The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.

Noble Researchers

Scientist
Research
Group
Jon Biermacher, Ph.D.
assistant professor
Farm management and agricultural economics
Elison Blancaflor, Ph.D.
associate professor
Plant cell biology and signaling
John Blanton, Ph.D.
ag research program manager
Agricultural research
Joe Bouton, Ph.D.
senior vice president and division director
Forage breeding and genetics
Twain Bulter, Ph.D.
associate professor
Forage establishment and management
Rujin Chen, Ph.D.
assistant professor
Plant molecular biology and genetics
Kelly Craven, Ph.D.
assistant professor
Tropic responses and red-ox signaling in fungi and endophyte-grass symbiosis
Richard A. Dixon, D.Phil.
senior vice president and division director
Plant natural products
Ken Gee
wildlife research specialist
White-tailed deer biology and management
Andy Hopkins, Ph.D.
associate professor
Forage grass breeding
Maria Monteros, Ph.D.
assistant professor
Forage legume improvement and genomics
Kiran Mysore, Ph.D.
associate professor
Molecular plant-microbe interactions
Virus-plant interactions
Ryan Reuter, Ph.D.
assistant professor
Livestock
James Rogers, Ph.D.
assistant professor
Pasture, range management
Charles Rohla, Ph.D.
assistant professor
Horticulture, pecans
Virus ecology and evolution
Malay Saha, Ph.D.
assistant professor
Forage grass improvement and genomics
Lloyd W. Sumner, Ph.D.
associate professor
Large-scale biochemical profiling
Plant functional genomics
Xiaoqiang Wang, Ph.D.
assistant professor
Structure and function of biosynthetic enzymes
Zeng-yu Wang, Ph.D.
associate professor
Genetic transformation
Carolyn Young, Ph.D.
assistant professor
Molecular mycology
Patrick Zhao, Ph.D.
assistant professor
Bioinformatics and plant genomics