Aaron Roberts

Dr. Aaron Roberts was appointed as associate vice president of Research and Innovation on July 1, 2021. Prior to his appointment, he was a professor of environmental toxicology in the College of Science (COS) and spent the last two years as the director of the Advanced Environmental Research Institute (AERI). He is considered an expert on the fate and effects of chemical contaminants in freshwater and marine ecosystems. His research group has been funded by federal and state agencies as well as the private sector. Most recently, he secured a $300,000 award from Texas General Land Office (GLO) for toxicological studies that will inform oil spill response in the state. 

As associate vice president, his portfolio will include overseeing the management of UNT’s shared instrumentation facilities across campus, working with advisory groups and directors of each facility, and assisting with the development, approval and implementation of partnership agreements with other universities, national labs and industry. Additionally, Roberts will be heavily involved in research development training and limited submissions, among other duties.

Ph.D. in zoology from Miami-Ohio University

M.S. in zoology from Miami-Ohio University

B.S in biology from the University of Missouri

Postdoctoral training in environmental toxicology from Clemson University