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Thomas R. Warne and
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 Who's Who in the C-Fern World

Growing Arithmetically

  Hermaphroditic and male C-Fern gametophytes

Jody Banks
Associate Professor
Department of Botany
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
PHONE: 317-494-5895
EMAIL: banks@btny.purdue.edu
INTERESTS: Development

Kathleen Brunkard
Professor
Biological Sciences Department
East Stroudsburg University
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
PHONE: 570-422-3705
FAX: 570-422-3724
EMAIL : brunkard@esu.edu
INTERESTS: Use of ferns as models in the study of plant physiology, and as educational tools to illustrate key concepts of plant reproduction

Tim Chipman
EMAIL: Tchipman@is.dal.ca

Todd J. Cooke

Professor
Department of Botany
University of Maryland
Baltimore, MD
USA

Neil Durso

USDA-ARS SWSL postdoc cell biologist
PO Box 350
Stoneville, MS 38776
USA
PHONE: (601) 686-5290/5211
FAX: (601) 686-5422
EMAIL: ndurso@ag.gov
HOMEPAGE: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/5229/
INTERESTS:microtubule cytoskeleton and spermatogenesis, electron microscopy

Leslie G. Hickok
Professor
Department of Botany
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996
USA
PHONE:(423) 974-6215
EMAIL: lhickok@utk.edu
INTERESTS:

Sylvie Laliberté
Professor
GREFi, Département des sciences biologiques
Université du Québec à Montréal
C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville
Montréal (Québec)
Canada, H3C 3P8
PHONE: (514) 987-3000 extension 3963#
FAX: (514) 987-4647
EMAIL: laliberte.sylvie@uqam.ca
HOMEPAGE: http://www.unites.uqam.ca/dsbio/professeurs_laliberte_sylvie.htm.
INTERESTS: Plant morphology, Cell biology, Plant biotechnology

J. Mitchell McGrath
USDA-ARS-MWA
Sugarbeet and Bean Research
494D Plant and Soil Science Building
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1325
USA
PHONE: (517) 432-2355
FAX: (517) 337-6782
EMAIL: mitchmcg@pilot.msu.edu

Melissa A. Melan
Assistant Professor
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
USA
PHONE:(412) 396-5565
FAX: (412) 396-5907
EMAIL: melan@duq3.cc.duq.edu
HOME PAGE: http://www-home.cc.duq.edu/~melan/
INTERESTS: Microtubule associated proteins; cortical microtubule array patterning

Karen S. Renzaglia

Charles Umbanhowar, Jr.

Department of Biology
St. Olaf College
Northfield, MN 55057
PHONE: (507)646-3397
EMAIL: ceumb@stolaf.edu
INTERESTS: Used Ceratopteris in lab of majors Organismic Biology to investigate effects of light on germination and photomorphogenesis of gametophytes

Rodney J. Scott
Associate Professor
Biology Department
Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL 60187, USA
PHONE: 630-752-5304
EMAIL: rodney.j.scott@wheaton.edu
INTERESTS: Using Ceratopteris in undergraduate teaching and research projects. Especially developing PCR-based approaches.

Dale L. Vogelien
Associate Professor
Department of Biology and Physics
Kennesaw State College
Marietta, GA 30061, USA
PHONE: 404-423-6507
EMAIL: dvogelie@kennesaw.kscmail.edu

Thomas R. Warne
Research Associate
Department of Botany
University of Tennessee
Knoxvilee, TN 37996, USA
PHONE:423-974-6215
EMAIL : twarne@utk.edu
HOMEPAGE: This IS my handiwork! http://cfern.bio.utk.edu
INTERESTS: Physiology and genetics of ion transport, especially K+, and salt tolerance. Development and promotion of Ceratopteris, the C-Fern as a model system for research and teaching.

Chi-Kuang Wen
Department of Botany
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
PHONE: 317-494-5895
EMAIL: cwen@aux.btny.purdue.edu
INTERESTS: Development