Dr. Lena Struwe Institutional address: Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources Phone: (732) 932-9711 x235 /Dept. of Plant Biology and Pathology Fax: (732) 932-9441 Rutgers University, Cook College E-mail: [email protected]237 Foran Hall, 59 Dudley Road www: http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~struwe/ New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Positions held 2006-present Associate Editor, Systematic Botany, ASPT (appointment for 4 years). 2004-present Director, Chrysler Herbarium, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 2001-2004 Correspondent, Chrysler Herbarium, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 2001-present Assistant Professor, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, (primary), and Dept. of Plant Biology and Pathology (secondary), Rutgers University (entry into tenure stream July 1, 2001, tenured Associate Professor from July 1, 2007). 1998-2001 Research Associate, The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Program for Molecular Systematics Studies, The New York Botanical Garden. 1995-1998 Laboratory Manager, Harding and Lieberman Laboratories, The New York Botanical Garden. 1995-1996 Senior Editor, Brittonia, The New York Botanical Garden. 1995 Assistant Editor, Brittonia, The New York Botanical Garden. 1991-1995 Teaching and Computer Assistant, Department of Systematic Botany, Uppsala University. 1989-1990 Museum Assistant, Regnellian Herbarium, Department of Phanerogamic Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History. Research interests Evolutionary history, diversity, and biogeography of angiosperms, especially gentians (Gentianaceae) and relatives, and the Neotropical flora; floral anatomy and development; ethnobotany, medicinal plants, conservation of plant biodiversity; tropical biogeography. Education 1999 Ph.D. (Filosofie doktorsexamen) in Systematic Botany, Stockholm University. Thesis: Morphological and molecular phylogenetic studies in neotropical Gentianaceae. Stockholm University, Stockholm. 221 pp. [formally published] 1991 B.Sc. (Filosofie kandidatexamen) in Biology and Earth Sciences, Stockholm University. Grants and awards 2007 Abraham Weisblat Award for Across the Board Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Outreach, Rutgers University, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences & New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (April 2007). 2006 Research Infrastructure Awards, Cook College, Rutgers University, "Cook College DNA Sequencing Facility Upgrade", $32,000, Co-PI (PI: Gerben Zylstra; March 2006). 2005 New World Consortium for Life Sciences (OSU-Rutgers-USP), "Assessing Plant Patterns of Genetic Diversity in Brazil using GIS and Molecular Systematics”, $5,000, with J. Pirani, USP (Jan 2005- June 2005). 2003 NIH, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE BIODIVERSITY GROUPS, “BUILDING NEW PHARMACEUTICAL CAPABILITIES IN CENTRAL ASIA”, submitted Feb 2003, pending, $3.8 million (Co-PI as Associate Program Leader for Biodiversity,
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Dr. Lena Struwe
Institutional address:Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources Phone: (732) 932-9711 x235
/Dept. of Plant Biology and Pathology Fax: (732) 932-9441Rutgers University, Cook College E-mail: [email protected] Foran Hall, 59 Dudley Road www: http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~struwe/New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Positions held
2006-present Associate Editor, Systematic Botany, ASPT (appointment for 4 years).2004-present Director, Chrysler Herbarium, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ2001-2004 Correspondent, Chrysler Herbarium, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ2001-present Assistant Professor, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources,
(primary), and Dept. of Plant Biology and Pathology (secondary), RutgersUniversity (entry into tenure stream July 1, 2001, tenured Associate Professorfrom July 1, 2007).
1998-2001 Research Associate, The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Program for MolecularSystematics Studies, The New York Botanical Garden.
1995-1998 Laboratory Manager, Harding and Lieberman Laboratories, The New YorkBotanical Garden.
1995-1996 Senior Editor, Brittonia, The New York Botanical Garden.1995 Assistant Editor, Brittonia, The New York Botanical Garden.1991-1995 Teaching and Computer Assistant, Department of Systematic Botany, Uppsala
University.1989-1990 Museum Assistant, Regnellian Herbarium, Department of Phanerogamic Botany,
Swedish Museum of Natural History.
Research interests
Evolutionary history, diversity, and biogeography of angiosperms, especially gentians(Gentianaceae) and relatives, and the Neotropical flora; floral anatomy and development;ethnobotany, medicinal plants, conservation of plant biodiversity; tropical biogeography.
Education
1999 Ph.D. (Filosofie doktorsexamen) in Systematic Botany, Stockholm University. Thesis:Morphological and molecular phylogenetic studies in neotropical Gentianaceae.Stockholm University, Stockholm. 221 pp. [formally published]
1991 B.Sc. (Filosofie kandidatexamen) in Biology and Earth Sciences, Stockholm University.
Grants and awards
2007 Abraham Weisblat Award for Across the Board Excellence in Teaching, Research, andOutreach, Rutgers University, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences & NewJersey Agricultural Experiment Station (April 2007).
2006 Research Infrastructure Awards, Cook College, Rutgers University, "Cook College DNASequencing Facility Upgrade", $32,000, Co-PI (PI: Gerben Zylstra; March 2006).
2005 New World Consortium for Life Sciences (OSU-Rutgers-USP), "Assessing Plant Patternsof Genetic Diversity in Brazil using GIS and Molecular Systematics”, $5,000, with J.Pirani, USP (Jan 2005- June 2005).
