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News, Honors and Awards
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New Faculty: |
Scott
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Specialty Area: |
Dynamics of plant communities, regeneration of
woody species. |
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What attracted you to EIU: |
EIU offers an ideal blend of research and
teaching |
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Academic/Employment: |
1999 PhD, Rutgers University
Postdoc, Rutgers University |
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Other Interests: |
Gardening, hiking, photography and old house
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Eric Bollinger was presented with the College
of Sciences 2001 Teacher-Scholar Award.
Steven
Daniel and Norbert C. Furumo, (Chemistry) were presented with the
Graduate Dean's Award of Excellence in Research for "The Glyoxylate
Cycle in Fungal Plant Pathogens: Its Role in Virulence and the Disease
Process."
Pat Enstrom received the Thesis Award of
Excellence for "Patterns and Implications of Aberrant Singing Behaviors
of Black-capped (Poecile atricapillus) and Carolina (Poecile
carolinensis) Chickadees in Illinois."
Robert U. Fisher received the EIU COS
Achievement and Contribution Award for Research/Creativity.
C. Drew Foster was presented with the Department of Biological Sciences Warner Award.
Beth Flitz was presented with the COS Graduate Student Investigator Award.
Beth's mentor was Steven Mullin
Marina Marjanovic, was been awarded the American Physiological Society's
Comparative Section Young Investigator Award. The award is presented in
recognition of meritorious research by young investigators who participate in
the APS annual Experimental Biology meeting.
Stephen Mullin received the EIU COS
Achievement and Contribution Award for Balance..
Research Grants and Awards
Eric Bollinger received an EIU CFR Award for "Use of Soybean Fields by
Eastern Meadowlarks in Illinois."
Janice Coons received the following funding and
grants:
IDNR
"Reproductive Biology of Silvery Bladderpod,
an Illinois Endangered Species." – Co P.I.
IDNR "Seed Vigor of Virginia Bunchflower(Melanthium
virginicum) from Illinois." – Co P.I.
IDNR "Wildlife Preservation Fund "The
effects of Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii)
on tree
regeneration."
University of Illinois- SURE Program,
Environmental Council, "Factors that Affect the Seed Vigor of
Lesquerella
ludoviciana, an Endangered Illinois Plant." – Mentor on student
(S. Beach) project.
University of Illinois- SURE Program,
Environmental Council. "Greenhouse Establishment of
Stylisma pickeringii,
an Endangered Plant in Illinois, Using Cuttings or Seeds in Different
Photoperiods." – Mentor on student (L. Skoglund) project.
EIU Redden Fund Grant. Funds to develop Plant Ecology as an
experimentally
oriented course.
EIU CFR Summer Research Award, "Determinants of invasion by two
exotic plant
species."
Janice Coons and
Henry Owen received the following funding and grants:
IDNR "Seed vigor of Virginia
Bunchflower (Melanthium virginicum)
from Illinois."
IDNR "Reproductive biology of Silvery Bladderpod, an Illinois
endangered species."
Steven Daniel received the following funding and
grants:
EIU CFR Award. "The Glyoxylate Cycle in Fungal Plant Pathogens: Its
Role in Virulence and the
Disease Process."
Illinois State Academy of Science Research
Award, "Reducing Kidney Stones in Humans: The
Impact of Glycolate- and Glyoxylate-Consuming Gut
Microbes." - Michael Lehtinen.
Robert Fischer received the following funding and
grants:
EIU CFR Award "The Effects of Habitat
Fragmentation on Stream Nutrient Dynamics."
EIU CFR Award "The effects of aquatic habitat fragmentation on
nutrient spiraling and primary
productivity."
EIU CFR Summer Grant, "The effects of varying degrees of aquatic habitat fragmentation on
macroinvertebrate
communities."
EIU Technology-Enhanced and Delivered Education Grant to enhance the
general education course
Environmental Life Sciences.
EIU COS Seed Grant "The phylogeny of the sunfish family."
EIU Redden Fund for the Improvement of Undergraduate Instruction to
purchase aquatic sampling
equipment.
Sanitary District of Decatur Grant, "Fish
population determination and quantitative habitat
assessment on the Sangamon River." $88,500 (Co-Principle investigator)
Robert Fischer and Thomas Nelson
received funding from the National Science Foundation for
"Research Experiences for
Undergraduates Program." $100,000
Ann Fritz received the following funding and grants:
EIU CFR Award. "Effects of the opposite sex on the rate of
reproductive system
development and
subsequent mating behavior in 'young' tephritid
flies."
EIU COS Small Grant Award
Dana Gerenda received the Phi
Sigma Undergraduate Research Award for "Microsatellite primers tested for variation in A.
suspensa." Dana's faculty mentor was Ann Fritz.
