Principal Investigator, Bond LSC
Professor of Plant Science and Technology
Member of Interdisciplinary Plant Group
David Mendoza
College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
(573) 882-1892
271f Bond LSC
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Biography
David Mendoza holds a PhD in Biochemistry (2005) and in 2006, he obtained a postdoctoral PEW fellowship to study plant molecular biology at UC San Diego. In 2011, Mendoza joined the Division of Plant Sciences at the University of Missouri and the Bond Life Sciences Center as an assistant professor. Shortly after, he received an NSF CAREER award to study plant nutrition. In 2016, Mendoza was promoted to Associate Professor and his research program has been continuously funded by private and federal agencies, totaling $12 million. In 2025, Mendoza was awarded the MU Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity and was promoted to full professor.