2003 NIH, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE BIODIVERSITY GROUPS, “BUILDINGNEW PHARMACEUTICAL CAPABILITIES IN CENTRAL ASIA”, submitted Feb2003, pending, $3.8 million (Co-PI as Associate Program Leader for Biodiversity,
Bioinformatics and Training Associate Program, responsible for biodiversity andconservation assessments and professional training program within this grant, for plantbiological interdisciplinary studies in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan in collaboration withRutgers and University of Illinois; I. Raskin is PI)
2003 NSF: DEB, Systematic Biology, “Phylogeny and biogeography of the neotropical tribeHelieae (Gentianaceae)”, $99,999. (July 2003-July 2005)
2003 Rutgers University Research Council grant, “Molecular systematics of the anti-malarialplant Tachia (Gentianaceae)”, $4,900 (Aug 2003 - May 2004)
2002 Rutgers University, HATCH grant (USDA): Molecular phylogenetics, biodiversity, andbiogeography of plants in the American tropics (Nov 2002 - 2007).
1994 Uddenberg-Nordingska Foundation, 1994 (project title: "Flower development andsystematics in Fagraea, Gentianaceae", 50,000 Swedish krona [SEK]).
1995 C. F. Liljewalchs Resestipendiefond, Uppsala Universitet, 1995 (Third InternationalFlora Malesiana Symposium '95, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 6,000 Swedish krona[SEK]).
1993 J. A. Wahlbergs Memorial Fund, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1993 (scientificwork in Tanzania, 8,000 Swedish krona [SEK]).
Pending grants
None.
Refereed articles, book chapters, and books (in reverse chronological order)
Pringle, J. & L. Struwe. Gentianaceae. In: Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. SpringerVerlag. (accepted)
Frasier, C., V. A. Albert, & L. Struwe. Amazonian lowland, white sand areas as ancestral regionsfor South American biodiversity: biogeographic and phylogenetic patterns in Potalia
(Gentianaceae). Organisms, Diversity & Evolution (in press).Struwe, L. (in press, 2006) Gentianaceae. In: O. Hokche (ed.), Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora de
Venezuela, Venezuela.Struwe, L. (in press, est. 2006) Gelsemiaceae. In: Families and Genera of Flowering Plants (K.
Kubitzki, ed.), vol. Asteridae-Gentianales (J. W. Kadereit, vol. ed.). Springer Verlag.Struwe, L. (in press, est. July 2006). Gentianaceae. In: R. Duno, ed., Catalogo Anotada de los
Llanos, Caracas, Venezuela.Struwe, L., J. R. Grant, K. B. Lepis, M. F. Calió, M. Zarate, & J. Pringle. (in press, 2006/7).
Gentianaceae. In: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Bolivia. Missouri Botanical Garden,St. Louis.
Struwe, L. and T. Motley (in press, est. 2006) Loganiaceae (including Antoniaceae,Geniostomaceae, Spigeliaceae, and Strychnaceae). In: Families and Genera of Flowering
Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed.), vol. Asteridae-Gentianales (J. W. Kadereit, vol. ed.). SpringerVerlag, Berlin.
Grant, J. R. & L. Struwe. 2006. Yanomamua araca (Gentianaceae: Helieae), a new genus andspecies from outliers of the Guayana Shield on Serra Aracá in Amazonian Brazil. HarvardPapers in Botany 11(1): 33-41.
Struwe, L., M. P. Kinkade, & P. J. M. Maas. 2005. Two new Brazilian species of Tachia(Gentianaceae: Helieae). Blumea 50: 457-462.
Gould, K. R. & L. Struwe. 2004. Phylogeny and evolution of Symbolanthus and Wurdackanthus
(Gentianaceae-Helieae) in the Guayana Highlands and Andes, based on ribosomal 5S-NTSsequences. Annals of Missouri Botanical Garden 91: 438-446.
Mansion, G. & L. Struwe. 2004. Generic delimitation and phylogenetic relationships within thesubtribe Chironiinae (Chironieae: Gentianaceae) with special reference to Centaurium:
evidence from nrDNA and cpDNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32:951-977.
Molina, J. & L. Struwe. 2004. Neuburgia novocaledonica, comb. nov. and the first record ofdomatia in the family Loganiaceae. Australian Systematic Botany 17: 399-406.
Struwe, L. 2004. Columelliaceae, Desfontainiaceae, Loganiaceae, Plocospermataceae. Pages108-109, 126-127, 219-221, 299-300. In: Flowering Plant Families of the American Tropics
(A. Henderson, S. A. Mori, S. V. Heald, N. P. Smith, and D. W. Stevenson, eds.), PrincetonUniversity Press, Princeton, NJ.
Struwe, L. & V. A. Albert. 2004. Monograph of neotropical Potalia (Gentianaceae: Potalieae).Systematic Botany 29 (3): 670-701.
Struwe, L. & V. A. Albert. 2004. Gelsemiaceae, Gentianaceae. Pages 164-166, 166-168. In:Flowering Plant Families of the American Tropics (A. Henderson, S. A. Mori, S. V. Heald,N. P. Smith, and D. W. Stevenson, eds.), Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.
Struwe, L. & S. R. Jensen. 2004. Plocospermataceae. Pages: 330-332. In: Families and Genera
of Flowering Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed.), vol. Asteridae-Lamiales (J. W. Kadereit, vol. ed.).Springer Verlag, Berlin.
