Sarah M. Assmann
Sarah M. Assmann is an American biologist known for her research on plants and signal transduction. She is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Education and career
Assmann undergraduate degree is from Williams College. She earned her Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1986. Following her Ph.D., she was a postdoc at the University of California, Riverside until she joined the faculty at Harvard University in 1987. In 1993 she moved to Pennsylvania State and was promoted to professor in 1997. In 2002, Assmann was named the Waller Professor of Biology at Pennsylvania State University. She was elected a fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2009, and from 2009 to 2010 served as president of the American Society of Plant Biologists.In March 2019, Assmann was appointed editor-in-chief of The Plant Cell, a peer-reviewed scientific journal in plant biology published by the American Society of Plant Biologists. Her appointment took effect on January 1, 2020.