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Kathleen B. Pigg is a paleobotanist who studies fossil plants, primarily from western North America that are closely related to modern plants of North America and often Asia. She studies fossilized fruits, seeds, flowers and leaves and compares them with their modern relatives to learn how they have changed in their morphological features through time.
In addition to identifying the evolutionary relationships between modern and fossil forms, the structures can also provide hints about processes that were occurring that leave telltale structures. For example, plants from the rose family often hybridize today, resulting in progeny that have intermediate leaf shapes and distinctive types of disrupted vein patterns. Documentation of similar leaves in 50 million year old fossils suggest that the process of hybridization was occurring then as well.
Professor Pigg’s research group is studying fossil plants from northeastern Washington, found in an area that was at a higher elevation than other coastal areas during the warmest Eocene times. Instead of fossil palm trees that grew on coastal areas these fossils are early examples of temperate plants such as maples, birches and the rose family. Studying the fossil record of plants that faced major climate change in the past can help us understand similar processes occurring today.
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:
Pigg, KB, FA Bryan, and ML DeVore. Paleoallium billgenseli gen. et sp. nov.: fossil monocot bulbs from the latest early Eocene Republic flora, northeastern Washington State, USA. International Journal of Plant Sciences, submitted 30 July, 2017.
Pigg, KB, ML DeVore. 2016. A review of the plants of the Princeton chert (Eocene, British Columbia, Canada). Botany 94: 661-681.
Greenwood, DR, KB Pigg, ML DeVore. 2016. Eocene paleontology and geology of western North America. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 53: 543-547.
Greenwood, DR, KB Pigg, JF Basinger, and ML DeVore. 2016. A review of paleobotanical studies of the early Eocene Okanagan (Okanogan) Highlands floras of British Columbia, Canada and Washington, USA. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 53: 548-564.
DeVore, ML, and KB Pigg. 2016. Biotic processes in the Okanagan Highlands floras: possible evidence of hybridization in plants adapting to a temperate forest. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 53: 622-629.
Ickert-Bond, SM, KB Pigg and ML DeVore 2015 Paleoochna tiffneyi gen. et sp. nov. (Ochnaceae) from the late Paleocene Almont/Beicegel Creek flora, North Dakota, USA. International Journal of Plant Sciences 176: 892-900.
DeVore, ML, W Taylor, and KB Pigg. 2015 Nuphar carlquistii sp. nov., (Nymphaeaceae): A water lily from the latest early Eocene, Republic, Washington, USA. International Journal of Plant Sciences 176: 365-377.
Nishida H, KB Pigg, K Kudo, and JF Rigby 2014 New evidence of the reproductive organs of Glossopteris based on permineralized fossils from Queensland, Australia. II: Pollen-bearing organ Ediea gen. nov. JPR Symposium: Palaeobotany: Old but new stories on plant diversity. Journal of Plant Research 127: 233-240. DOI 10.1007/s10265-013-0601-3.
Dillhoff, RM, TA Dillhoff, DR Greenwood, ML DeVore, and KB Pigg. 2013. The Eocene Thomas Ranch flora, Allenby Formation, Princeton, British Columbia, Canada. Botany 91:514-529.
DeVore, ML, and KB Pigg 2013. Paleobotanical evidence for the origins of temperate hardwoods in: Special Issue: Conceptual Advances in Fossil Plant Biology Edited by G Rothwell and R Stockey, eds. International Journal of Plant Sciences 174: 592-601.
Zetter R, MJ Farabee, KB Pigg, SR Manchester, ML DeVore and MD Nowak. 2011. Palynoflora of the late Paleocene silicified shale at Almont, North Dakota, USA. Palynology 2011: 1-33. DOI :10.1080/01916122.2010.50164
Benedict, JC, ML DeVore, and KB Pigg. 2011 Prunus and Oemleria (Rosaceae) flowers from the late early Eocene Republic flora of northeastern Washington state, USA. International Journal of Plant Sciences 172: 948-958.