Struwe, L. & K. Gould. 2004. Redefinition of Symbolanthus to include Wurdackanthus
(Gentianaceae - Helieae). Novon 14: 354-359.Bischoff, J. F., R. F. Sullivan, N. L. Hywel-Jones, L. Struwe, & J. F. White, Jr. 2003.
Resurrection of Blistum tomentosum and its exclusion from Polycephalomyces
(Hyphomycetes, Deuteromycota) based on 28S rDNA sequence data. Mycotaxon 86: 433-444.
Grant, J. R. & L. Struwe. 2003. De Macrocarpaeae Grisebach (ex Gentianaceis) speciebus novisIII: Six new species of moon-gentians (Macrocarpaea, Gentianaceae: Helieae) from ParqueNacional Podocarpus, Ecuador. Harvard Papers in Botany 8 (1): 61-81.
Struwe, L. 2003. Revision of Bolivian Symbolanthus (Gentianaceae – Helieae). Harvard Papers
in Botany 8 (1): 19-24.Struwe, L. 2003. Two new winged species of Symbolanthus (Gentianaceae: Helieae) from
Colombia. Novon 13: 133-140.Struwe, L. & V. A. Albert, eds. 2002. Gentianaceae – Systematics and Natural History.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 652 pp. Co-authored chapters:Albert, V. A. and L. Struwe. Gentianaceae in context. Pp. 1-20.Struwe, L., J. Kadereit, J. Klackenberg, S. Nilsson, M. Thiv, K. B. von Hagen, and V. A.
Albert. Systematics, character evolution, and biogeography of Gentianaceae, includinga new tribal and subtribal classification. Pp. 21-309.
Struwe, L. & R. E. Weaver, Jr. 2001. Lisianthius perkinsiae, a new name for Lisianthius
acuminatus Perkins (Gentianaceae: Potalieae). Taxon 50: 1161-1162.Grant, J. R. & L. Struwe. 2001. Macrocarpaeae Grisebach (Gentianaceae) Species Novae seu
notabiles Neotropicae I: An introduction to the genus Macrocarpaea and three new speciesfrom Colombia, Ecuador, and Guyana. Harvard Papers in Botany 5: 489-498.
Thiv, M., L. Struwe, & J. W. Kadereit. 1999 [2000]. The phylogenetic relationships andevolution of the Canarian laurel forest endemic Ixanthus viscosus (Alt.) Griseb.(Gentianaceae): evidence from matK and ITS sequence variation, and floral morphology andanatomy. Plant Systematics & Evolution 218: 299-317.
Struwe, L. & V. A. Albert. 1999. Nomenclatural issues in Helieae (Gentianaceae): a response toZijlstra et al. Harvard Papers in Botany 4: 293.
Struwe, L., P. J. M. Maas, O. Pihlar, & V. A. Albert. 1999. Gentianaceae. Pages 474-542. In:Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, vol. 5, P. E. Berry, K. Yatskievych, & B. K. Holst (eds.).Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
Thiv, M., L. Struwe, V. A. Albert, & J. W. Kadereit. 1999. The phylogenetic relationships ofSaccifolium bandeirae Maguire & Pires (Gentianaceae) reconsidered. Harvard Papers in
Botany 4: 519-526.Struwe, L. & V. A. Albert. 1998. Lisianthius (Gentianaceae), its probable homonym Lisyanthus,
and the priority of Helia over Irlbachia as its substitute. Harvard Papers in Botany 3: 63-71.Struwe, L. & V. A. Albert. 1998. Six new species of Gentianaceae from the Guayana Shield.
Harvard Papers in Botany 3: 181-197.Struwe, L., M. Thiv, J. Kadereit, T. Motley, A. S-R. Pepper, J. Rova, K. Potgieter, P. White, and
V. A. Albert. 1998. Saccifolium (Saccifoliaceae), an endemic of Sierra de la Neblina on theBrazilian-Venezuelan frontier, is related to a temperate-alpine lineage of Gentianaceae.Harvard Papers in Botany 3: 199-214.
Albert, V. A. & L. Struwe. 1997. Phylogeny and classification of Voyria (saprophyticGentianaceae). Brittonia 49: 466-479.
Struwe, L. & V. A. Albert. 1997. Floristics, cladistics, and classification: three case studies inGentianales. In: Plant Diversity in Malesia III, J. Dransfield, M. J. E. Coode, & D. A.Simpson (eds.), pp. 321-352. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Struwe, L., P. J. M. Maas, & V. A. Albert. 1997. Aripuana cullmaniorum, a new genus andspecies of Gentianaceae from white sands of southeastern Amazonas, Brazil. Harvard Papers
in Botany 2: 235-253.Farris, J. S., M. Källersjö, V. A. Albert, M. Allard, A. Anderberg, B. Bowditch, C. Bult, J. M.
Carpenter, T. M. Crowe, J. De Laet, K. Fitzhugh, D. Frost, P. Goloboff, C. J. Humphries, U.Jondelius, D. Judd, P. O. Karis, D. Lipscomb, M. Luckow, D. Mindell, J. Muona, K. Nixon,W. Presch, O. Seberg, M. E. Siddall, L. Struwe, A. Tehler, J. Wenzel, Q. Wheeler, & W.Wheeler. 1996. Explanation. Cladistics 11: 211-218.
