Education:

Ph.D., Cornell University, 1954

M.S., Cornell University, 1951

B.S., Michigan State University, 1950

Professional Experience:

• 1950-1953, Research Assistant, Department of Vegetable Crops, Cornell University
• 1953-1958, Assistant Professor, MSU
• 1958-1965, Associate Professor, MSU

• 1963, Sabbatical leave to Switzerland and Europe
• 1965 - 1993, Professor, MSU

• 1966-1967, Research supported by Ford Foundation, MSU and AID to Costa Rica, Turkey, and Asia
• 1968, Guest of Israeli Government
• 1968-1970, Cooperative Research with Rockefeller Foundation (CYMMT)
• 1973, Sabbatical leave to conduct research in Asia and Australia
• 1972-75 and 1976-82, Advisor, International Atomic Energy Agency (Vienna)

• 1976-1977, Acting Director, Pesticide Research Center
• 1979-80, Visiting Professor, Sabbatical leave with CSIRO in Australia
• 1982,1986,1987, Visiting Professor, People's Republic of China
• 1993-date Professor in a "Working Retirement"

Research Interests:

Research is dedicated to discovery, mode of action, and application of naturally occurring plant growth substances and animal repellents.

Selected Recent Publications:

• Ries, S., I. Widders, and R. Baughan. 1995.
• Light affects the flux of Ca2+ from excised tomato leaves within four seconds. J. Experimental Botany. 46:1867-1876.
• Ries, S., I. Widders, S. Savithiry, V. Wert and R. Baughan. 1994.
• Cation signals rapidly elicited in several different plant species by pinching the leaves. J. Experimantal Botany 45:367-371
• Ries, S. And S. Savithiry. 1993.
• Malate dehydrogenase activity in rice (Oryza sativa L.) Roots increased within seconds of a foliar application of 9-B-L(+) adendosine. Plant Physiology (Life Sci. Adv.) 1993, 217-223.

• Ries, S. S. Savithiry, V. Wert and I. Widders. 1993.
• Rapid induction of ion pulses in tomato, cucmber and maize plants following a foliar application of L(+) adenosine. Plant Physiology 101:49-55.

• Ries, S. And V. Wert. 1992.
• Response of maize and rice to 9-B-L(+) adenosine applied under different environmental conditions. Plant Growth Regulation 11:69-74.
• Ries, S. 1990.
• Triacontanol and its second messenger 9-B-L(+) adenosine as plant growth substances. Plant Physiology 95:986-989.
• Ries, S., V.Wert, N.F.D., O'Leary and M. Nair. 1990.
• 9-B-L(+) adenosine: a naturally occuring plant growth substance elicited by triacontanol in rice. Plant Growth Regulation 9:263-273

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