Collinson, ME, ML DeVore, and KB Pigg. 2010. Paleogene floras and global change events: Introduction. Bulletin of Geosciences 85(1): 61-62
DeVore, ML, and KB Pigg. 2010. Floristic composition and transitions of middle Eocene to late Eocene and Oligocene floras in North America. In: Collinson, ME, KB Pigg, and ML DeVore. Northern Hemisphere Paleogene floras and global change events. Bulletin of Geosciences 85 (1): 111-134, published online 2009: doi 10.3140/bull.geosci.1135
Gensel, PG, and KB Pigg. 2010. An arborescent lycopsid from the Lower Carboniferous Price Formation, southwestern Virginia, USA and the problem of species delimitation. International Journal of Coal Geology, 83: 132-145; published online 2009: doi:10.1016/j.coal.2009.11.005
Graham, LE, ME Cook, DT Hanson, KB Pigg & JM Graham. 2010a. Structural, physiological, and stable carbon isotopic evidence that the enigmatic Paleozoic fossil Prototaxites formed from rolled liverwort mats. American Journal of Botany 97(2):1-9, doi:10/3732/ajb.0900322.
Graham, LE, ME Cook, DT Hanson, KB Pigg, and JM Graham. 2010b. Rolled liverwort mats explain major Prototaxites features: Response to Commentaries. American Journal of Botany 97(7): 1079-1086. doi 10.3732/ajb.1000172
Pigg, KB, and ML DeVore. 2010. Floristic composition and transitions of late Paleocene to early Eocene floras in North America. In: Collinson, ME, KB Pigg, and ML DeVore. Northern Hemisphere Paleogene floras and global change events. Bulletin of Geosciences 85: 135-154.
Pigg, KB, ML DeVore and MF Wojciechowski. 2008. Paleosecuridaca curtisii gen. et sp. nov., Securidaca-like samaras (Polygalaceae) from the late Paleocene of North Dakota, USA and their significance to the divergence of families within the Fabales. International Journal of Plant Sciences 169: 1304-1313.
Manchester, SR, and KB Pigg. 2008. The mystery flower of McAbee, British Columbia. Botany (formerly Canadian Journal of Botany) 86: 1034-1038.
Pigg, KB, SR Manchester, and ML DeVore. 2008. Fruits of Icacinaceae from the late Paleocene of western North America. American Journal of Botany 95: 824-832.
Benedict, JC, KB Pigg and ML DeVore. 2008. Hamawilsonia boglei gen. et sp. nov. (Hamamelidaceae) from the late Paleocene Almont flora of central North Dakota, USA. International Journal of Plant Sciences 169: 687-700.
DeVore ML and KB Pigg. 2007. A brief review of the fossil history of the family Rosaceae with a focus on the Eocene Okanogan Highlands of eastern Washington State, USA, and British Columbia, Canada. Plant Systematics & Evolution 266: 45-57.
Ickert-Bond SM, KB Pigg, and J Wen. 2007. Comparative infructescence morphology in Altingia Noronha and discordance between morphological and molecular rates of evolution. American Journal of Botany 94: 1094-1115.
Nishida H, KB Pigg, K Kudo, and JF Rigby. 2007. New evidence of reproductive organs of Glossopteris based on permineralized fossils from Queensland, Australia. I. Ovulate organ Homevaleia gen. nov. Journal of Plant Research 120: 539-549.
Pigg KB, and ML DeVore. 2007. East meets West: the contrasting contributions of David L. Dilcher and Jack A. Wolfe to Eocene systematic paleobotany in North America, in D. M. Jarzen, G. Retallack, S. Jarzen and S. R. Manchester, eds. Advances in Mesozoic and Cenozoic Paleobotany, Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 258: 85-94.
Pigg, KB, RM Dillhoff, ML DeVore, and WC Wehr. 2007. New diversity among the Trochodendraceae from the Early/Middle Eocene Okanogan Highlands of British Columbia, Canada and northeastern Washington State, USA International Journal of Plant Sciences 168: 521-532.
DeVore ML, P Kenrick, KB Pigg, and RA Ketcham. 2006. Utility of high-resolution X-ray computed tomography (HRXCT) for paleobotanical studies: an example using London Clay fruits and seeds. American Journal of Botany 93: 1848-1851.
Pigg KB, ML DeVore and WC Wehr. 2006. Filicalean ferns from the Tertiary of western North America: Osmunda L. (Osmundaceae: Pteridophyta), Woodwardia Sm. (Blechnaceae: Pteridophyta), and onocleoid ferns (Filicales: Pteridophyta). Fern Gazette 17: 279-286.