Bremer, B., R. G. Olmstead, L. Struwe, & J. A. Sweere. 1994. rbcL sequences support exclusionof Retzia, Desfontainia, and Nicodemia from the Gentianales. Plant Systematics and
Evolution 190: 213-230.Struwe, L., V. A. Albert, & B. Bremer. 1994 [1995]. Cladistics and family level classification of
the Gentianales. Cladistics 10: 175-206.Bremer, B. & L. Struwe. 1992. Phylogeny of the Rubiaceae and the Loganiaceae: congruence or
conflict between morphological and molecular data? American Journal of Botany 79 (10):1171-1184.
Submitted manuscripts
Calió, M. F., J. Pirani, & L. Struwe. Revision and morphologic phylogeny of Prepusa andSenaea (Gentianaceae: Heliae): rare endemics of southeastern and northeastern Brazil. Kew
Bulletin (accepted pending revision)Molina, J. & L. Struwe. Revision of ring-gentians (Symbolanthus, Gentianaceae) from Bolivia,
Ecuador and Peru, with a first assessment of conservation status. Systematics & Biodiversity
(accepted pending revision).Mylecraine, K. A., P. E. Smouse, G. L. Zimmermann, J. E. Kuser, & L. Struwe. Congruent
patterns of cpDNA and morphological variation in Atlantic white-cedar (Chamaecyparis
thyoides, Cupressaceae). International Journal of Plant Biology (accepted pending revision)Struwe, L. & M. Kinkade. Revision of Tachia (Gentianaceae-Helieae): Biogeography and
Speciation Patterns in the Neotropics. Systematic Botany (accepted pending revision)Struwe, L., V. A. Albert, M. F. Calió, C. Frasier, K. B. Lepis, K. G. Mathews, & J. R. Grant.
Evolutionary patterns in neotropical tribe Helieae (Gentianaceae): evidence frommorphology, chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences. Taxon. (in review)
Struwe, L., S. Nilsson, V. A. Albert. Roraimaea (Gentianaceae: Helieae) - a new gentian genusfrom white sands and tepuis of Brazil and Venezuela. Taxon (in review).
Non-refereed scientific publications
Peters, W., M. P. Kinkade, A. M. Pohlit, & L. Struwe. 2005. Tachia field guide. RutgersUniversity, Cook College, New Brunswick, NJ, & Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas daAmazônica (INPA), Manaus, Brazil. [available online at Gentian Research Network]
Peters, W., M. F. Calió, M. P. Kinkade, A. M. Pohlit, & L. Struwe. 2005. Guia de Campo paraTachia. Rutgers University, Cook College, New Brunswick, NJ, & Instituto Nacional dePesquisas da Amazônica (INPA), Manaus, Brazil. [in Portuguese; available online at GentianResearch Network]
Peters, W., R. Cortés-B., M. P. Kinkade, A. M. Pohlit, & L. Struwe. 2005. Guía de Campo deTachia. Rutgers University, Cook College, New Brunswick, NJ, & Instituto Nacional dePesquisas da Amazônica (INPA), Manaus, Brazil. [In Spanish; available online at GentianResearch Network]
Struwe, L. 2001. Gentianales. In: Encyclopedia of Life Science, MacMillan Publishers.(www.els.net) [on-line encyclopedia]
Struwe, L. 1999. Morphological and molecular phylogenetic studies in neotropical
Gentianaceae. Stockholm University, Stockholm. 221 pp. [Doctoral Dissertation, officiallypublished]
Lindroth, C. (L. Struwe, ed.) 1993. Våra skalbaggar. Fältbiologerna, Stockholm. [Facsimileedition of world-renown entomologist Carl Lindroth’s classic guide to Swedish beetles.]
Popular publications, encyclopedias, etc.:
Struwe, L. 2004. Curly-grass fern and Eel-grass. In: Encyclopedia of New Jersey. RutgersUniversity Press, New Brunswick, NJ.
Book and software reviews
Struwe, L. 1998. Flora of Australia, vol. 28. Gentianales. Brittonia 50: 416-418.Struwe, L. 1996. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR). Bulletin of the
Torrey Botanical Club 123: 71.Struwe, L. & V. A. Albert. 1994. Another apple for the tree of knowledge. Cladistics 10: 88-95.
(review of MacClade: Analysis of Phylogeny and Character Evolution, W. P. Maddison &D. R. Maddison, 1992, Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA).
Abstracts
66 abstracts, 30 of these co-authored with Rutgers graduate students, 15 with Rutgersundergraduates.
Invited lectures and presented papers (presentations with published abstracts listed above)
39 talks, most at international conferences or institutions.
Memberships, professional appointments, etc.
2007 Member, Grant Review Panel, National Science Foundation – DEB.2007-present Member, Advisory Board, Dept of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS, Rutgers
University2007-present Member, The Systematic and Evolutionary Biogeographical Association (SEBA)2006-present Advisory Board on Women in Science, Engineering and Math, Rutgers
University2006 Member, Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Instructional Computing, SEBS,
Rutgers University.2006-present Honorary Member, Cercle Européen d'Etude des Gentianacées, Lausanne.
