{"id":1164,"date":"2025-10-03T15:46:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/?page_id=1164"},"modified":"2025-10-03T15:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:51:08","slug":"james-muir","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/james-muir\/","title":{"rendered":"James Muir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/09\/James-Muir_2025.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a red shirt smiles in front of a grey backdrop.\" class=\"wp-image-1165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/09\/James-Muir_2025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/09\/James-Muir_2025-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/09\/James-Muir_2025-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/09\/James-Muir_2025-267x400.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/09\/James-Muir_2025-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">James Muir, Ph.D.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Regents Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:j-muir@tamu.edu\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:j-muir@tamu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">j-muir@tamu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phone: <a href=\"tel:+12549684144\" data-type=\"tel\" data-id=\"tel:+12549684144\">(254)-968-4144<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Office: AgriLIfe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-button alignnone\"><a class=\"wp-block-advgb-button_link advgbbtn-5d624905-9017-4caa-9418-d53c87e65b1c\" href=\"https:\/\/stephenville.tamu.edu\/people\/muir-dr-james\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span><span><strong>AgriLife Research<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"research-interests-e58bd4ab-e2fe-4de7-b95e-547e1bb5e631\">Research Interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Grassland Ecology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Undergraduate Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B.S. in Biology, Wheaton College, 1981<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Graduate Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M.S. in Agronomy, University of Florida, 1985<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ph.D. in Agronomy, University of Florida, 1989<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>James P. Muir, a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy, is Regent\u2019s Professor and Research Scientist with Tarleton and Texas A&amp;M AgriLife Research. A grassland ecologist, he focuses on the plant\/animal interface. His research takes place in Africa, South America and North America. His students come from around the world and have undertaken research or presented their data in many countries, including Mozambique, Eritrea, Colombia, Mexico, Turkey, Argentina, Senegal, South Africa, Swaziland, Kenya, Brazil and, of course, Texas. His long-term focus has been legumes, both cultivated and natural, and their myriad roles in pastures, rangeland, prairies and savannahs. He is also interested in domesticating native Texas legume ecotypes for many uses, including rumen methane mitigation, prairie restoration and roadside revegetation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards and Recognition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Native Plant Society of Texas Charles Weedle Award for Lifetime Achievement, 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fellow of Crop Science Society of America, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Texas A&amp;M AgriLife Research Fellow, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Regents Fellow Service Award, 2011<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Texas A&amp;M System 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