Pigg KB, and H Nishida. 2006. The significance of silicified plant remains to the understanding of Glossopteris-bearing plants. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 143: 46-61.
Taylor W, ML DeVore, and KB Pigg. 2006. Susiea newsalemae, gen. et sp. nov., (Nymphaeaceae): Euryale-like seeds from the Late Paleocene Almont flora, North Dakota, USA. International Journal of Plant Sciences 167: 1271-1278.
Pigg, KB, and ML DeVore. 2005. Paleoactaea gen. nov. (Ranunculaceae) from the Paleogene of North Dakota and the London Clay. American Journal of Botany 92: 1650-1659.
Ickert-Bond, SM, KB Pigg, and J Wen. 2005. Comparative infructescence morphology in Liquidambar L. (Altingiaceae) and its evolutionary significance. American Journal of Botany 92: 1234-1255.
Pigg, KB, and ML DeVore. 2005. Shirleya grahamae gen. et sp. nov. (Lythraceae), Lagerstroemia-like fruits from the middle Miocene Yakima Canyon flora, central Washington state, USA. American Journal of Botany 92: 77-107. [
Radtke, MG, KB Pigg, and WC Wehr. 2005. Fossil Corylopsis and Fothergilla leaves (Hamamelidaceae) from the lower-middle Eocene flora of Republic, Washington, USA and their evolutionary and biogeographic significance. International Journal of Plant Sciences 166: 347-356.
DeVore, ML, KB Pigg, and WC Wehr. 2005. Systematics and phytogeography of selected Okanagan Highlands plants. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42: 205-214.
DeVore, ML, SM Moore, KB Pigg, and WC Wehr. 2004. Fossil Neviusia leaves (Rosaceae: Kerriae) from the lower-middle Eocene of southern British Columbia. Rhodora 106: 197-209.
Manchester, SR, KB Pigg, and PR Crane. 2004. Palaeocarpinus dakotensis sp. nov. (Betulaceae: Coryloideae) and associated staminate catkins, pollen and leaves from the Paleocene of North Dakota. International Journal of Plant Sciences 165: 1135-1148.
Nishida, H, KB Pigg, K Kudo, and J Rigby. 2004. Zooidogamy of the late Permian Glossopteris. Journal of Plant Research 117: 323-328.
Pigg, KB, SM Ickert-Bond, and J Wen. 2004. Anatomically preserved Liquidambar (Altingiaceae) from the middle Miocene of Yakima Canyon, Washington state, USA, and its biogeographic implications. American Journal of Botany 91: 499-509
Pigg KB, SR Manchester, and WC Wehr. 2003. Corylus, Carpinus and Palaeocarpinus (Betulaceae) from the middle Eocene Klondike Mountain and Allenby Formations of northwestern North America. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164: 807-822.
Nishida H, KB Pigg and JF Rigby. 2003. Swimming sperm in an extinct Gondwanan plant. Nature 422: 396-397.
Pigg, KB 2001. Isoetalean lycopsid evolution: from the Devonian to the present. American Fern Journal 91: 99-114.
Pigg, KB, and GW Rothwell. 2001. Anatomically preserved Woodwardia virginica (Blechnaceae) and a new filicalean fern from the middle Miocene Yakima Canyon flora of central Washington, USA. American Journal of Botany 88: 777-787.
Pigg, KB, WC Wehr, and SM Ickert-Bond. 2001. Trochodendron and Nordenskioldia (Trochodendraceae) from the middle Eocene of Washington State, USA. International Journal of Plant Sciences 162: 1187-1198.
INVITED BOOK CHAPTERS
Nishida, H, KB Pigg, and ML DeVore. submitted 2017. Glossopterid plant remains in permineralization: What do they tell us? in: M Krings, C Harper, NR Cúneo, and GW Rothwell eds., Transformative Paleobotany: Papers to Commemorate the Life and Legacy of Thomas N. Taylor. Elsevier.
Pigg, KB, and BH Tiffney. submitted 2017. The North American fossil record of Quercus. The fossil history of the genus Quercus: E Barrón López, J Postigo, T Utescher and others. In: E. Gil-Pelegrín, JJ Peguero-Pina, and D Sancho-Knapik, eds., Oaks Physiological Ecology. Exploring the Functional Diversity of the Genus Quercus. Springer-Verlag.
