Hans J. Bohnert

Hans J. Bohnert is a prominent biologist and professor specializing in molecular and cellular biology, particularly the molecular biology of salinity tolerance in halophytes like Mesembryanthemum crystallinum. He served as a professor advisor for Ph.D. dissertations at the University of Arizona and held an endowed professorship as Arthur G. Rempel Professor of Biology at Whitman College since 2013. His research includes work on the genomic complexity of Acanthamoeba castellanii mitochondrial DNA conducted at the Botanisches Institut der Universität Düsseldorf.