Dr. Stevens Brumbley joined the faculty at the University of North Texas, Department of Biological Sciences as an associate professor in January 2011. He has an adjunct appointment in the Department of Material Science and Engineering.  He is part of a new research cluster on bioproducts. He is also a Principle Research Fellow at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology. 

Dr. Brumbley received a BA in Biology from the University of Oregon in 1985 and a PhD in Plant Pathology at the University of Georgia in 1991. His PhD studies focused on molecular plant-microbe interactions. 

From 1994 to 2006 Dr. Brumbley was employed by BSES Limited (the R&D arm of the Australian sugarcane industry) in Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia where he initiated the work on developing sugarcane as a biofactory for production of bioplastics and bioplastic precursors.

His primary research interests are in plant metabolic engineering for production of bio-based chemicals.

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