Professor
Department of Plant Science
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
United States of America
Blake Meyers received his undergraduate degree in biology from the University of Chicago, M.S. and Ph.D. in genetics at University of California-Davis and received postdoctoral training at DuPont Crop Genetics and UC Davis. He has served through the professor ranks at the University of Delaware since 2002, and also as chair of the Department of Plant & Soil Sciences.
" Blake's work focuses on genome-scale studies of RNA and components of RNA silencing pathways, with a recent emphasis on plant reproductive biology and the evolution of plant small RNAs. Blake has been involved with next-generation DNA sequencing since its earliest days, and he has developed a number of applications of this technology, including computational methods, that have had a deep impact on plant genomics."