Kent Chapman

Regents Professor, Director of the Center for Plant Lipid Research & Coordinator of the Plant Signaling Cluster
Categories
Research Area: 
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Contact Information
Kent Chapman
Office: 
LIFE A126A
Phone: 
940-565-2969
E-mail Address: 
chapman@unt.edu
UNT Faculty Profile: 

https://faculty.unt.edu/editprofile.php?onlyview=1&pid=1361

Website: 

http://www.biol.unt.edu/~chapman/

Dr. Chapman's research interests include biochemistry, plant cell biology, lipid signaling, and metabolic engineering.

Dr. Kent Chapman teaches classes in the following areas: cell biology, biology of higher plants and advanced cell biology.

Degrees:

Doctor of Philosophy in botany; Dissertation Title: "The Cellular Origin of Membrane Lipids for Enlarging Cottonseed Glyoxysomes" Arizona State University

Bachelor of Arts in biology, Lycoming College

Experience:

Chapman's specific research projects are in the following topics:

  • regulation of lipid metabolism in plants
  • lipid signaling
  • metabolic pathway engineering of vegetable oils
  • bioenergy
  • bio-based applications

Selected Publications:

  • Viscoelastic Properties of Kenaf Bast Fiber in Relation to Stem Age. (2009). 
  • Identification and expression of a new delta-12 fatty acid desaturase (FAD2-4) gene in upland cotton and its functional expression in yeast and Arabidopsis thaliana plants. (2009).
  • Benefits of Low Kenaf Loading in Biobased Composites of Poly(L-lactide) and Kenaf Fiber. (2009).