Pigg, KB,and ML DeVore. submitted 2017. Chapter U5. Visiting the "PETM" greenhouse environments, plants and animals of the Paleogene and their Neogene aftermaths. in: Nature and Time on Earth, a collaborative course and online textbook E Martinetto, editor. Springer.
DeVore, ML, KB Pigg, DL Dilcher and D Freile. 2014. Catahoulea grahamii gen. et sp. nov.: fagaceous involucres from the Oligocene Catahoula Formation, central Texas and the middle Eocene Claiborne Formation of Kentucky and Tennessee, USA. Chapter 3. p 41-50 in: Stevens, WD, OM Montiel and P Raven, (eds.) Paleobotany and biogeography A Festschrift for Alan Graham in his 80th year. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.:
Pigg, KB, ML DeVore, JC Benedict and RM Creekmore. 2014. Fruits of Melia (Melioideae: Meliaceae) from the middle Miocene Yakima Canyon flora of central Washington State, USA. Chapter 11, p. 327- 337 in: Stevens, WD, OM Montiel and P Raven, (eds.) Paleobotany and biogeography. A Festschrift for Alan Graham in his 80th year. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis
Pigg, KB 2007. Katherine Esau. in New Dictionary of Scientific Biography, N. Koertge ed. vol 2: 413-416, MacMillan, New York.
GUIDEBOOKS
Pigg, KB, ML DeVore & KE Volkman. 2011. Fossil plants from Republic: a guidebook. Stonerose Interpretive Center, Republic, Washington. Second printing June, 2014.
COMMENTARY, REVIEWS, TECHNICAL REPORTS, AND NON-REFEREED PAPERS
Kapgate, SR Manchester, KB Pigg and WG Chaloner. 2013 Obituary for Shya Chitaley. International Organization for Paleobotany Newsletter.
Kapgate, SR Manchester, KB Pigg and WG Chaloner. 2013. Obituary for Shya Chitaley. Botanical Society of America, Paleobotanical Section Newsletter.
Pigg, KB 2009. Review of “Plants and the K-T Boundary” by Douglas Nichols and Kirk Johnson. The Quarterly Review of Biology 84 (3): 309.
Archibald, SB, KB Pigg, DR Greenwood, SR Manchester, L Barkesdale, KR Johnson, M Sternberg, RA Stockey, ML DeVore and GW Rothwell. 2005. Wes Wehr dedication. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42: 115-117.
Pigg, KB, and WC Wehr. 2002. Tertiary flowers, fruits and seeds of Washington State and adjacent areas--Part III. Washington Geology 30: 3-20.
DeVore, ML, and KB Pigg. 2000. Paleobotany. Highlights Issue. Geotimes. 45: 36-37.
| Fall 2018 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| BIO 304 | Plants and Civilization |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| PLB 591 | Seminar |
| BIO 591 | Seminar |
| Spring 2018 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| BIO 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| PLB 591 | Seminar |
| BIO 591 | Seminar |
| Fall 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| BIO 189 | Life Sciences Career Paths |
| BIO 304 | Plants and Civilization |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| PLB 591 | Seminar |
| BIO 591 | Seminar |
| Spring 2017 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| BIO 303 | Plant Diversity and Evolution |
| PLB 591 | Seminar |
| BIO 598 | Special Topics |
| Fall 2016 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| PLB 302 | Plants and Civilization |
| PLB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| PLB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| PLB 591 | Seminar |
| Spring 2016 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| PLB 310 | The Flora of Arizona |
| PLB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| BIO 494 | Special Topics |
| PLB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| PLB 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| PLB 591 | Seminar |
| EVO 598 | Special Topics |
| Fall 2015 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| BIO 189 | Life Sciences Career Paths |
| PLB 302 | Plants and Civilization |
| PLB 306 | Plant Anatomy |
| PLB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| PLB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| PLB 591 | Seminar |
| Summer 2015 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| PLB 302 | Plants and Civilization |
| Spring 2015 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| PLB 300 | Plant Diversity and Evolution |
| PLB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| PLB 591 | Seminar |
| Fall 2014 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| PLB 302 | Plants and Civilization |
| PLB 306 | Plant Anatomy |
| Spring 2014 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| PLB 310 | The Flora of Arizona |
| PLB 591 | Seminar |
Editorial Roles: 2016-present Associate Editor, Acta Palaeobotanica, 2015—2016 Co-editor of Symposium Volume on Northern Hemisphere High Paleolatitude Eocene, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences; 2010 Co-Editor of Symposium Volume on Paleogene floras and global change events, Geosciences. 2000-2008 Consulting Editor, Paleobotany, Palaeontologia africana (Journal of South African Research)
Botanical Society of America, Paleobotanical Section, Structural and Developmental Section
International Organization of Paleobotany
IAWA (International Association of Wood Anatomists)
Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section
American Fern Society
Paleontological Society
Current ASU Students
PhD Students: Chair: Shannon Doan, Soon Flynn; Member PhD Students: Andrew Johnston, Salvatore Anzaldo, Ed Gilbert. MS Students: Co-chair, Jean Phillippe Solves, Cole Larson-Whittaker, Committee Member MS Student: Kara Barron
ASU Graduate Students Completing Degrees
Chair or Co-Chair PhD Students: John C. Benedict 2012 : Paleocene fossils from Beicegel Creek, North Dakota. teaching position, University of Michigan
Witt Taylor .2010 Cyclocarya brownii from the late Paleocene of North Dakota, USA.teaching, Bentley University.