2006-present Member, American Association of the Advancement of Science (AAAS)2006-present Member, Association for Women in Science (AWIS)2005-present Chair, FPRC Project Fundraising Committee, Rutgers University.2005-present Member, Study Abroad Committee, FAS, Rutgers University.2005 Member, Nominating Committee, Ecology & Evolution Graduate Program,
Rutgers University.2005 Member, International Review Board, Annals of Botany.2004-2005 Member, International Programs Committee, Cook College/NJAES.2004 Member, Science Communication Awards Committee, Cook College/NJAES.2005-present Webmaster and Coordinator, Evolution at Rutgers: http://evolru.rutgers.edu 2004-present Member, Admissions Committee, Plant Biology Graduate Program.2004-present Director, Chrysler Herbarium, Rutgers University,.2003-present Associate Program Leader for Biodiversity, Bioinformatics and Training
Associate Program, ICBG-Central Asia Project, Rutgers University.2003-present Member, Curriculum Committee, Plant Biology Graduate Program.2003-present Coordinator, Population and Organismal Track, Plant Biology Graduate
Program.2003-present Honorary Curator, The New York Botanical Garden.2002-present Member, Faculty of the Graduate School-New Brunswick, Rutgers University,
Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolution & Graduate Program in PlantBiology.
2002-present Elected At-large Member, Executive Council of Ecology & Evolution GraduateProgram, Rutgers University.
2002-2005 Member, Curriculum Committee, Natural Resources undergraduate program.2002-present Correspondent, Chrysler Herbarium, Rutgers University.2002-2003 Member, Search Committee for Plant Genomics position, Rutgers University.2001-present Founder and webmaster, Gentian Research Network:
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~struwe/gentnet/ 2001-present Member, American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT)2001-present Member, International Association for Plant Taxonomists (IAPT)2001-present Member, Botanical Society of America (BSA)1999-present Adjunct Research Scientist, Brooklyn Botanic Garden1999-present Adjunct Researcher, Stockholm University, 1999-present1997-present Elected Fellow, Willi Hennig Society1989-1991 Elected member, National Board, Secretary of Field Biology (1989), and
Secretary of Publications (1990-1991), Fältbiologerna [youth NGO, field biologyand environment], Sweden
Organizer of events and similar service
2007 Organizer, Colloquium “Integration of spatial and ecological data in evolutionary
studies”, Botany 2007 conference, Chicago, July 7-11 2007.2007 Organizer, Exhibit ‘Botanical Art of the Pinelands’, April 6-23, 20072006 Organizer, Biodiversity BioBlitz at Old Bridge, NJ (October 2006, April 2007, 10 June
2007)2006 Organizer, Workshop ‘Evolution at Rutgers’, Feb 6, 20062005 Organizer, “Training course in Biodocumentation”, ICBG Central Asia project, Rutgers
University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Nov 2005, and Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Nov 2005.2005 Organizer & Keynote Speaker, International Botanical Conference, IBC 2005, Vienna,
2004 Organizer, “Training course in NAPIS”, ICBG Central Asia project, Rutgers University,6-8 Dec 2004.
2004 Organizer, Workshop and seminar on the U.N. Convention of Biological Diversity withLeonard Hirsch, Smithsonian Institution, ICBG Central Asia project, 6 Dec 2004.
Referee service
Journals: American Journal of Botany, Annales Botanici Fennici (2005), Annals of Botany(2005), Annals of Missouri Botanical Garden, Australian Systematic Botany (2006),Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Botanische Jahrbücher (2006), Bulletin of theTorrey Botanical Club, Brittonia, Cladistics, Evolution (2003), Flora Neotropica,International Journal for Plant Science (2006), Journal of Ethnobiology, New Zealand Journalof Botany (2003), Madroño (2006), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2003),Organisms, Diversity and Evolution, Plant Systematics and Evolution, Springer Verlag,Systematic Biology, Systematic Botany (2003), Taxon (2003, 2005).
Grants and foundations: NSF (2003, 2004, 2005), Swiss National Science Foundation.Promotion of faculty, reviewer: Addis Abeba University, Ethiopia (2006).
Field experience
Field collecting in Brazil, Ecuador, Hawaii, Norway, Puerto Rico, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania, andTurkey, and continental US. Also, scientific trips to Finland, Switzerland, Tunisia, andUzbekistan.
Languages
English (fluent), German (reading), Swedish (fluent).
Teaching and curriculum development:
Rutgers University, undergraduate:Developed and implemented undergraduate course “Taxonomy of Vascular Plants”, 4 credits,
Spring 2002, Fall 2003, Fall 2005, Fall 2006, Rutgers University, 11:704:411 (all lectures andlabs, co-taught with James French in 2005). {this course will be renamed Plant Diversity andEvolution from Fall 2007]
Lecturer in undergraduate “Evolution” course, Rutgers University, 11:704:486, Spring 2003 (2lectures: Form & Function, Pattern and Process).
Developed, implemented, and improved new undergraduate course “Introduction to
Ethnobotany”, 3 credits, Rutgers University, 11:776:205, for Spring 2003, Spring 2005,Spring 2007 (coordinator and lecturer, co-taught with invited lecturers, with on-line coursematerials).
Advising of undergraduate students doing Honors Tutorial III independent studies in mylaboratory as part of the George H. Cook Honors Program, Cook College 2-3 credits, Spring2005 (1 student, Angela Gorzyca), Fall 2005-Spring 2006 (1 student, Dan Kulakowski).
