Position Description
Research Responsibilities
Conduct a research program on weed biology
to understand and characterize the most important weedy traits of the worst weeds in Iowa
corn and soybean production systems, especially the seed behavior of the weedy foxtails. Then, to elucidate the
biotic and environmental factors regulating their behavior and to use this information to
develop improved, sustainable weed management systems.
Teaching/Advising Responsibilities
Graduate. Teach a graduate course
Agronomy 517, Weed Biology and Ecology in alternate years (e.g. 2000, 2002); beginning in
2004 every year with both on-campus (517) and off-campus long distance (517LD) students. Supervise graduate students. Advise and serve on committees of others graduate
students.
Undergraduate. Teach an undergraduate course Agronomy 317LD, ending in 2003,
a national long distance (entirely on the WWW) course, Principles of Weed Science. On an individual student basis I participate in
the Freshman Mentor Program, the Undergraduate Research Assistantship Program and special
projects with individual undergraduates.
Education
B.A., Anthropology
Michigan State University
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B.S., Agronomy University of Minnesota
l977
M.S., Agronomy/Weed Science
Michigan State University
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Ph.D., Agronomy/Weed Science
Michigan State University
l980
Positions Held
l977-l980; Graduate Research Assistant; Crop & Soil Sciences Dept., Michigan State
University
l980-l984; Assistant Professor; Crop Science Dept; University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
l985-l986; Assistant Professor; Dept.
of Plant Pathology, Seed & Weed Sci., Iowa State University
l986-present; Associate Professor; Dept. of
Agronomy; Iowa State University
1993-1994; Visiting Professor; Dept. of Plant Physiology, Wageningen Agricultural
University, The Netherlands
2001; Visiting Professor; Dept. of Plant and Microbial Biology, Univ. of
California, Berkeley
Professional
Affiliations
Botanical Society of America
Ecological Society of America
European Weed Research Society
International Society for Seed Science
North Central Weed Science Society
Society for the Study of Evolution
Weed Science Society of America
Iowa State University Affiliations
Agronomy Department: Crop Physiology Faculty
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Faculty
Interdepartmental Complex Adaptive Systems Faculty
Interdepartmental Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Faculty
Interdepartmental Plant Physiology Faculty
Osborn Research Club