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FCH 630: Plant Biochemistry
Topics address plant responses to biotic and abiotic stresses.
SUNY ESF / Faculty Profile / Chemistry
Mohammad Golam Mostofa, PhD
Assistant Professor - Department of Chemistry - State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
PRRL studies how plants survive environmental stress by connecting molecular plant physiology, metabolism, gas exchange, stress signaling, omics, and isoprene biology.
Academic Background
Academic Background
From foundational training in biochemistry and molecular biology to advanced research in plant and environmental sciences, Dr. Mostofa’s academic journey spans Bangladesh, Japan, and the United States. Each chapter has shaped a multidisciplinary career devoted to understanding plant metabolism, stress adaptation, and resilience in a changing climate.
2024-Current
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
2022-2024
Assistant Professor-Fixed Term, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, DOE-Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University
2021-2022
Research Scientist, Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Texas Tech University
2016-2018
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Signaling Pathway Research Unit, RIKEN-CSRS, Japan
2012-2015
PhD in Plant & Environmental Sciences, Ehime University, Japan
2010-2012
M.S. in Applied Biological Science, Kagawa University, Japan
1998-2003
B.Sc. and M.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
2007-2021
Lecturer to Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Gazipur Agricultural University, Bangladesh
Teaching
Teaching
Dr. Mostofa brings plant biochemistry to life by connecting fundamental concepts with real-world questions in plant metabolism, molecular physiology, and environmental stress adaptation. Through Plant Biochemistry and Biochemistry Laboratory, students develop a strong scientific foundation and practical skills for exploring how plants function, respond, and thrive.
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FCH 496/796: Nutritional Biochemistry
Topics cover the functions of macronutrients and micronutrients in human health.
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FCH 431/531: Biochemistry Lab
Measurements of molecular markers related to stress.
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Mentorship and Training
Career advice, counseling, omics, CRISPR, stress biology.
Research
Research
Plants are continuously exposed to heat, drought, salinity, ozone, disease pressure, and oxidative stress. PRRL studies the mechanisms that help plants maintain photosynthesis, growth, and resilience under those conditions.
Areas of Research
Plant resilience under environmental stress
Molecular plant physiology
Plant biochemistry & metabolism
Stress adaptation
Cellular biochemistry
Phytohormone signaling
Oxidative stress tolerance
Photosynthesis & gas exchange
Transcriptomics & metabolomics
Isoprene emission biologyThe lab combines genetic engineering, CRISPR-based mutant analysis, gas exchange measurements, photosynthetic performance assessment, omics, hormone biology, and volatile-emission measurements.
The research program emphasizes stress tolerance mechanisms that are increasingly important under climate change, including isoprene emission, phytohormone signaling, antioxidant defense, redox balance, light respiration, and metabolic adaptation.
Gas exchange - photosynthesis - stress tolerance
Genetics - omics - isoprene biology
Isoprene emission in soybean resilience
Soybean has intact isoprene synthase genes and can emit isoprene after wounding. The lab investigates whether isoprene production improves resilience during stress.
Strigolactones and karrikins in tree biology
The lab studies how strigolactone and karrikin signaling regulate stress responses, architecture, physiology, and plant-microbe interactions.
G6P shunt regulation under abiotic stress
Research explores the glucose-6-phosphate shunt, oxidative pentose phosphate pathway regulation, light respiration, and redox metabolism under stress.
Roles of signaling molecules and nanoparticles
Research investigates how signaling molecules and nanoparticles influence soybean responses to environmental stress. We evaluate whether nanoparticles can improve stress tolerance by regulating antioxidant defenses, redox balance, photosynthesis, and hormone-mediated signaling while monitoring potential toxicity.
Plant responses and tolerance to PFAS toxicity
Research evaluates how PFAS exposure affects lentil physiology and alters metabolite profiles to reveal the metabolic responses and tolerance mechanisms associated with PFAS toxicity.
Research Team
Associated students and lab members
Meet the researchers powering discovery at PRRL. From molecular biology and plant physiology to stress signaling and metabolomics, our graduate and undergraduate scientists work together to uncover how plants adapt, survive, and thrive in a changing environment.
Recent Publications
Recent Publications
Selected recent peer-reviewed publications featuring Dr. Mohammad Golam Mostofa and collaborators. For a complete list, please visit Google Scholar.
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Physiological and molecular processes of plant tolerance to bicarbonate-induced alkaline stress
Fu, J., Li, L., Xing, M., et al., including Mostofa, M. G. Stress Biology, 6, 53 (2026). Published July 27, 2026. View publication.
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Isoprene-emitting transgenic tobacco shapes root microbiome and enhances growth of co-cultivated non-emitting plants
Bellucci, M., Mostofa, M. G., Benucci, G. M. N., et al. Plant, Cell & Environment (2026). First published July 5, 2026. View publication.
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Revisiting plant isoprene emission: From atmospheric chemistry to plant stress resilience
Sharkey, T. D., Bellucci, M., Loreto, F., Mostofa, M. G., et al. Journal of Plant Physiology, 318, 154712 (2026). View publication.
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S-nitrosoglutathione enhances rice tolerance to salt-submergence by coordinating ethylene, GA, and ABA accumulation and improving ion transport
Das, A. K., Mostofa, M. G., Methela, N. J., et al. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 231, 111036 (2026). View publication.
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Desiccation tolerance in moss and liverwort: Insights into the evolutionary mechanisms of terrestrialization
Ghosh, T. K., Nazran, A., Khan, I., et al., including Mostofa, M. G. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 27(1), 478 (2026). View publication.
Research Summary
PRRL
The lab studies plant responses and tolerance mechanisms under extreme environmental conditions. Research spans physiological and molecular mechanisms, genetic engineering, mutant analysis, omics, gas exchange, photosynthetic attributes, and stress tolerance mechanisms.
Keywords
Plant secondary metabolism, environmental stress, phytohormones, oxidative stress, signaling molecules, climate change, photosynthesis, isoprene, transcriptomics, metabolomics, gene function and regulation, antioxidant defense, gas exchange, light respiration, redox balance, stress adaptation, molecular plant physiology.