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Patricia Klein Professor, Associate Head for Graduate Studies http://ipgb.tamu.edu/staff/klein-patricia/ |
Patricia Klein received her B.S. in Horticulture from Texas A&M University in 1982. She received an M.S. in Crop Science from Texas Tech University in 1985 and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Texas A&M University in 1989. Dr. Klein left Texas A&M in 1989 to conduct post-doctoral work at the University of Kentucky and the USDA’s Eastern Regional Research Center in Philadelphia, PA. She came back to Texas A&M in 1997 and joined the faculty of the Department of Horticultural Sciences in 2002. Dr. Klein is also a member of the Interdepartmental Molecular and Environmental Plant Sciences program and a member of the Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology. Dr. Klein’s research focuses on developing the genomic tools and resources in crops to enable map base cloning of economically important genes, to understand the underlying mechanisms that plants use to withstand abiotic stress (particularly drought), and to aid in the development of plant feedstocks for the biofuels industry. In 2012, Dr. Klein was awarded the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dean’s Outstanding Achievement Award for excellence as a member of the Sorghum Bioenergy Breeding and Genomics Interdisciplinary Research Team. Dr. Klein currently teaches two undergraduate courses in the Department of Horticultural Sciences, HORT201H, Horticulture Science and Practices – Honors section, and HORT301, Garden Science. |