Neal Stewart elected American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow

Dr. Stewart is the professor of plant sciences and holds the Ivan Racheff Chair of Excellence in plant molecular genetics, and is the director of the Tennessee Plant Research Center at the University of Tennessee.


Dr. Stewart’s science focuses on:

• Plant-based bioenergy
• Phytosensor research and development
• Gene flow and the prevention of gene flow from transgenic plants
• Weed genomics
• Extremophytes

Dr. Stewart teaches graduate level courses in plant genomics and research ethics and an undergraduate course in plant biotechnology and genetics. He has given scientific and lay-presentations around the US and in 16 countries. Dr. Stewart has authored or co-authored over 200 publications, including 4 books. He has editorial duties for 7 journals.

http://plantsciences.utk.edu/stewart.htm