Sarah Joyce received a Sigma Xi Research
Grant for
"Differential Susceptibility to Fascioloides Infection in Lymnnaeid
Snails (Mullusca: Gastropoda)
as a Possible Character in Phylogeny Reconstruction". Her research will
was supervised
by Dr. Mark Mort.
Rita
Klein was presented with a Larry Williams Travel Award to present "The Effect of Aquatic Habitat Fragmentation on the
Dispersal and Genetic Variability of Greenside (Etheostoma blennioides)
and Fantail (Etheostoma flabellare) Darters" during the Annual
Conference of the Midwest Fish and Wildlife Association in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. Rita's graduate faculty mentor is Dr. Robert Fischer.
Kipp Kruse and Paul Switzer received a
United States Department of Agriculture Seed Grant fpr "Reproductive decisions in the
Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica)" - $75,000—Co-PI
Michael Lehtinen received a Sigma Xi Research
Grant for
"Reducing Kidney Stone Formation in Humans: Impact of Glycolate- and
Glyoxylate- Consuming Gut Microbes". His research was supervised by
Dr. Steven Daniel.
Susan A. Linn received a Graduate School
Research/Creative Activity Grant for "Use of Soybean Fields by Eastern
Meadowlarks in Illinois." Susan's graduate faculty mentor was
Dr. Robert Fischer. Her research was supported by a partnership with U.S.
Fish
and Wildlife Service.
Marina Marjanovic received the following
funding and grants:
EIU Special Project Award for Summer
EIU Redden Fund for Undergraduate Teaching
Improvement
EIU
Undergraduate Honors Research Award – Victoria Rinando
Scott Meiners received funding from the IDNR for "The Effects of Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii)
on Tree
Regeneration."
Andrew Methven received the following funding
and grants:
IDNR Wildlife
Preservation Fund, "Effect of forest alteration
on macrofungi at Baber's
Woods."
IDNR Wildlife
Preservation Fund, "Phaeophyscia
leana: A lichen on the edge."
(w/ Robert Gillespie)
Indiana Academy of Sciences
Research Grant. "Phaeophyscia leana:
A lichen on the edge." (with
Robert Gillespie).
Julie Mortimer received a
Sigma Xi Research Grant for "Use of genetic markers to
evaluate pattern of dispersal
of an exotic species in Illinois reservoirs." Dr. Charles Pederson supervised her research.
Stephen Mullin received the following funding
and grants:
IDNR Wildlife Preservation Fund, "Population Management of the
Amphibian Community at Warbler
Woods Land & Water Reserve.
IDNR Wildlife Preservation Fund.
"Management of Amphibian Communities at Warbler Woods
LWR,
Coles County, Illinois."
IDNR "Habitat Selection and Activity Patterns in Eastern Box
Turtles (Terrapene carolina),"
EIU Redden Fund. Teaching microscope purchase.
EIU Summer Research Award. "Native snake predatory experience with
recently-introduced prey
species."
EIU Seed Grant Program. "Native snake predatory experience with
recently-introduced prey
species.
Britto Nathan received a EIU CFR Award for "Effects of estrogen on nerve repair in
mice-potential
relevance for
Alzheimer's Disease."
Thomas Nelson received the following funding and
grants:
IDNR "Relative abundance of beavers in
Illinois". $30,935
EIU CFR, "Assessing the role of
beavers as reservoirs for Giardia intestinalis in Illinois’
watersheds."
Paul Switzer received the following funding and grants:
EIU
COS Faculty Small Grant Award.
EIU
Faculty Small Grant Award
EIU
Summer Research Award
EIU
Undergraduate Research Grant (Patrick Forsythe (EIU), co-PI)
Ross W. Widinski received a Graduate
School Research/Creative Activity Grant for " The Response of Benthic
Macro-invertebrate Communities to Habitat Fragmentation." Ross' graduate
faculty mentor was Dr. Robert Fischer. His research is supported by
a partnership with Dr. Ann Marie (Hogan) Holtrop, Stream Ecologist for the
Illinois Natural History
Survey/Illinois Department of Natural Resources Watershed Management
Section.
Presentations
Armstrong,
T. M.(*), and A. S. Methven. An improved method of in vitro
production of Cyathus
stercoreus gastrocarps. Annual Meeting,
Illinois State Academy of Science, Macomb, IL.
Jessica Baack
(*) and Paul Switzer. Alarm calls
affect foraging behavior in Eastern chipmunks
Tamias striatus. Animal
Behavior Society Meeting at Oregon State University.
Gary Bulla. "Crosstalk between hepatic gene regulation and
programmed cell death". Sigma
Chemical Company, Saint Louis, Missouri
Gary Bulla. "Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young: Role of
transcription factors". Grand Rounds,
Department of Pediatrics, Saint Louis University.
