Research Professor of Biopolymer Chemistry

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Education

• Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Plant Physiology, Ph.D.
• University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Botany, M.S.
• Iowa State University, Ames, Biology, B.S.

Courses Taught

• MBS 7123, Topics in Molecular Biosciences ("Plant cell wall polysaccharides and related enzyme systems")
• MBS 6251, Techniques in Molecular Biosciences ("Essential tools for protein analysis and purification" and "Protein identification by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry")
• AGRI 6361, Grad seminar ("Introduction to writing funding proposals")

Research Interests

• Development of polysaccharide-modifying enzyme systems for tailoring functional properties of pectin and arabinoxylan and oligosaccharides derived from them.
• Isolation and analysis of functional protein and polysaccharide components from rice and bioenergy crop processing fractions.
• Understanding the root-specific cell wall biochemistry using sugar beet hairy root cultures.

Affiliations

• American Chemical Society
• American Society for Plant Physiologists
• Society for Industrial Microbiology

Curriculum Vitae

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Biography

• Research Associate Professor of Protein Chemistry, Arkansas Bioscience Institute and College of Agriculture (October 2006 to present)
• Research Plant Physiologist, USDA-ARS, Wyndmoor, PA (January 2000 to September 2006)
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, USDA-ARS, Wyndmoor, PA (September 1995 to December 1999)