FACULTY PROFILES

Kendal D. Hirschi

Professor
Biological Sciences

Office Building: Bioscience Research Building
Office Room: 2.118
Phone:
Email: kdhirschi@utep.edu

Bio

No info available.

Education

Ph D in Plant Pathology, University of Arizona (1993)

Publications

Regulated to respond: dual localization and dynamic control of AVP1 in plant carbon partitioning Front. Plant Science 16 (2025), Roberto D. Gaxiola, Kendal D. Hirschi.
Time-Series Elemental Imaging Reveals CAX-Dependent Redistribution Patterns for Anoxia Recovery Journal of Experimental Botany (2025), shayan Sarkar, Mathew Barr, Ryan Tappero, Paras Aggarwal, Kendal D. Hirschi, Tracy Punshon.
An N-terminal transport-deficient module of CATION EXCHANGER1 is sufficient to trigger anoxia stress responses Plant Physiology 198 4 (2025), Hormat S. Rhein, Shayan Sarkar, Antonella Gradogna, Garielle Durocher, Joachim Scholz-Starke, Jon Pittman, Kendal D. Hirschi.
Proteomic insights into trichome responses to elevated elemental stress in cation exchanger (CAX) mutants Plant and Cell Physiology 65 12 (2024), Qi Guo, Shayan Sarkar, Tracy Punshon, Ryan Tappero, Bronwyn Barkla, Kendal D. Hirschi.
CAX control: multiple roles of vacuolar cation/H+ exchangers in metal tolerance, mineral nutrition and environmental signalling Authors Plant Biology 26 6 (2024), Jon Pittman, Kendal D. Hirschi.
Sequential removal of cation/H+ exchangers reveals their additive role in elemental distribution, calcium depletion and anoxia tolerance Plant Cell and Environment 47 2 (2024), Iny Mathew, Hormat Rhein, Jian Yang, Antonella Gradogna, Armando Carpaneto, Qi Guoi, Ryan Tappero, Joachim Scholz-Starke, Bronwyn Barkla, Kendal D. Hirschi, Tracy Punshon.
A dominant‐negative Arabidopsis cation exchanger 1 (CAX1): N‐terminal autoinhibition and membrane topology Plant Journal 119 6 (2024), Shayan Sarkar, Hormat Rhein, Jon Pittman, Kendal D. Hirschi.
Generating reproducing anoxia conditions for plant phenotyping Bio-Protocol 13 (2023), Iny Mathew, Hormat S. Rhein, Ardawna Green, Kendal D. Hirschi.

Presentations

CAX1 Regulates Post-Anoxia Recovery Through Transport-Independent Signaling (2025), Volume Denmark, Kendal D. Hirschi.

Grants

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section
Fall 2026	MICR 2340 - General Microbiology	11116
Fall 2026	BIOL 5202 - Independent Research	15256
Fall 2026	MICR 2330 - Microorganisms and Disease	10421
Fall 2026	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	13434
Fall 2026	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	14732
Fall 2026	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	15108
Fall 2026	ZOOL 2406 - Vertebrate Zoology	17163
Fall 2026	ZOOL 2406 - Vertebrate Zoology	17164
Fall 2026	ZOOL 2406 - Vertebrate Zoology	17165
Summer 2026	BIOL 5399 - Thesis	34032
Summer 2026	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	31091

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Fall 2026	MICR 2340 - General Microbiology	11116
Fall 2026	BIOL 5202 - Independent Research	15256
Fall 2026	MICR 2330 - Microorganisms and Disease	10421
Fall 2026	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	13434
Fall 2026	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	14732
Fall 2026	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	15108
Fall 2026	ZOOL 2406 - Vertebrate Zoology	17163
Fall 2026	ZOOL 2406 - Vertebrate Zoology	17164
Fall 2026	ZOOL 2406 - Vertebrate Zoology	17165
Spring 2026	BIOL 6309 - Advanced Scientific Writing	28070	Syllabus
Spring 2026	BIOL 5202 - Independent Research	23071
Spring 2026	SCI 1301 - Inquiry in Math & Science	27623	Syllabus
Spring 2026	BIOL 4398 - Special Problems	28151
Spring 2026	BIOL 5398 - Thesis	28316
Spring 2026	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	26591
Spring 2026	ENGL 1313 - Writing About Literature	27630	Syllabus
Fall 2025	MICR 2340 - General Microbiology	11216	Syllabus
Fall 2025	BIOL 5202 - Independent Research	16278