Advising of undergraduate students as part of undergraduate course “Introduction to Scientific
Research”, for Douglass Project for Rutgers Women in Math, Science and Engineering, 3credits, Spring 2006, 06:090:130 (faculty sponsor for 4 freshmen female students’ researchprojects; “Plant Systematics: The Phylogeny of Strychnos (Loganiaceae) by Beth Kushner &Kaitlyn Turo, and “Solid Ballast as Vector of Foreign Plant Species into the Eastern UnitedStates” by Hope-Elizabeth Clennon & Katrina Dulatas).
Provided in-depth interview for “Shaping a life”course for Douglass Project for Rutgers Womenin Math, Science and Engineering, for one student from the Douglass College FreshmanClass on Women in Science (2006).
Initiator and collaborator in setting up a living Teaching collection of plants for Cook Collegecourses at Floriculture Greenhouse.
Participated with lecture in Landscape Architecture’s “Design Week”, Spring 2007.
Rutgers University, graduate:Developed new graduate course “Advanced Plant Systematics”, 4 credits, Ecology and Evolution
graduate program, core course in the Plant Biology graduate curriculum, Rutgers University,16:215:507, Fall 2005, Fall 2006 (19 students), (developed course, co-taught with Jim Frenchin 2005).
Advising of graduate students doing independent studies as part of “Research in Ecology”,usually 3 credits, 16:215:701/702, Spring 2004 (1 student), Fall 2004 (1 student), Spring2005 (1 student), Summer 2005 (1 student), Fall 2005 (1 student), Spring 2005 (1 student),Spring 2006 (1 student).
Lecturer in graduate “Introduction to Plant Biology”, 16:765:501, Fall 2003 (1 lecture), Fall 2005(1 lecture: Plant Systematics).
Developed and implemented new graduate course “Methods in Plant Systematics”, 3 credits, coretrack course in the Plant Biology graduate curriculum, Rutgers University, 16:765:503, Fall2002 (8 students), Spring 2006 (3 students) (developed all lectures and labs, mentoredindependent research projects).
Co-coordinator for graduate class “Core Seminars in Plant Biology”, 3 credits, Spring 2006 (22students), 16:765:600 (responsible for planning and grading of first half of course: seminarsin Systematics and Organismal Plant Biology).
Advising of graduate students doing independent studies as part of “Research in Plant Biology”,usually 3 credits, 16:765:701/702, Spring 2004 (2 students), Summer 2004 (2 students), Fall2004 (2 students), Spring 2005 (3 students), Fall 2005 (3 students), Spring 2006 (2 students).
Co-coordinator for informal “Journal Club in Evolution”, run together with Dr. Karl Kjer forpostdocs, graduate and undergraduate students, 2004-present (over 50 people on mailing listSpring 2006; 5-10 attending every second week)
Purdue University-University of Alabama
Provided lecture and workshop for NIH Botanical Center for Age Related Diseases, TrainingSession: Botanical Standardization of Medicinal Plants, on “Traditional Botanical Taxonomyand Herbarium Voucher Mounting for Identification and Authentication”, Rutgers UniversityOct 20-21, 2005.
Uppsala University:
Natural sciences track (undergraduate), Uppsala University: Introduction to biology and earthsciences, Spring 1991, Fall 1991, Fall 1992; Floristics, Summer 1991; Advanced floristics,Summer 1992, Summer 1993; Organismal biology, Spring 1992.
Landscape design track (undergraduate), Uppsala University: Botany, spring 1992, Fall 1993.
Professional development
NSF workshop on Herbarium Infrastructure, Chico, California, 29-30 July 2006. [included hand-on training in data sharing, imaging, and providing data to the global GBIF databank]
Service and outreach (see also Appointments):
AgField Day, Cook College: Ethnobotanical tours of the Floriculture greenhouses (2005, 2006,2007).
Chrysler Herbarium (CHRB), Rutgers University, correspondent, 2001-2004, Director 2004-current; Chair of fundraising committee, 2005-current.
Determination of worldwide scientific collections of Gentianaceae and Loganiaceae for, e.g.following international herbaria: A, AAU, BELEM, BM, C, CAY, CHRB, COL, CONN,ECON, F, G, GB, GH, HUA, HUT, IAN, INPA, K, L, M, MANCH, MG, MO, MSM, NEU,NOK, NY, P, PORT, QCA, QCNE, RB, S, SP, SPF, U, UPS, US, USM, VEN (standardabbreviations following Index Herbariorum), 1995-present.
Eastchester Public School District, NY: Spring 2000 – Flowers (2 classes)Ecology and Evolution Graduate Seminar Series. Rutgers University – hosting of speakers: Nyree
Conard Zerega (Jan 2002), Tim Motley (Nov 2002), Jerry Davis (Feb 2003), Len Hirsch (Dec2004), Rob Wallace (March 2005), Nat Bletter (Jan 2006).
4-H, Highland Park Nature Force: Spring 2003 – organized field trip to HorticulturalGreenhouses, Rutgers University
Highland Park Public School District, NJ: Fall 2001 – Celebrating St. Lucia in Sweden (3classes); Spring 2002 – Rainforests (2 classes, 2nd grade), What did dinosaurs eat? (2 classes,1st grade): Spring 2003 – Rainforest (1 class, 2nd grade), Plant parts we eat (1 class, 3rdgrade).
