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2008-2009 SS-ASPB Officers
 

Chair

  • Dr. Kelly Major
    Department of Biol. Sci., LSCB 124
    University of South Alabama
    Mobile, AL 36688-0002

    Phone:  (251) 460-7523,
    Email:   kmajor@usouthal.edu

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Research Interests: Physiological ecology of algae and plants with specific emphasis on growth, photosynthesis and stress physiology

 

 

Vice-Chair

  • Dr. Stephen W. Banks
    Department of Biological Sciences
    Louisiana State University in Shreveport
    One University Place
    Shreveport, LA 71115

    Phone: (318)-797-5220
    E-mail: stephen.banks@lsus.edu
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Secretary/Treasurer

  • Dr. Paxton Payton

USDA - Cropping Systems Research Laboratory
3810 4th St
Lubbock TX 79415 USA

 

Phone: (806) 749-5560
E-mail: paxton.payton@ars.usda.gov

 

 

Research Interests: molecular and physiological response to abiotic stress in production agriculture and the integration of biotechnology and new crop management strategies in water-limited environments

Executive Committee Members
  • Dr. Kent D. Chapman
    Center for Plant Lipid Research
    Department of Biological Sciences
    Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    University of North Texas
    PO Box 305220
    Denton, TX 76203-5220

    Phone: (940) 565-2969 or 2301
    FAX:    (940) 565-4136
    Email:  chapman@unt.edu

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Research Interests: Regulation of lipid metabolism.  Lipid mediators and signal transduction.  Genetic engineering of cottonseeds. Phytochemicals and human health.
http://www.biol.unt.edu/~chapman/investigators/chapman/chapmanmain.htm

 

 

  • Dr. James Mahan
    USDA - Plant Stress and Water Conservation Laboratory
    3810 4th St
    Lubbock TX 79415 USA

Phone: (806) 723-5221
E-mail: jmahan@lbk.ars.usda.gov

James Mahan

Research interests: Temperature and water stress effects on agricultural plants. Thermal dependence of enzyme function. Particular focus on stress detection, irrigation management, effects of water and temperature stress on herbicide efficacy. Transitions from irrigated to dryland agriculture.

 

  • Dr. Dalton Gossett
    Department of Biological Sciences
    Louisiana State University-Shreveport
    One University Place
    Shreveport, LA 71115


Phone: (318) 797-5085
Email: dgossett@pilot.lsus.edu


Dalton Gossett

Research Interests: Stress physiology, particularly as it relates to the signal transduction pathways associated with stress-induced up-regulation of antioxidant enzyme activity.

 
 
Southern Section Representative to ASPB Executive Board
  • Dr. Caryl Chlan
    Dept of Biology
    University of SW Louisiana
    PO Box 42451
    Lafayette, LA 70504

    Phone: (337) 482-5916
    E-mail: cchlan@louisiana.edu

Caryl Chlan
Communications Officer
  • Dr. Tim Sherman
    Dept of Biology
    University of South Alabama
    LSCB 124
    Mobile, AL 336688

    Phone: (251) 460-7529
    E-mail: tsherman@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
 
Southern Section Historian

  • Dr. Joyce Foster
    USDA-ARS, Appalachian Farming Systems Research Center
    224 Airport Road
    Beaver WV 25813-9423

  • Phone (304) 256-2809
    Fax    (304) 256-2921
    E-mail: joyce.foster@ars.usda.gov

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Southern Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists
Last updated: April 16, 2008
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