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Fall 2025	MICR 2340 - General Microbiology	11216	Evaluation

Bio

No info available.

Ph D in Plant Pathology, University of Arizona (1993)

Publications

Regulated to respond: dual localization and dynamic control of AVP1 in plant carbon partitioning Front. Plant Science 16 (2025), Roberto D. Gaxiola, Kendal D. Hirschi.
Time-Series Elemental Imaging Reveals CAX-Dependent Redistribution Patterns for Anoxia Recovery Journal of Experimental Botany (2025), shayan Sarkar, Mathew Barr, Ryan Tappero, Paras Aggarwal, Kendal D. Hirschi, Tracy Punshon.
An N-terminal transport-deficient module of CATION EXCHANGER1 is sufficient to trigger anoxia stress responses Plant Physiology 198 4 (2025), Hormat S. Rhein, Shayan Sarkar, Antonella Gradogna, Garielle Durocher, Joachim Scholz-Starke, Jon Pittman, Kendal D. Hirschi.
Proteomic insights into trichome responses to elevated elemental stress in cation exchanger (CAX) mutants Plant and Cell Physiology 65 12 (2024), Qi Guo, Shayan Sarkar, Tracy Punshon, Ryan Tappero, Bronwyn Barkla, Kendal D. Hirschi.
CAX control: multiple roles of vacuolar cation/H+ exchangers in metal tolerance, mineral nutrition and environmental signalling Authors Plant Biology 26 6 (2024), Jon Pittman, Kendal D. Hirschi.

Presentations

CAX1 Regulates Post-Anoxia Recovery Through Transport-Independent Signaling (2025), Volume Denmark, Kendal D. Hirschi.

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term

Fall 2026

Course

MICR 2340 - General Microbiology

Section

11116

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

BIOL 5202 - Independent Research

Section

15256

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

MICR 2330 - Microorganisms and Disease

Section

10421

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

Section

13434

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

Section

14732

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

15108

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

ZOOL 2406 - Vertebrate Zoology

Section

17163

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

ZOOL 2406 - Vertebrate Zoology

Section

17164

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

ZOOL 2406 - Vertebrate Zoology

Section

17165

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2026

Course

BIOL 5399 - Thesis

Section

34032

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2026

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

31091

Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Fall 2026

Course

MICR 2340 - General Microbiology

Section

11116

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

BIOL 5202 - Independent Research

Section

15256

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

MICR 2330 - Microorganisms and Disease

Section

10421

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

Section

13434

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

Section

14732

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

15108

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

ZOOL 2406 - Vertebrate Zoology

Section

17163

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

ZOOL 2406 - Vertebrate Zoology

Section

17164

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

ZOOL 2406 - Vertebrate Zoology

Section

17165

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

BIOL 6309 - Advanced Scientific Writing

Section

28070

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

BIOL 5202 - Independent Research

Section

23071

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

SCI 1301 - Inquiry in Math & Science

Section

27623

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

BIOL 4398 - Special Problems

Section

28151

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

BIOL 5398 - Thesis

Section

28316

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

26591

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

ENGL 1313 - Writing About Literature

Section

27630

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MICR 2340 - General Microbiology

Section

11216

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

BIOL 5202 - Independent Research

Section

16278

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MICR 2340 - General Microbiology

Section

11216

Evaluation

Kendal D. Hirschi

Bio

Education

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Grants

Courses

Course Evaluations