David E. Salt has a Bachelors of Science with honors in Biochemistry from the University College of North Wales, Bangor, England, a Masters of Science in Computer Science from Hallam University, Sheffield, England and a Ph.D. in Plant Biochemistry from Liverpool University, Liverpool, England. He did postdoctoral studies at University College, London, England, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and the University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He was also a Research Assistant Professor at the Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Rutgers University, NJ, an Assistant and Associate professor of Biochemistry at Northern Arizona University, AZ and most recently an Associate professor at Purdue University, IN. Past experience has included extensive physiological and biochemical studies of mechanisms of metal tolerance in plants, including characterization of Cu binding peptides and intercellular and intracellular transport mechanisms and binding of Cd, Zn, Pb, As and Ni in plants with a focus on metal hyperaccumulating plants. Currently, Dr Salt if focusing on the molecular genetic and biochemical mechanisms of Ni, Se and As hyperaccumulation in various Thlaspi, Astragalus and Pteris species. Dr Salt is also using functional genomics to study metal transport and accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Email address: dsalt@purdue.edu