Dixon, R. A.

Richard A. Dixon is Senior Vice President, Professor, and Director of the Plant Biology Division at the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation. He also holds Adjunct Professorships at Rice University, the University of Texas at Austin, Washington State University, and the University of Oklahoma. He received his Bachelor’s and Doctoral degrees in Biochemistry and Botany from Oxford University (UK), and was awarded the Doctor of Science degree for his research achievements by Oxford University in 2004. His research interests center on molecular biology and metabolic engineering of plant natural product pathways, including lignin modification for improving cell wall processing. He has published over 360 papers on these and related topics in international journals, and has been named by the Institute for Scientific Information as one of the 10 most cited authors in the plant and animal sciences. Professor Dixon is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal BioEnergy Research, and a member of the Editorial Boards of four other international journals. He is Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and was elected to membership of the US National Academy of Sciences in 2007.

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