The changing of the leaves is not the only change this fall. The beginning of October also marks the start of new leadership terms at the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB).
Steven C. Huber (pictured), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) plant physiologist and professor of plant biology and crop sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will serve as ASPB president for the next year. He succeeds Nicholas C. Carpita, professor of botany and plant pathology at Purdue University, who will remain a member of ASPB's Executive Committee as the immediate past president.