DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY

Faculty

Education

Ph.D., Plant Science
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
2004
Thesis Title: Differentially Expressed Genes in Wheat During the Early Stages of Infection by the Root Rot Pathogen Pythium arrhenomanes

B.S., Botany
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
1998

Associate Degree, Biology
Tulsa Community College, Tulsa, OK
1995

Associate Degree in Forestry
Eastern Oklahoma State College, Wilburton, OK
1977

Academic & Professional Experience

Present
Interim Department Head, Department of Biology
Rogers State University, Claremore, OK

2005-Present
Assistant Professor of Biology
Rogers State University, Claremore, OK

2004-2005
Instructor
Rogers State University, Claremore, OK

2003-2004
Instructor
Tulsa Community College, Tulsa, OK

2001-2003
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

2000-2001
Instructor, Department of Botany
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

Research Interests

• Molecular responses and physical interactions of Pythium root-rot pathogens on wheat roots.
• Development of Physcomitrella patens, a moss plant, as a model to study root infections.
• Development of Phytolith Library for Ethnobotanically Important Oklahoma Plants

Professional Organizations

• National Association of Biology Teachers
• The Society for Economic Botany
• The Botanical Society of America
• American Society of Plant Biologists

Publications

Gatschet, M.J., A.C. Guenzi, K. Scheets, J.L. Green, and J.P. Fellers.  2004. Development and Characterization of a Nonmorphogenetic Cell Line of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Plant Cell, Tissue, and Organ Culture.  Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 78: 23-28.

Zhu, Yali, Larry Green, Young-Min Woo, Robert Owens, and Biao Ding. 2001. Cellular Basis of Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid Systemic Movement. Virology. 279: 69-77.