Eric Hequet, Ph.D.

Background

Education

• H.D.R. (Habilitation à diriger des recherches, required diploma to be full Professor in Europe) in Engineering Sciences, Université de Haute Alsace (France), December 2004.
• Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences, Université de Haute Alsace (France), October 2003.
• DEA (Diploma of Applied Advanced Studies) in Plants Genetics, Orsay, Paris XI (France), 1982.
• Maîtrise (Master of Sciences) in Genetics, Orsay, Paris XI (France), 1980.
• DEUG G (Diploma of Higher Education) in Chemistry-Physiology, Orsay, Paris XI (France), 1978.

Languages

• French, native language
• English, fluent
• Spanish, read

I am Paul Whitfield Horn Distinguished Professor at the Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute in the Department of Plant and Soil Science at Texas Tech University (TTU), and Associate Vice President for Research in the Office of Research and Innovation. I hold a Ph.D. and a “Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches” from the University of Haute Alsace in France (must have this diploma to be full professor in Europe). Before joining TTU, my experience progressed from cotton breeding at experiment stations in Africa, to head of CIRAD’s Cotton Technology Laboratory in Montpellier - France, to Director of the international cotton program for CIRAD.

I generated 121 refereed journal publications, 2 books, 9 book chapters, more than 260 conference papers, 4 patents, 3 provisional patents, and 1 invention disclosure. My h-index is 31 based on Google Scholar with 3988 citations.

Since many years, I have provided international leadership in research on the measurement of cotton fiber properties and contaminants, including the impacts of these on textile processing performance. I am currently focused on collaborative research with the cotton breeding and cotton biotechnology community to develop improved properties in cotton fibers.

Research Interests

• Develop new and/or improved testing methods for cotton
• Collaborative research with the cotton breeding and cotton biotechnology community to develop improved properties in cotton fibers

Teaching

• PSS 5370 Cotton Fibers
• PSS 5376 Advance Studies Cotton Fibers
• PSS 5377 Cotton Fiber: Genotype to Phenotype Character

Related Links

• Curriculum vitae
• Publications
• Research
• Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute
• Dr. Hequet on Web of Knowledge
• Dr. Hequet on Google Scholar