Forest Biotechnology
Environmental Biotechnology
Green Biotechnology


Mailing address:

Dr. William A. Powell
Director of the Council on Biotechnology in Forestry
Faculty of Environmental & Forest Biology
College of Environmental Science & Forestry
State University of New York
One Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210-2788

Email: wapowell@esf.edu

I have openings for potential graduate students on the transgenic American chestnut and transgenic American elm restoration projects. Click here to apply.

Note: If you have over a 3.4 GPA and scored greater than 70% overall on the GRE, then you have an excellent chance of being awarded a graduate assistantship.

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Professional Experience:

Associate Professor, 1995-present
Area: Biotechnology in Forest Pathology
College of Environmental Science and Forestry
State University of New York
Syracuse, NY 13210

Assistant Professor, 1989-1995
Area: Biotechnology in Forest Pathology
College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Postdoctoral Associate, 1986-1989
Area: Molecular Plant Pathology
University of Florida, Department of Plant Pathology,
Gainesville, FL 32611

Education:

Ph.D., Biology, 1986
Utah State University, Logan, UT

B.S., Biology, 1982
Salisbury State University, Salisbury, MD

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CropBiotech.net

American chestnut research and restoration project

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Biotechnology in Forestry

31 Critical Questions in Agricultural Biotechnology