Cooper,
R.J.(*), J.A. DeCecco, S.J Mullin, and R.R. Wilson. Nest site selection studies
and nest
predation: What are we measuring and why? American
Ornithologist's Union. (Paper)
Fairfield, K. (*), N. Ludolph (*), L.S. Kull, G.L. Hartman, and
S.L.
Daniel. Oxalate biosynthesis by
fungal plant pathogens. 12th Annual Student Research
Conference (Charleston, IL), p. 38.
Fairfield,
K. (*), L.S. Kull, G.L. Hartman, and S.L. Daniel. Oxalate
biosynthesis by fungal plant
pathogens. Ann. Meet. Ill. St. Acad. Sci.,
Abstr. 142, p. 92.
Fairfield,
K. (*), L.S. Kull, G.L. Hartman, and S.L. Daniel. Novel Strategies
for Assessing the
Aggressiveness of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, the
Causative Agent of Sclerotinia Stem Rot of
Soybeans. Gen. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol., N-131, p. 509.
Ann Fritz.
Entomological Society of America, San Diego, CA: The ventral receptacle,
an
important sperm storage organ in Anastrepha suspensa.
Herr, J.R.(*), A.S. Methven, and S.L. Miller. Molecular systematics of
the genus Lactarius
(Russulaceae, Russulales)
from North America. Annual Meeting, Mycological Society of
America, Salt Lake City, UT.
Kipp
Kruse, “Pairing patterns in Japanese Beetles (Popillia japonica
Newman)." Midwest Animal
Behavior Conference.
Kipp Kruse, “Responses of Japanese Beetles (Popillia japonica)
to predatory stimuli. 12th BGU
Annual Research Conference.
Marina Marjanovic. 6th Annual Meeting of Midwest Physiological Societies, Madison,
WI.
Meiners, S., M. Cadenasso, and S. Pickett. Species richness and patterns of
invasion over
40 years of old field succession. Ecological Society of America
Annual Meeting, Madison, WI.
Methven,
A.S. The genus Flammulina story: There's more than one fungus
among us. Southern
Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.
Methven,
A.S., M.E. Mort, K.H. Hughes, and R.H. Petersen. Interspecific
hybrids of Flammulina.
Annual Evolution Meetings, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, TN.
Methven,
A.S., M.E. Mort, J. McGaughey, K. Fairfield (*), D. Wagner (*), and J.
Ward (*).
Hybrid
populations of Flammulina. Annual Meeting, Illinois State
Academy of Science, Macomb, IL.
Methven,
A.S. The genus Flammulina story: There's more than one fungus
among us. University
of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO.
Mullin, S.J. and
R.J. Cooper. Substrate roughness as a limiting factor in rat snake (Elaphe
obsoleta) climbing performance. Herpetologists' League and Society for the
Study of
Amphibians and Reptiles. (Paper)
Quinn, J.
A. (*), S.
J. Meiners. Sex ratios, growth rates and survivorship of red cedar (Juniperus
virginiana) on the New Jersey Piedmont from 1963-2000. Botanical Society
of America Annual
Meeting, Albuquerque, NM.
Scheffer,
A.(*), K. Doerner, N. Furumo and S. Daniel. The search for
cholesterol-lowering bacteria
in the mammalian gastrointestinal tract.
Ann. Meet. Ill. St. Acad. Sci., Abstr. 141, p. 92.
Paul
Switzer. Animal
Behavior Society, Oregon State University
Paul
Switzer. Workshop on
Ecological Problem Solving (invited talk), UC-Santa Cruz
Paul
Switzer. Midwest
Regional Animal Behavior Society Meeting, U of Missouri-Columbia
Publications
Armstrong, T.F.(*), and A.S. Methven. 2001. Improved method of in vitro production
of Cyathus
stercoreus gastrocarps. Micologia Aplicada
International 13: 69-71.
Bulla GA,
Givens E, Brown S, Oladiran B, Kraus D. 2001. Protection of dedifferentiated hepatoma variant cells from LPS-induced apoptosis by restoration of
hepatic gene expression. J. Cell Science,
114:1205-1212, 2001
Burger J., K.F. Gaines, M. Gochfeld.
2001. Ethnic differences in risk from mercury among Savannah
River fisherman. Risk Analysis. 21:533-544.
Coons,
J.M. 2001. Fate of horticulture in merged departments. (Proceedings of
Workshop at ASHS
-2000). Introduction to the Workshop. HortTechnology
11:397-398.
Esely, J. D.
and E. K. Bollinger. 2001. Habitat selection and reproductive
success of the Loggerhead
Shrike: a hierarchical approach. Wilson
Bulletin 113:290-296.
Kershner, E.
L., E. K. Bollinger, and M. N. Helton. 2001. Nest-site selection
and renesting in the
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. American Midland Naturalist
146:404-413.
