Luis herrera estrella biography channel
Luis herrera estrella biography channel
Luis Rafael Herrera Estrella - Cinvestav.
Department of Plant and Soil Science
President’s Distinguished Professor of Plant Genomics | Director - Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance
Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance
Email: Luis.Herrera-Estrella@ttu.edu
Phone: (806) 834-7247
Office:
Experimental Sciences Building II
Room 210A
1006 Canton Ave.
Lubbock, TX 79409-2122
Mail Address:
Experimental Sciences Building II
MS 43135
Lubbock, TX 79409-3135
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Background
Dr.
Luis Rafael Herrera-Estrella is one of the foremost plant molecular biologists in the world and is Texas Tech University's first National Academy of Sciences (NAS) member. Dr. Herrera-Estrella is a pioneer in the development of plant genetic engineering and together with his colleagues recently published the avocado genome, providing valuable information about the evolutionary branching of some of the earliest flowering plants.
His arrival at Texas Tech was made possible by a $5 million