Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1982, Plant Breeding

M.S., North Carolina State University, 1977, Plant Breeding

B.S., Iowa State University, 1975, Biology         

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
09/02 - Present: Professor and Rice Industry Chair for Variety Development, RREC
11/01 - 11/02: Professor and  Interim Director Rice Research and Extension Center, Stuttgart, AR
07/92 - Present: Professor - Agronomy, University of Arkansas, RREC
07/87   06/92: Associate Professor   Agronomy, University of Arkansas, RREC
05/82   06/87: Assistant Professor Agronomy, University of Arkansas, RREC

VARIETIES RELEASE IN ARKANSAS 1982-PRESENT:
Newbonnet, Bond, Tebonnet, Katy, Alan, Millie, Orion, Adair, LaGrue, Kaybonnet, Drew, Wells, Francis, Ahrent, Banks, Cybonnet, Medark, Spring, CL171-AR, Taggart, and Templeton

PATENTS:
Granted: Wells - U.S. Patent No. 6,281,416 B1 issued August 28, 2001; Ahrent -

U.S. Patent No. 6,727,414 issued  April 27, 2004; Francis -

U.S. Patent No. 6,953,880 issued October 11, 2005; Banks -

U.S. Patent No. US 7,141,726 B2  issued: November 28, 2006; Spring -

U.S. Patent No. 7,429,697 issued September 30, 2008
Applied for: CL171-AR  Docket No.1472-004 filed May 2 2007

PVP:
Granted: Wells - PVP No.200000077 in 2004; Ahrent - PVP No.200200051 in 2005; Francis - PVP No.200300066 in 2005
 Applied for: CL171-AR No. 200800166 filed in 2008

 
EUCPVP:
Applied for:
Cl171AR CPVO file No. 2008/1017

RESEARCH FUNDING 1982 - PRESENT:
$7.2 million  

INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS:
 Malaysia, Columbia, Guatemala,, Australia, Vietnam, Thailand, India, Ivory Coast, Japan

AWARDS AND HONORS:
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2007
John White Team Award for Research, UA Division of Ag, 2004
RTWG Distinguished Rice Research and Education Team Award, 2004
First recipient of the Rice Industry Chair for Variety Development, 2002
RTWG Distinguished Research and Education Award, 2002
Friend of the Farmer Award, Riceland Foods, 2001
Fellow American Society of Agronomy, 1999
Fellow  Crop Science Society of America, 1998

MEMBERSHIPS:
American Society of Agronomy
Crop Science Society
American Association of Cereal Chemists
American Association for the Advancement of Science