Ickert-Bond, Stefanie M Ikert-Bond 2003. (Co-Chair). Ephedra systematics and evolution. Thesis, (now Professor, University of Alaska, Fairbanks).
Chair or Co-Chair,Master's Students: Darin Jankec(Co-Chaur) 2011 Systematics; Richard Bond 2006: Flora of Clear Creek, AZ, Raul Puente, Raul (Co-Chair).2006 Systematics of Nopalaes cacti ; Amanda L.Coleman 2004. Anatomically preserved Taxodium, from the middle Miocene of Yakima Canyon, Washington; Maria Tcherepova 2001 (deceased 13 July 2009) Investigations of two anatomically preserved fruits (Rhamnaceae and Nyssaceae) from the middle Miocene Yakima Canyon flora of Washington state, USA. Karla A. Bertram, 1998 Petrified components of a biotic community from the middle Miocene Virgin Valley Formation, Nevada, USA;. Ickert-Bond, Stefanie M. Ickert-Bind 1997 (cochair) Biosystematics of Pinus krempfii Lecomte.; Borgardt, Sandra J. BIrgargt 1996 Petrified Quercus (Fagaceae) fruit fossils from the middle Miocene, Yakima River Canyon, Washington. Uhl, Rebecca. Project on fossil plant curation. MNS, nonthesis degree (working in ASU Hayden Library as reference librarian).
Member of Advisory Committee: PhD students: 2016 Kamesh Regmi, Genetics ; 2013 Joanna Klinge, Geography ;2011 Raul Gutierrez; Systematics of Martyniaceae; 2009 Hugo Beraldi: Microbiological ecology; Frank Farruggia: Systematics of Sesbania (Fabaceae);2008 Nathan Wilkens (Geology): Paleoecology of the Navajo Sandstone (Jurassic) of Moab,; Utah. 2003 Andrew M. Salywon. A monograph of Mosiera (Myrtaceae);;2001 Taly Drezner. (Geography): Saguaro distribution and the relationshipnwith their nurse plants.;1999 William C. Davis. Ecophysiology of Hydrothyria venosa: An aquatic lichen; 1995 Elaine Joyal. An ethnoecology of Sabal uresana Trelease(Arecaceae) in Sonora, Mexico;. 1995 Charlotte M. Christy: Systematics of the Mentzelia (Section Bartonia) multiflora (Nutt.) A. Gray Complex (Loasaceae).;1995 Jon P. Rebman Biosystematics of Opuntia Subgenus Cylindropuntia (Cactaceae), the Chollas of Lower California, Mexico. MS Students: ;2001 Amy E. Trauth-Nare. Systematics and biogeography of the Berberis commutata complex (Berberidaceae) of South America;. 1995 Greg J. Imdorf. Flora and Vegetation of the Sierra Ancha Wilderness Area, Tonto National Forest, Gila County, Arizona. 1995 Kathleen Rice Flora of the Superstition Mountains.MNS: 2011 Felicity Snyder: Open access reports associated with the Embryo Project
HONORS STUDENTS: 2017 Footnote 18: Anne Workman for BIO 303; 2015-2017 Thesis advisor: Jean-Phillippe Solves; 2015 Footnote 18: Alex Hibert for PLB 302; Approximately 10 additional Footnote 18 students prior to 2015.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHERS, WORK-STUDY STUDENTS & VOLUNTEER 2016 Lia Clark, Databasing Plant Fossil Collection with Symbiota, BioKIC.Giselle Patricio- Organizing Canright Lantern Slide Collection Samuel Zirbel- Organizing Fruit and Seed Collection and Research Library;Linda L. Howard-Organizing Fossil Plant Collection; Ashley Maqueda, Hannah Mooney, Candice Kim; 2015 Lia Clark- Preparing plant anatomy student projects; Kat Heusser-Photography of fossil; Yessie Olvera, Beatriz Peregrina- help with curation; Eli