Kessler,
A., G.C. Tucker, & J.E. Ebinger. 2001. Prairie Restorations at
Prairie Ridge State Natural
Area, Jasper County, Illinois. Transactions of the
Illinois State Academy of Science 94: 127-138.
Mager,
K., and T. Nelson. 2001. Roost site selection by eastern red
bats (Lasiurus
borealis).
American Midland Naturalist 145:120-126.
McTaggart,
S. and T. Nelson. Composition and demographics of beaver colonies in
Illinois. The
Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, September 2001,
Reno, NV.
Meiners,
S. J., S. T. A. Pickett, and M. L. Cadenasso. 2001. Effects of
plant invasions on the species richness of abandoned agricultural land. Ecography
24:633-644.
Mullin, S.J.
Miller: Essays on amphibians. 2001. Ecology 82:602-603.
Nathan, B.P., Nisar, R., Randall, S., Short, J., Sherrrow, M., Wong,
G.K., and Struble, R.G. 2001. Apolipoprotein E is upregulated in olfactory bulb glia
following peripheral receptor lesion in mice. Experimental Neurology. 172,
128-136.
Schultz, J.K.* and P.V. Switzer 2001. Pursuit of heterospecific targets by territorial amberwing
dragonflies (Perithemis tenera): a case of mistaken identity. Journal
of Insect Behavior 14(5):
607-620.
Smith, M. H., J. M. Novak, J. D. Peles and J. R. Purdue. 2001. Genetic
heterogeneity of white-tailed deer: management lessons from a long-term study.
Mamm. Biol. 66:1
Struble, R.G., Beckman-Randall, S., Fesser, E., Nathan, B.P.
2001
Volumetric and tracing analysis of rat olfactory bulb following reversible
olfactory nerve lesions. Chemical Senses. 26: 971-981.
Switzer,
P. V. and Fritz, A. H. 2001. Off to the (earthworm) races: A quick and
flexible laboratory
experiment for introductory zoology courses. American
Biology Teacher 63: 592-594.
Switzer, P.V., K. Escajeda*, and K.C. Kruse. 2001. Pairing patterns in Japanese
beetles (Popillia
japonica Newman): effects of sex ratio and time
of day. Journal of Insect Behavior 14(6): 713-724.
Switzer, P.V.,
J.A.
Stamps, and M. Mangel. 2001. When should a territory resident attack? Animal
Behaviour 62(4): 749-759.
Tucker, G.
C. 2001. Cyperus, pp. 740-757 and Kyllinga, pp. 771-773
(Cyperaceae),
in W. D. Stevens
et al., eds. Flora de Nicaragua (Tomo
I). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri
Botanical Garden 85.
Tucker, G.
C. 2001. Elatinaceae, pp. 820-821 in W. D. Stevens et al., eds. Flora de
Nicaragua
(Tomo I). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri
Botanical Garden 85.
Tucker, G.
C. 2001. Elatinaceae. 12 pp. in S. Mori, ed. Flowering Plant Families of
Tropical America.
[Reviewed, in press]
Tucker, G.
C. & J.E. Ebinger. 2001. Status of the Oak Hybrids Quercus leana
and Q. runcinata in
Illinois. Sida Contributions to
Botany 19: 1073-1081.
Van Timmeren, S.J., P.V. Switzer, and K.C. Kruse. 2001. Emergence and reproductive patterns in the Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica (Coleoptera:
Scarabaeidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 74(1): 17-27.
Webb, D.W. 2001. Heterostylum in Illinois
(Diptera: Bombyliidae: Bombyliinae). Jour. Kansas
Entomological Society 74:110-111. This report
was based upon collection of these insects
visiting Stylisma
pickeringii plants by Drs. Owen and Coons.
* = student
authors
Research Poster Presentations
Beach, S.E.,
Coons, J.M.,
Owen, H.R.,
Todd, B.L. and Smith, M.A.
Germination
of Lesquerella ludoviciana as Affected by Colony Location and Seed
Maturity. 2001.
Germination
of Lesquerella ludoviciana as Affected by Seed Age. 2001.
Bowyer, M. and
Nelson, T.
Managing
Wetland Vegetation for Marsh Birds and Waterfowl. 2001
Gosses, M.W. and
Fischer, R.U.
The Effects
of Habitat Fragmentation on Fish Developmental Stability. 2001.
Fischer, R.U.
and Congdon, J.D.
Changes in
Bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus, Life History in Response to Thermal
Extremes. 2001.
Marousek, S.B., Pollard, G. and
Daniel, S.L.
Nodulation of
Common and Endangered Legumes by Symbiotic Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria Present in
Native Illinois Prairie Soils. 2001.
McNew, L., McTaggart, S. and
Nelson, T.
Prevalence of
Giardia lamblia in Illinois Beavers. 2001
McTaggart, S. and
Nelson, T.
Composition
and Demographics of Beaver Colonies in Illinois. 2001
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