Brian G. Ayre, Assistant Professor; PhD., University of Alberta, 1995.  Plant physiology and biotechnology; molecular biology of nutrient transport in plants; long-distance signaling in plant development; genomic approaches to phloem development and function.  bgayre@unt.edu

Kent Chapman, Professor; PhD, Arizona State, 1991. Biogenesis of plant membranes; regulation of lipid synthesis in seeds and seedlings; lipid mediators and signal transduction; engineering added-value traits in cotton; phytochemicals and agricultural biotechnology.  chapman@unt.edu

Rebecca Dickstein, Associate Professor; PhD, Johns Hopkins, 1985. Development of symbiotic nitrogen fixing nodules in the legume Medicago truncatula and in the important crop plant M. sativa (alfalfa); molecular biology and protein biochemistry of enzymes that contribute to development of nodule structure; molecular genetics of mutants that nodulate aberrantly. beccad@unt.edu

Robert M. Pirtle, Professor; PhD, Louisville, 1973.  Plant and mammalian gene structure, organization, and expression; genetic engineering of genes encoding enzymes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis and genes for pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins in cotton and analysis of repetitive elements in mammalian and plant genomes.  pirtle@unt.edu

Jyoti Shah, Associate Professor. Molecular genetics of defense responses in plants; hormonal signaling in plant defense. shah@unt.edu

Don W. Smith, Associate Professor; PhD, Wisconsin-Madison, 1963. Steroids in plants; natural compounds that compete with estrogen for binding sites; plant tissue culture; boron functions on cell wall and middle lamella formation; vegetative propagation of woody plants that are difficult to root.  dsmith@unt.edu

Kevin J. Stevens, Assistant Professor, PhD, University of Guelph, 2003.  Impacts of anthropogenic stress on wetlands and the potential for natural and constructed wetlands to mediate such impacts.  Plant ecology, plant anatomy, wetland ecology, mycorrhizae. kjstevens@unt.edu