Hutcheson Memorial Forest, Franklin Township, NJ, Guided tour about native and invasiveplants (Oct 2005), and springflowers (May 2006).
Judge for Cook College/NJAES Scientific Communications Awards Contest (Posters), April2004
Montgomery Township School District, NJ: Judge for grade 3-4 science fair “The Magic ofScience”, Spring 2005; Two classes and hands-on experience on scientific collections ofplants for a 4th grade class in Village School, Spring 2005; lecturing and hands-on activitiesfor four 6th grade classes on hominid evolution, fossils, and science, Fall 2005; nominatedMs. Ariana Erickson, 6th grade teacher, for Evolution travel award, which she was given bythe Geological Society of America to attend the AAAS Teachers Forum on “Evolution on theFrontline”, Feb 2006.
Plant Biology Graduate Seminar Series – hosting of speakers: Jun Wen (Spring 2006), MichaelBalick (Spring 2006), Amy Litt (Spring 2006).
Rutgers Libraries, developed On-Line Subject Research Guide on Botany and Plant Systematics,2003.
The New York Botanical Garden:Training, instructing, and supervising of students, staff, and international visitors in molecularand anatomical techniques, The New York Botanical Garden, 1995-2001.Member of editorial board for the journal Brittonia, 1995-1996Member of Laboratory committee, 1995-2001
U.S. Dept. of Labor: Featured as example of Plant Scientist in their production of videos on 500possible career choices that will be distributed to high schools nationwide (May 2003)
Publicity
Interviewed for the newspaper Courier Post regarding safety of the hallucinogen Salvia
divinorum, May 2006.Interviewed for and provided information for the magazine Perennials regarding cultivated North
American gentians, May 2003.Interviewed for Home News Tribune, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, The Times of Trenton
regarding the discovery of the new species Macrocarpaea apparata, 2003
Article and notes regarding the new species Macrocarpaea apparata named after a word used in J.K. Rowling’s books about Harry Potter, featured in the following media (selection): NJ,USA- Home News Tribune (feature length article), New Jersey Farmer Newspaper, TheTimes of Trenton (feature length article); USA: ScienceDaily, The Learning Matrix, TheSouth Coast Beacon, HeadlineScanner.com, Newstrove.com, Exonews, Ecuador BreakingNews, Moreover, Economist.com, BentleyBlog, LiveJournal.com, Living Earth - program onNPR (National Public Radio), About.com -The Complete Forestry Home Page, Cyanova,Dallas Morning News, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Science Scope, The Plant Press(Smithsonian), SNET, NewsIsFree, Zedd.org, Exonews, Families for the Rainforest, ; Brazil:ISTOÉ Express, Pomo News; Ecuador: El Comercio; Germany: Wissenschaft-online,Innovations Report, Newsletter from Max-Planck-Institute; India: The Hindu; Japan: YomiuriShinbun; Poland: Wloclawski Serwis Internetowy; Romania: DNT Science News; Russia:Echo of Moscow, Poisk; Switzerland: Basler Zeitung online; United Kingdom: WildlifeNews; Harry Potter Fan web sites: The Leaky Cauldron, Harry Potter’s Page, Ultimate HarryPotter, Broomsticks and Owls, Harry Potter fan it (Finland), Platform 9 _, Harry PotterFreakz (The Netherlands), The Swedish Rowling Club (Sweden), A Tribuna de Voldemort(Brazil), InsideHarryPotter.com, MuggleNet.com, Muggle Pride Zone, The InternationalHarry Potter Fan Site, Hogwarts Online (Germany), Godric’s Hollow.
Advising of students, current:
Postdoctoral students:2003-current Mariusz Tadych (ICBG Central Asia)
Graduate students:2007-current Luis Meija (committee member, Plant Biology Graduate Program)
[Evolution of Gnomoniaceae]2006-current Jeremy Raincrow (committee member, Molecular Biosciences Graduate
program) [Evolution of hox genes]Informal, 2005 Michael Doosey, Visiting Scholar from Tulane University, New Orleans,
displaced by hurricane Katrina during Fall 20052004-current Sasha Eisenman (advisor, Plant Biology Graduate Program, Jul 2004-
present) [Taxonomic and ethnobotanical evaluation of Central Asianmedicinal plants]
2002-current Cynthia Frasier (advisor, Plant Biology Graduate Program, Feb 2002-present) [Ph D: Systematics and biogeography of Strychnos, Loganiaceae]
Graduate students, research rotations:2007 Carmen Ulloa, Rutgers University-UMRWJ (Evolutionary analysis of global
ethnobotanical uses of Strychnos)
Undergraduate students, research experience:No current advisees.
Undergraduate students, Cook College, mentoring (year of graduation):Ecology & Natural Resource Management major (Krishna Jagannathan ‘06, Jessica Kelly
‘06, Joanna Morel ‘08, Jenifer Oliphant ‘06).Plant Biology major (Laura Cortese ‘06, Angela Gorczyca ’05, Sarah Kelsey ‘08).
Workstudy students:None at this time.
