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Curriculum Vitae: Summary

 

C. THOMAS PHILBRICK

Professor of Biology

Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences

Western Connecticut State University

Danbury, CT  06810

203-837-8773

FAX: 203-837-8276

philbrickt@wcsu.edu

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Education

            Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 1989.

            M.S., University of New Hampshire, 1982.

            B.S., University of New Hampshire, 1979.

 

Professional Experience

            - Professor of Biology, Western Connecticut State University, 2001 – present.

            - Associate Professor of Biology, Western Connecticut State University, 1995 - 2001.

            - Assistant Professor of Biology, Western Connecticut State University, 1993 - 1994.

 

Courses regulary taught at WCSU

Concepts of Biology, Scientific Communication, Conservation Ecology, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Systematic Biology

Plants & Society, Aquatic Vascular Plants


Graduate Students

            Paul Bryce McCann. 1999. An analysis of water quality trends in the Neversink River,

Catskill Region, New York.

            Christian Canfield. 2000.  A vegetation analysis of Flanders Nature Center bog.

 

Recent Research Grants (1996 - present)

CSU-AAUP Research Grants            

            - 2003. "A Research Trip to Museums in Denmark and The Netherlands," $4,750.

            - 2002. "Studying Plants in Waterfalls: A Research Trip to Brazil," $4,000.

            - 2001. "A three-week research trip in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil,"  $3,750.           

            - 2000. "Establishing long-term ecological research at a restored wetland," $4,000.

- 1996. "Computer Resources for Research in Biology," $3,940, [with J. Kreizinger]

 

National Geographic Society

            - 2004.  Research Grant, "Flowering plants in waterfalls: Taxonomy and Conservation of  Riverweeds in eastern Venezuela" $8600. 2004.

     

            National Science Foundation

- 2005  Research Grant, NSF- Systematic Biology: Biodiveristy & Inventory Cluster.  "RUI: Surveys of Podostemaceae in

            Latin America," $400,000.

- 1996. Research Grant, NSF-Systematic Biology. "A monographic study of Podostemum (Podostemaceae)," $174,900  [with D. H. Les].

           

            US Environmental Protection Agency

            - 2003. "Phytoremediation of mercury at a Brownfield Site," (subcontract of grant to City of Danbury). $23,471.00

                        (with R. Gyure and E. Wong).

 

 International Field Research Experience (1996 - present)

          2005                Venezuela

            2003                Denmark, The Netherlands

            2000                Paraguay

            1997-2004      Brazil

1996                Argentina, India (Kerala)

            1990                Thailand, Malaysia

            1996-2000       Mexico

    

Professional Societies

     American Society of Plant Taxonomists.

      New England Botanical Club.

 

International Research Collaborators

- Dr. Alejandro Novelo R., Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

            - Dr. Bruno E. Irgang, Departamento de Botânica, Universidad Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil

            - Dr. Rolf Rutishauser, Institut für Systematische Botanik, Universität, Zurich, Switzerland.

            - Dr. Aldaléa Sprada Tavares, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina UFSC - Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de

                Botânica, Campus Universitário, Trindade, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, CEP - 88.040-900, Brazil.

 

Publications (1996-present)

Philbrick, C. Thomas & A. Novelo R. 2004. Monograph of Podostemum (Podostemaceae).  Systematic Botany Monographs 70: 1-106.

Philbrick, C. Thomas, A. Novelo R. and B E. Irgang. 2004.  A new species of Ceratolacis   (Podostemaceae) from the state of Minas Gerais,

             Brazil.  Novon 14: 108-113.

Philbrick, C. Thomas, A. Novelo R. and B E. Irgang. 2004. Two new genera of Podostemaceae from the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. 

             Systematic Botany 29: 109-117.

Philbrick, C. Thomas. 2004. Callitrichaceae (pp. 76-77), Podostemaceae (pp. 302-304). In: Smith, N., C. A. Mori, A. Henderson, D. W.

            Stevenson, C. V. Heald. Flowering Plants of the Neotropics. Princeton University Press, Princeton.

Irgang, Bruno I., Cláudio V. Senna Gastal Jr., C. Thomas Philbrick & Alejandro Novelo R. 2003. A ocorrência inédita de uma Podostemaceae nas

             costas de uma laguna (Laguna dos Patos) no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.  Caderno de Pesquisa Sér Biol., Santa  Cruz do Sul, 15: 7-12.

 Philbrick, C. Thomas, A. Novelo R. and B E. Irgang. 2004. Two new genera of Podostemaceae from the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. 

            Systematic Botany 29: 109-117.

Rutishauser, R., E. Pfeifer, P. Moline and C. Thomas Philbrick. 2003.  evelopmental morphology of roots and shoots of Podostemum

             ceratophyllum (Podostemaceae - Podostemoideae). Rhodora 105: 337-353.

Philbrick, C. Thomas. 2004. Podostemaceae. pp. 302-304. In: Smith, N., S. A. Mori, A. Henderson, D. W. Stevenson & S. V. Heald (eds.).

