News of Colleagues
Martha Apple has completed her Ph.D. at the University of Rhode Island, where Dr. Marilyn M. Harlin was her major professor. Her dissertation is entitled "Histochemistry of spore mucilage and inhibition of spore adhesion in Champia parvula." Martha recently received the award of a research associateship from the National Research Council and will be at the US-EPA in Corvallis, Oregon. At the EPA her research will be on the anatomy, physiology, and phenology of the Douglas fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii, in ambient or elevated carbon dioxide and temperature regimes.
Former PSA President Robert Sheath has taken a new position as Dean of the College of Biological Science at the University of Guelph. Bob writes that "the university, situated just west of Toronto, has one of the largest and most productive biological science programs in Canada. Hence, I view this new position as an exciting opportunity. I will continue to remain active in phycology as a large lab, start-up equipment, and a postdoctoral fellow are included."
Bob's addresses are:
Dr. Robert Sheath, Dean
College of Biological Science
Unversity of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario
Canada N1G 2W1
Telephone: (519) 824-4120, ext. 6102
Fax: (519) 767-2044
Last updated: Nov. 08, 2005
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