Kenneth R. Dixon

Dr. Dixon has held the rank of Professor in the Department of Environmental Toxicology and The Institute of Environmental and Human Health at Texas Tech University since 1997. He received his B.S. degree in Forestry from the University of Florida in 1964. In 1968, he received his M.S. in Forestry, also from the University of Florida, specializing in statistics and systems engineering. From 1968 to 1971, Dr. Dixon worked as a biometrician in the Institute of Statistics at North Carolina State University. In 1974, Dr. Dixon received his Ph.D. in the School of Natural Resources at The University of Michigan. After graduating, Dr. Dixon took a post-doctoral position as an ecologist and modeler at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In 1976, Ken joined the University of Maryland Appalachian Environmental Laboratory, and from 1984 to 1992, Dr. Dixon was head of the Wildlife Research Program in the Washington Department of Wildlife. Dr. Dixon was Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Toxicology and The Institute of Wildlife and Environmental Toxicology at Clemson University from 1992 to 1997.