Advising of students, previous:
Postdoctoral students:2000-2001 Dr. Hubert Turner (Molecular systematics of Anacardiaceae).1999-2000 Dr. Jan De Laet (Phylogeny of Lisianthius, Gentianaceae)
Graduate students, year of graduation:2007 Dana Price (committee member, Ecology & Evolution Graduate Program, Aug
2003-April 2007) [Ph D: evolutionary studies of dung beetles]2004 Dr. Kristin Mylecraine (committee member, Ecology and Evolution Graduate
Program, May 2002-July 2004) [Ph D: Population biology and systematics ofChamaecyparis, Cupressaceae] Career: postdoc at Lisle Gibbs’ lab at OSU,population dynamics of Canada geese.
2004 Dr. Joseph Bischoff (co-advisor, Plant Biology Graduate Program, March 2002-March 2004) [Ph D: Systematics of Clavicipitaceae, Ascomycota] Career: NCBI(Genbank), Fungal Taxonomist.
2003 Dr. Philippe Chassot, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland (jury member atthesis defense, Aug 2003) [Ph D: revision of Swertia, Gentianaceae] Career:Research on gazelles in Saudi Arabia.
2003 Dr. Jason R. Grant, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland (jury member at thesisdefense, informal advisor, collaborative research, Aug 2003) [Ph D: Revision ofMacrocarpaea, Gentianaceae] Career: Coordinator of External Affairs, NationalCentre of Competence in Research (NCCR) - Plant Survival, Université deNeuchâtel: Conservation genetics coordinator for international EU-project onalpine plants.
2003 Deborah Gries (committee member, Ecology and Evolution Graduate Program,March 2002-defended May 2003) [Masters: Use of PalmPilots in botanicalteaching in elementary schools]
2003 Sung Jin Kim (committee member, Ecology and Evolution Graduate Program,Jan 2003-defended April 2003) [Masters: Systematics of flea beetles]
2003 Dr. Rocio Cortes, The New York Botanical Garden / City University of NewYork (CUNY) (committee member, Sep 2002-defended Jan 2003) [Ph D:Systematics and biogeography of Retiniphyllum, Rubiaceae] Career: Professorof Botany in Colombia.
2002 Juanita Choo (advisor, Ecology and Evolution Graduate Program, Aug 2002-defended Dec 2002) [Masters: ethnobotany of palms] Career: Ph.D. student inethnobotany with Beryl Simpson, Univ. of Texas-Austin.
2001 Dr. Guilhem Mansion, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland (jury member atthesis defense, May 2001) [Ph D: systematics of Centaurium, Gentianaceae]Career: postdoc at University of Zürich, Switzerland, with Elena Conti.
Undergraduate students:2006-2007 Sarah Kelsey, Rutgers University (research internship, Sep 2006 – May 2006,
project: Introduction of non-native species through ballast in New Jersey)2006 Caolan Kovach-Orr, Rutgers University (research internship, Cook Honors
program, Sep 2006 – Dec 2006, project: Spatial and evolutionary analysis ofBrazilian gentians)
2006 Beth Kushner, Kaitlyn Turo, Hope-Elizabeth Clennon, & Katrina Dulatas,Faculty sponsor for research by freshmen as part of “Introduction to ScientificResearch” for the Douglass Project for Rutgers Women in Math, Science andEngineering, Spring 2006.
2005-2006 Dan Kulakowski, Rutgers University (research internship, Cook Honorsprogram, Sep 2005 – May 2006, funded by NSF, project: Phylogeny of tribeHelieae)
2005 Phillip Miarmi, Rutgers University (research internship, Jan 2005–Oct 2005,funded by NSF, project: GIS studies of gentians), geo-referencing of scientificcollections and GIS analysis of distributional and environmental data
2004-2005 Angela Gorzyca, Rutgers University (research internship, Cook honors program,funded by NSF, project: Phylogeny of tribe Helieae)
2004-2005 Wendy Peters (now Rosica), Rutgers University (research internship, Jun 2004– current, funded by NSF, project: Phylogeny of tribe Helieae), producedtrilingual field guide to Tachia, an anti-malarial plant
2003-2005 Matthew Kinkade, Rutgers University (research internship, Aug 2003, fundedby Rutgers Research Council, project: Revision of anti-malarial plant Tachia,and funded by NSF-REU grant, project: Phylogeny of tribe Helieae); George H.Cook Honors’ thesis “Revision and systematics of Tachia (Gentianaceae)” May2005. Currently: Graduate student in Plant Biology at Penn State University.
2003-2004 Jillian Jaworski, Rutgers University (research internship, Aug 2003 – May 2004,funded by NSF, project: Phylogeny of tribe Helieae). Previously: water analysttechnician in NJ.
2002-2003 Jeanmaire Molina, University of Philippines (research internship, Aug 2002-July 2003, project: Revision of Neuburgia) Currently: Graduate student atRutgers University with Lena Struwe.
Workstudy students:2004-2005 Sherezade Dubash, Herbarium assistant, Chrysler herbarium, Fall 2004 –Spring
20052005-2006 Shrada Gottumukkala, Herbarium assistant, Chrysler herbarium, Fall 2005
–current
Other
Photography:My photographs have been selected to be included in the following:
Museum exhibit: “Ebb and Flow: New Jersey and its Rivers", opened Jan. 26, 2006, Newark,New Jersey Historical Society. (1 photo: "Water through locks, Delaware & RaritanCanal")
