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Complete curriculum vitae (CV) available on request. * |
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Education: |
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- Ph.D. degree (mycology, plant pathology),
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (1967)
- B.A. degree (botany), Miami University,
Oxford, OH (1962)
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Experience: |
Project Leader and staff
member, Center for Forest Mycology Research |
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Forest Products
Laboratory, Forest Service, USDA, Madison, Wisconsin |
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- Served 34+ years as researcher on biology
and taxonomy of wood-inhabiting fungi
- Authored 100+ research publications, 50+
abstracts of oral presentations to scientific meetings
- Studied wood-inhabiting fungi from all
parts of the world
- Surveyed mold fungi on wood chips imported
from Chile (more than 2,100 isolates)
- Described nearly 50 new species, several
new genera of wood-inhabiting fungi
- Member, USDA - Forest Service - Pest Risk
Assessment Team - evaluated the risk of importing exotic fungi on raw wood
and chips and solid wood packing materials
- Participated on international mycological
research teams in Argentina, Australia, Chile, Mexico, New Zealand, Puerto
Rico, and Uruguay
- Presented research papers at international
mycological conferences in Canada, Finland, New Zealand, Sweden and
Venezuela
- Co-authored A Field Guide to Mushrooms
and Their Relatives (1982, with Booth Courtenay) ISBN
0-442-23118-0 and 0-442-23117-2
- Contributed to Macrofungi Associated
with Oaks of Eastern North America (2008, with others) ISBN
978-1-933202-36-5
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Academic
appointments: |
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- Senior Research Associate, Institute of
Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
- Adjunct Emeritus Professor, University of
Wisconsin, Madison, Department of Plant Pathology
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- Taught Advanced Mycology and lectured in
Botany and Forestry regarding wood-inhabiting fungi
- Guided numerous students in graduate and
undergraduate mycological research
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Professional societies: |
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- Mycological Society of America
(past
President, Vice-President, Secretary, numerous committees)
- Latin American Mycological Association
- International Association of Wood
Scientists
- Western International Forest Disease Work
Conference
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Awards: |
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- USDA, Forest Service - Chief’s Superior
Science Award - 1996
(for
exceptional mycological research)
- USDA - Silver Plow Honor Award - 1999
(for excellence in mycological research)
- Fellow of the International Association
for Wood Science - 1998
- Numerous performance awards from the
Forest Products Laboratory
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Representative Consultations: |
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- Identification and evaluation of molds,
mildews and decay in wood buildings and other structures
- Identification of the potential fungal
causal agent of a wind-thrown tree
- Identification of mold and other fungi
infesting tunnels being evaluated for human habitation and the potential
negative impacts of these fungi on any human inhabitants
- Lectures about molds and decay fungi in
wood buildings and other structures
- Consulting with government of New Zealand
on their Fungi of New Zealand project
- Identification of molds and decay fungi
for potential bioremediation of toxic compounds
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