Peremislov, Zain Youhana- main lab organization; 2014 Lia Clark- Preparing plant anatomy student projects; 2013 Lia Clark-Preparing plant anatomy student projects; Cris Brackenridge-Organization of prepared slide collection; Sharlie Jones-Fossil and extant Acer (maple) fruits; Ada Vo-Organization of wood collection of James E. Canright Morphology & Anatomy Collection; 2012 Brach Barnes -Actinidiacaeae, Paleocene Almont/Beicegel Creek flora; Kensive Nguyen- Photography of Paleocene and Eocene flowers, fruits and leaves; Lauren Tomlin - Photography of Zingiberid fruits and seeds, Late Paleocene, North Dakota.; Eric Mann- Databasing and fossil preparation, Zingiberid fruits and seeds, late Paleocene, North Dakota; 2008 Samuel Roll - “Guaera” fig-like fruits from Late Cretaceous of Montana; Shane Binus -Cyclocarya morphometrics from Almont flora; 2007-8 Angela Caballaro, Tony Zapatka Paleocene plants from North Dakota; Amy Cotlow - Fossil guavas (Myrtaceae, Paleomyrtinaea) from Almont ND, Matthew Olson Acer (Sapindaceae) from Almont ND; 2006-7 Rhonda Chapman Spirea leaves from Republic, WA (Eocene); 2005-6 Darin Janke Paleocene plants from North Dakota; John Benedict Paleocene Hamamelis fruits from Almont, North Dakota (published: Benedict, et al., 2008 International Journal of Plant Sciences); 2004 Nesrine Taylor Paleocene Almont and Beicegel Creek floral diversity.; 2000-1 Meghan Radtke Eocene Corylopsis and Fothergilla (Hamamelidaceae) leaves (published as Radtke, et al 2005).; 1999-2000-3 Carol Crimmins Anatomy of crucifixion thorns from the Sonoran desert Paleocene fossil plants from Almont, North Dakota 1994-5 Sara Kahn Fossils from Yakima Canyon, middle Miocene, Washington state 1991-2 Charlene Conner Anatomy of Princetonia allenbyensis, Eocene Princeton chert 1990-1 Suzette Maxwell Permineralized myrtaceous fruit from Eocene Princeton chert (published as Pigg et al. 1993)
Professor, School of Life Sciences 2008 – present
Curator of Fossil Plant Collections, Biodiversity Knowledge Integration Center (BioKIC)
Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University 2002-2008
Associate Professor, Department of Plant Biology, Arizona State University 1994-2002
Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Arizona State University 1988-1994
NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Fellow in Science, Department of Botany, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada 1989
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE & OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
Panel Membership National Science Foundation: 2007-9, 2013 Geosciences: Sedimentology & Paleobiology; 2004 Division of Biology (Biological Research Collections); 2002-3 Division of Biology (Assembling the Tree of Life); 2001 Geology & Paleontology.
Ad hoc Reviews (ongoing) National Science Foundation (Divisions of Biology: Systematic Biology & Biodiversity Inventories; Biological Infrastructure; Geosciences: Earth Sciences: Sedimentary Geology & Paleontology; Polar Research: Antarctic Sciences); NASA: Exobiology/Evolutionary Biology; National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); Natural Environment Research Council (UK).
