MEPS - Molecular and Environmental Plant Sciences

Picture	Major Information	Current Research
	Thomas W. Boutton Professor boutton@acs.tamu.edu	Ecophysiology; nutrient cycling; biogeochemistry of stable isotopes.
	David D. Briske Professor dbriske@rlem.tamu.edu	Developmental morphology; physiological ecology; population biology of grasses.
	Jean H. Gould Associate Professor, TAES gould@tamu.edu	Physiology of development; molecular biology; plant improvement via genetic transformation.
	Konstantin (Kostya) V. Krutovsky Associate Professor Forest Genomics, Population and Conservation Genetics k-krutovsky@neo.tamu.edu	Evolutionary, population, conservation and ecological genetics; Environmental stress and adaptive genes study; Comparative and population genomics; Genome, QTL, comparative, candidate gene and association mapping; Plant molecular systematics and phylogeny; Introgressive hybridization, gene flow and mating system; Molecular genetic marker development
	Carol A. Loopstra Associate Professor, TAES c-loopstra@tamu.edu	Regulation of gene expression in conifers; isolation and characterization of genes involved in tree development; xylem development; genetic engineering of forest tree species.
	Georgianne Moore Assistant Professor, Phone: 979.845.3765 gwmoore@tamu.edu	Eco-hydrology
	M. G . Tjoelker Assistant Professor m-tjoelker@tamu.edu	Plant physiological ecology, global change ecology, biogeography of trees, forest ecology.