Z. Jeffrey Chen
Principal Investigator
Fellow of the D. J. Sibley Professorship in Plant Molecular Genetics
Jeff Chen received his B.S. in Agronomy at Zhejiang Agricultural University, his M.S. in Genetics and Breeding at Nanjing Agricultural University, and his Ph.D. in Genetics at Texas A&M University (thesis advisor: Gary Hart). Following post-doctoral positions with Ronald Phillips and Howard Rines at the University of Minnesota and Craig Pikaard at the Washington University in St. Louis, he joined the faculty at Texas A&M in 1999. He recently joined the faculty of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology and the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology at the University of Texas at Austin.
Jeff Chen is known for his work on nucleolar dominance and effects of hybridization and polyploidy on gene expression. His current research program is aimed at understanding mechanisms and evolution of duplicate genes and genomes in plant polyploids using Arabidopsis and cotton as experimental systems.
EDUCATION
| Zhejiang Agricultural University | Agronomy (Plant Science) | B.S. 1984 |
| Nanjing Agricultural University | Plant Genetics & Breeding | M.S. 1987 |
| Texas A&M University | Genetics, Ph.D. | 1993 |
| University of Minnesota | Molecular Genetics | Postdoc 1993-1995 |
| Washington University | Biology/Biochemistry | NIH Postdoc 1995-1999 |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 1986-1988 | Faculty of Plant Genetics, Northeast Agricultural University |
| 1988-1989 | Graduate Student, Kansas State University, Advisor: George H. Liang |
| 1990-1993 | Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant, Genetics Program, Texas A&M University. Ph.D. Dissertation Advisor: Gary E. Hart |
| 1993-1995 | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota. Mentors: Ronald L. Phillips and Howard W. Rines |
| 1995-1999 | NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Biology Department, Washington University in St. Louis. Mentor: Craig S. Pikaard |
| 1999-2005 | Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University Faculty of Genetics and Molecular and Environmental Plant Sciences (MEPS) |
| 2005 | Associate Professor, Texas A&M University |
| 2005-present | D. J. Sibley Centennial Professorship Fellow, University of Texas at Austin Faculty of Cellular and Molecular Biology (CMB) and Plant Biology Member, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology (ICMB) Member, Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CCBB) |
HONORS AND AWARDS
| 1997-1999 | National Research Service Award (NIH Postdoctoral Fellow) |
| 1995-1998 | Monsanto Postdoctoral Fellowship, The Monsanto Company |
| 1992-1993 | Competitive Summer Research Fellowship, Texas A&M University |
| 1989-1990 | Graduate Scholarship, K. C. Wong Foundation in Hong Kong |
MEMBERSHIP
| The Genetics Society of America (GSA) |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
| American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) |
| DNA Methylation Society (DMS) |
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