Journal Reviewer (ongoing): Acta Palaeobotanica; American Midland Naturalist; American Journal of Botany; Antarctic Science; Aquatic Botany; Australian Journal of Botany; Biological Reviews; Botany; Botanical Journal of the Linnaean Society; Canadian Journal of Botany; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences; Grana; IAWA (International Association of Wood Anatomists) Journal; International Journal of Plant Sciences; Journal of the Arizona & Nevada Academy of Science; Journal of the History of Biology; Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution; Palaeobios, Palaeoclimates - Data and Modeling; Palaeontographica; Palaeontology; Philosophical Transactions, Plant Biology; PLOS ONE; Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology; Systematic Botany.
Textbook and Online Resource Reviewer for Plant Anatomy texts: 2005-ongoing Blackwell Scientific Press, Cambridge University Press
External Examiner for Dissertations: 2017: Gary Alan Pattemore , University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia; 2013 Rachael OKeefe, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. 2011 Robin Y. Smith, University of Sasketchewan, Saskatoon, Canada; 2005 Rosie Prevec, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa; 2004 University of Melbourne, School of Botany
Advisory Roles 2004-present Advisory Board, Stonerose Interpretive Center, Republic, Washington.
2006 Scientific Advisor, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Office of Investigations, aid in identifying illegally imported fossil plants from Argentina.
Meetings and Symposium Organizing
2014 Symposium Co Organizer with Melanie DeVore, Bruce Archibald and David Greenwood. “Eocene Northern North America: Biotic Change and Environmental Context.” Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, October.
2013 Symposium CoOrganizer (with Wilson Taylor) Botany 2013, Devonian paleobotany, honoring Patricia G. Gensel. 2012 Symposium Co-Organizer (with S. Manchester) IOPC meeting, Tokoyo, August. 2006 Symposium Co-Organizer, Palaeogene floras and global change events (with M. Collinson and M. DeVore). 7th European Paleobotany-Palynology Conference; 2005 Co-host for 22nd Midcontinent Paleobotanical Colloquium, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville
Professional Organizations Botanical Society of America: 2015 Paleobotanical Section Committee for Nominating Section Chair; Isabel Cookson Award Committee; International Organization of Paleobotany: 2000 Student Travel Award Committee; Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science: 1994-7 Treasurer
NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS EXHIBITS
June 10 - Sept. 2, 2017- Dead Dead Live Dead exhibit by Gabriel Rico, artist-in-residence GDL>PHX (Guadalajara, Mexico and Phoenix, Arizona) Residencias Artísticas program (organized by CALA Alliance ASU Art Museum and Programa Anual de Open Studios).
December 2016 –Tour of Alameda Facility for SoLS Staff.
November 2016 Israel Leinbach Fossil Collection in the display cabinet outside the offices of the Center for Evolution and Medicine on the second floor of LSC on the request of Randy Nesse (done by my graduate student Tim Hieger). We continue to curate additional specimens for the collection.
April 2016- Exhibit at Phoenix Zoo for Earth Day
September 2016 Open house event at Alameda Facility
September-December 2015: Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway Traveling Exhibit, Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle. Coordination, voiceover and design for ASU Alameda Building
April 2015- Nature of Creation exhibit, Hayden Library, ASU Tempe Campus.
February 2015 -Night of the Open Door, ASU, Alameda Facility
October 2014- Grand Opening, ASU SoLS Natural History Collections at the Alameda Facility
Professionally Related Community Service:
2017-- February - Night of the Open Door participation on ASU Tempe Campus.
2017 -- January - Consultation with Science Fiction writer NNedi Okoafor through the Center for Science and the Imagination. I helped Nnedi Okoafor figure out how to deal with aspects of pollination biology, allergies and vegetation types for a short story.
2016- April - Consultation with Science Fiction writer Steven Barnes through the Center for Science and the Imagination. I have been serving as an ad hoc advisor to science fiction writers working in this program, as to the scientific feasibility of elements within their short stories. I helped Steven Barnes figure out how humans might gain the ability to photosynthesize.
2016 - April- Those Wily Republic Plants: Hybrids and bulbils and short shoots, oh my!, Presentation to Stonerose Interpretive Center, Republic, Washington Annual Membership Dig. We make presentations to the membership, many of whom are members of the public with a longtime devotion to fossil collecting and to the community of the small town of Republic. Our outreach here is very special and personal, as these are the people who collect many of the fossils that fuel our research.
