mullen, J. Fick, A. McCall 1996 Supression of terminal flower formation in pea - evolutionary implications. Developmental Biology 175: 377

Singer, S.R., S.L. Maki, A.D. Horan, H. Mullen 1995 Specification of meristem identity in pea is distinct from regulation of determinancy. Plant Physiology 108 (2): 122

Maki, S.L., A.D. Horan, S.R. Singer 1993 Characterization of a floral mutant in pea affecting the transition from inflorescence to flower development. Plant Physiology 102:704

Invited Talks:

Maki, S.L., Mullen, H., and Singer, S. R. Regulation of Inflorescence Meristem Fate in Pisum sativum L., Presented at Hunan Agricultural University, Chansha, Hunan Province, China, May10, 2007.

Maki, S.L. The Long and Short of Gibberellins, Presented at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Plant Growth Regulation Society of America, Costa Mesa, CA