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Greg Sword
- Regents Professor Charles R. Parencia Chair in Cotton Entomology
- Office:
- ERL 114
College Station - Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 979-321-5822
- Website: http://swordlab.tamu.edu
Education
- Undergraduate Education
- B.S. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
- Graduate Education
- Ph.D. Zoology, University of Texas
Areas of Expertise
- Plant-insect interactions
- Population genomics
- Phenotypic plasticity
- Microbial ecology
- Nutritional ecology
- Migration
- Integrated pest management
Professional Summary
Gregory Sword, PhD, is a Regents Professor and Charles R. Parencia Endowed Chair in Entomology in the Texas A&M University Department of Entomology. He is also a member of the Ecology & Evolutionary Biology PhD program. His interdisciplinary research and teaching interests have led to advances spanning, ecology, evolution, genomics, nutrition, microbiology, and pest management. To date, he has contributed to the receipt of $24 million in research funding with over $10 million going directly to his research program. His 145 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters have been cited nearly 10,000 times. His ground-breaking research into plant-microbe interactions has spawned seven U.S. patents with novel commercial agricultural products being sold around the world. The national and international impact of Sword’s research has been recognized through the receipt of multiple awards for career achievement, innovation, environmental excellence, and integrated pest management.