Plant Structure & Function

Aug. 21, 2018

Ivan Baxter

Educational background Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Structure and Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute B.A., Chemistry, Goucher College…

Jan. 10, 2018

Minviluz (Bing) Stacey

Educational background Ph.D., Microbiology, University of Tennessee B.S., Microbiology, University of the Philippines…

Jan. 10, 2018

Reid Smeda

Educational background Ph.D., Horticulture (Plant Physiology), Purdue University M.S., Horticulture (Weed Sciences), Michigan State University B.S., Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University Courses taught Principles of Weed Science Weed Science Research Principles and Techniques…

Jan. 10, 2018

Robert Sharp

Sharp is a Chancellor’s Professor and Curators’ Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Plant Sciences at the University of Missouri (MU). He received his BS and Ph.D. (with Bill Davies) degrees from Lancaster University in the UK, and after postdoctoral work at the University of Illinois-Urbana (with John Boyer) and the University of California-Davis (with Ted Hsiao and Wendy Silk), joined the faculty at MU in 1986. His research career has emphasized the physiology of plant adaptation to water deficits (drought), with a primary focus on mechanisms of root growth regulation in maize (corn). In May 2021 he served as Chair of…

Jan. 10, 2018

Henry T. Nguyen

Dr. Henry T. Nguyen is a Distinguished Professor of Plant Genetics at the University of Missouri. He was a founder and served as Director of the National Center for Soybean Biotechnology established by the U.S. Congress for over a decade (2004-2016). Before the current position, Dr. Nguyen was a professor of genetics at Texas Tech University and Texas A&M University System for 18 years. The Board of Regents at Texas Tech University awarded him the Paul Whitfield Horn distinguished professorship. He was awarded the Curators’ distinguished professorship by the University of Missouri in 2015. He has a distinguished career in…

Jan. 9, 2018

Felix Fritschi

Educational background Ph.D. Plant Biology, University of California, Davis…