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Nov 23, 2021 • Connor Fogel
On the second floor of Arcadia University’s Boyer Hall, Katelin Decker ‘22 and Michelle Frank ‘23 pull on rubber gloves and huddle at the biosafety hood in the compact Tissue Culture Lab. The Biology majors are growing cancer cells to test a promising compound—an early step on the road to...
Mar 25, 2021 • Caitlin Burns
By Katherine Haines '21 Biology major Megan Patterson ’21, a Pre-Physician Assistant (PA) student, has always known that she wanted to have a career in medicine, which is a difficult undertaking in the most optimal of conditions. Patterson, though, who is deaf and blind, is determined to...
Jul 25, 2019 • Jen Retter
In April, Arcadia launched a collaborative program with Agri-Kind Hemp, an organization committed to advancing the medical cannabis industry. One of eight colleges and universities in Pennsylvania involved in such a program, Arcadia will lead studies on the lifecycle of industrial hemp crops—a...
Apr 18, 2019 • Andrea Walls
On April 6, Arcadia faculty, staff, alumni, students and friends joined members of the Rose family and associates of the ALS Association in Grey Towers Castle for a special evening to celebrate the life of Dr. R. Wesley Rose (1972-2018), associate professor of Biology, and to benefit the R. Wesley...
Apr 2, 2019 • Daniel DiPrinzio
Arcadia University is developing a collaborative research program with Agri-Kind Hemp, a Chester County-based corporation. The first phase of the collaboration, beginning in April 2019, will focus on conducting growth and harvest comparisons of different industrial hemp seed/clonal varieties and...
Broadly trained Marine Botanist
Phylogenetics/phylogenomics of select marine and terrestrial taxa
Hometown
Glenside
Home Country
USA
Languages
English
Sonoma State University 1989
Masters of Arts, Major in Marine Biology
Minor in Aquatic Biology
University of Hawaii, Botany Dept. 1998
Ph.D, Major in Botany
Minor in Evolutionary Biology
Collaborator • 2012
Research Paper, Ecology and Evolution
Co-Authored with Ting, N., Astaras, C., Hearn, G., Honarvar, S., Corush, J., Burrell, A. S., Phillips, N., Morgan, B. J., Gadsby, E. L., Raaum, R., Roos, C
Lead author
Research Paper, AoB Plants
Co-Authored with Kapraun, D. F., Garreta, A., Siguan, A., Rull, J. L., Soler, N., Lewis, R. & Kawai, H.
Lead author
Research Paper, Molecular Biology and Evolution
Co-Authored with Salomon, M., Custer, A., Ostrow, D., & Baer, C.
Lead author • 2008
Research Paper, Journal of Phycology
Co-Authored with Calhoun, S., Moustafa, A., Bhattacharya, D. & Braun, E.
Lead author • 2008
Research Paper, Journal of Phycology
Co-Authored with Burrowes, R., Rousseau, F., Reviers B. de, & Saunders, G.