            Flowering Plants of the Neotropics.  Princeton University Press, Princeton. 

Philbrick, C. Thomas. 2004. Callitrichaceae. pp. 76-77. In: Smith, N., S. A. Mori, A. Henderson, D. W. Stevenson & S. V. Heald (eds.).

            Flowering Plants of the Neotropics.  Princeton University Press, Princeton. 

Philbrick, C. Thomas. 2002.   Podostemaceae. p. 585. In: Scott A. Mori, Georges Cremers, Carol A. Gracie, Jean-Jacques de Granville, Scott V.

            Heald, Michel Hoff and John D. Mitchell (eds.). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Central French Guiana. Part 2. Dicotyledons.  

            Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 76 (2): viii + 1-776.

Murguía-Sánchez, G., Alejandro Novelo R., C. Thomas Philbrick, & G. J. Márquez Guzmán.  2002. Embryo sac development in Vanroyenella

            plumosa, Podostemaceae.  Aquatic Botany  73: 201-210.

Oropeza, N., G. Palomino, A. Novelo R, C. Thomas Philbrick. 2002.  Karyomorphological studies in Oserya, Vanroyenella and Tristicha 

            (Podostemaceae sensu lato).  Aquatic Botany 73: 163-171.

Murguía-Sánchez, G., Alejandro Novelo R., C. Thomas Philbrick, & G. J. Márquez Guzmán.  2001. Desarrollo de los verticilos sexuales de

            Vanroyenella plumose Novelo & Philbrick. Acta Botanica Mexicana 57: 37-50.

Philbrick, C. Thomas & Alejandro Novelo R. 2001.  A New Species of Podostemum (Podostemaceae) from the States of Paraná and Santa

            Catarina, Brazil.  Novon 11: 92-96.

Philbrick, C. Thomas & D. H. Les. 2000. Phylogenetic studies in Callitriche: implications for interpretation of ecological, karyological and

            pollination system evolution. Aquatic Botany 68: 123-141.

Novelo R., Alejandro, & C. Thomas Philbrick. 2000. Familia Podostmeaceae.  Flora del Bajio y de Regiones Adyacentes.  Fascuculo 87: 1-5.

Cooper, R. L., J. M. Osborn & C. Thomas Philbrick.  2000. Comparative pollen morphology and ultrastructure of the Callitrichaceae. 

            American Journal of Botany  87: 161-175.

Rutishauser, Rolf, C. Thomas Philbrick & Alejandro Novelo R.  1999. Developmental morphology of Mexican Podostemaceae.  International

            Journal of Plant Sciences 160: 29 - 45.

Philbrick, C. Thomas, R. A. Aakjar, Jr., and R. L. Stuckey. 1998.  Invasion and spread of Callitriche stagnalis (Callitrichaceae) in North

            America.  Rhodora 100: 25-38.

Philbrick, C. Thomas & Alejandro Novelo R. 1998.  Floral biology, pollen flow, and seed production in Marathrum rubrum (Podostemaceae). 

            Aquatic Botany 62: 199-206.

Oropeza, N., P. Mercado, A. Novelo, & C. Thomas Philbrick.  1998. Karyomorphological studies of Mexican species of Marathrum

            (Podostemaceae).  Aquatic Botany 62: 207-211.

Philbrick, C. Thomas. 1997.  Introduction (special issue of Aquatic Botany on Podostemaceae). Aquatic Botany  57: 1-4.

Philbrick, C. Thomas & Alejandro Novelo R. 1997.  Ovule number, seed number and seed size in Mexican and North American species of

            Podostemaceae.  Aquatic Botany 57: 183-200.

Les, Donald H., C. Thomas Philbrick & Alejandro Novelo R. 1997. The phylogenetic position of river-weeds (Podostemaceae): Insights from

            rbcL sequence data.  Aquatic Botany  57: 5-27.

Novelo R., Alejandro and & C. Thomas Philbrick. 1997. Taxonomy of Mexican Podostemaceae.  Aquatic Botany 57: 275-303.

O'Neill, Sean P., Jeffrey M. Osborn, C. Thomas Philbrick & Alejandro Novelo R.  1997. Comparative pollen morphology of five New World

            genera of Podostemaceae.  Aquatic Botany 57: 133-150.

Quiroz, Augustín F., Alejandro Novelo R., & C. Thomas Philbrick.  1997. Water chemistry and the distribution of Mexican Podostemaceae:  a

            preliminary evaluation.  Aquatic Botany 57: 201-212.

Novelo R., Alejandro & C. Thomas Philbrick. 1997.  Podostemum ricciiforme (Podostemaceae) rediscovered and redescribed.  Taxon 46:

            451-455.

Philbrick, C. Thomas & Donald H. Les. 1996. Evolution of Aquatic Angiosperm Reproductive systems. Bioscience 46: 813-826.

 

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