Benildo De los Reyes, a Professor of Plant Genomics and the Bayer CropScience Chair within the Department of Plant & Soil Science, joined the Texas Tech faculty in 2015. He is investigating the mechanisms built upon the power of regulon restructuring, regulatory RNAs, and DNA methylation to understand the intricate processes by which novel gene expression patterns mediate transgression from parental phenotypes. His research on rice is being translated to other major crops of economic importance to the state of Texas including cotton and sorghum.

Prior to joining the Tech faculty, De los Reyes was a tenured faculty member at the University of Maine's School of Biology and Ecology, and Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences. His Ph.D. in plant science with concentration in cellular and molecular biology is from Oklahoma State University.

CONTACT: Clint Krehbiel, Dean, Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, Texas Tech University at (806) 742-2808 or Clint.Krehbiel@ttu.edu

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