Background
Hayes, Christopher Kent was born on July 19, 1959 in Effingham, Illinois, United States. Son of Ivan Andrew and Patricia Ann Hayes.
Hayes, Christopher Kent was born on July 19, 1959 in Effingham, Illinois, United States. Son of Ivan Andrew and Patricia Ann Hayes.
Bachelor of Science in Botany, Bachelor in Mathematics, Eastern Illinois University, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy in Genetics and Development Biology, West Virginia University, 1989.
Graduate teaching assistant, Eastern Illinois U., Charleston, 1982-1983;
graduate teaching assistant, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1983-1986;
research associate, West Virginia University, 1986-1989;
postdoctoral research assistant, Cornell Univercity, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, 1989-1991;
research associate, Cornell Univercity, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, since 1991. Consultant Kodak Research laboratories, Rochester, New York, 1990-1991. Lecturer MycologicalSoc.
American, Madison, Wisconsin, 1990, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Biological Control Wrokshop, Athens, Greece, 1991. Lecturer, expert panelist Symposium on Large Scale Release of Genetically Engineered Organisms, Rockville, Maryland., 1991.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Society Plant Molecular Biology, Beta Beta Beta, Kappa Mu Epsilon, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Sigma.
Married Kristie Elizabeth Keeling, July 7, 1984. Children: Christopher II, Caleb, Nathaniel, Kylie.