Plant researcher named top Oklahoma scientist

NewsOK.com
BY JIM STAFFORD
Published: October 21, 2008

For years, Richard Dixon has directed a corps of scientists at the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation working to improve plants for use as animal forage or energy sources.

As director of the Noble Foundation’s plant biology division, Dixon’s work in lignin attracted little attention outside the community of researchers until the nation discovered a thirst for alternative energy sources.

"The ironic thing is that nobody has been hugely interested in plant natural products for many years,” Dixon said. "But as soon as the bioenergy business caught on, all of a sudden lots of people want to give us money.”

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