2016 - May – I contributed 3 copies of an original photographic collage of Repubilc, Washington fossil plants as items for a benefit auction for Stonerose Interpretive Center, Republic, Washington that was held at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle. This auction was held to supplement income lost the previous two years at Stonerose as a result of major forest fires in near the town of Republic, Ferry County, which is in a remote, highly wooded area of the state.
2016 – May-- Initial consultation with Arizona Nutritional Supplements group on use of plant anatomical structure for identifying plant supplements
2016 October—work at the Burke Museum, Seattle on their Eocene collections
2016 - Initiation of my part of work with Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, Karisoke with young Rwanda Scholars.
2016 November-- Israel Leinbach Fossil Collection in the display cabinet outside the offices of the Center for Evolution and Medicine on the second floor of LSC on the request of Randy Nesse (done by my graduate student Tim Hieger). We continue to curate additional specimens for the collection.
2015 Presentation of "Crusin' the Fossil Freeway" travelling exhibit from the Burke Museum, Seattle by Kirk R Johnson and Ray Troll. Coordination of exhibit loan, organization of layout and installation; hosting of SoLS Opening and three guest speakers: Peter Wilf, Penn State University; Bruce Archibald, Simon Fraser University and writer Jack Nesbit, Spokane.
2015 Participation in National Fossil Day activities, Stonerose Interpretive Center, Republic, WA. October
2015 Design and development of display for "Nature of Creation" exhibit, Hayden Library, ASU Tempe Campus (with Elizabeth Makings and Anne Basham), May- September.
2016 Stonerose Interpretive Center and Eocene Fossil Site: Membership Dig., April
2015 Participation in ASU's Night of the Open Door, February.
2015 Informal tours of Fossil Plant collections for various school groups, organizations,
and individuals from the public.
2010 Development of guidebook on fossil plants of the Republic flora, for use by public
2008 In-class presentations at Curlew and Republic Washington high schools in collaboration with Stonerose Interpretive Center, Republic
2005 Intel Judge for Intel ISEF (International Science & Engineering Fair), Phoenix, May;
2000-5 Design of webpages for courses: Plant Fossils and Evolution (PLB 407):
2000 Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, informal talks. Various science fairs, school presentations;
1996-2000 Southwest Paleontological Society, Mesa Southwest Museum, Mesa, advisor.
UNIVERSITY AND DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
University
CLAS Search Committee: Director, School of Life Sciences, 2017-2018; June, 2017: CLAS Alameda Expansion Facility Committee; February, 2017, Panelist on Workshop for Promotion and Tenure, Faculty Women’s Association; University Promotion and Tenure Committee: 2013-2015
School of Life Sciences
2017 - Curatorial work, BioKIC - Curator of Plant Fossil Collections.
2017 - Associate Director for MS Plant Biology and Conservation degree program; and MS, (including 4+1) graduate program
2016- Search Committee: BioKIC - Lichen Collections Manager.
2015 Biodiversity Knowledge Integration Center (BioKIC) (formerly Natural History Collections Group). Curator of Plant Fossil Collections. Continued planning and development of the Alameda facility for teaching, research and outreach activities; several activities (see above under Professional Outreach).
2014 Organization of new collections space
2013 Reorganization of collection; move to Alameda facility
2012 Participation in video on SoLS Natural History Collections
2006 Coordinator for School of Life Science Natural History Collections Display,
2005-present Participant in ASU Museums, Galleries and Collections tours for the public; Natural History Collections Group Member; Additional tours for K-12 classes;
2004-present Natural History Collections Committee Co-Chair;
2000-present Ask a Biologist Contributor
SoLS Committee Service
2015 Honors College Advisor
2010- 2012 Committee on Undergraduate Curriculum Reform.
2010- Plant Biology Graduate committee
2007-2015 Human Dimensions Representative to Facilities Committee
2007-2008 Human Dimensions Representative to Graduate Committee
2006-2008 Honors Disciplinary Advisor for Plant Biology, Barrett Honors College
2004-7 Genomics, Evolution & Bioinformatics Representative to Graduate
Committee; 2004-5 Affirmative Action Representative; 2003-4 Search Committee for Evolutionary & Systems Biologist 2003-2004
Department of Plant Biology
2000 Chair, Search Committee for Molecular Plant Systematist; 1999-2001 Graduate Director 1999-2000 University Committee on Committees; 1998-9 Departmental Representative, University Senate; 1998 Darkroom Coordinator; 1994-7 Personnel Committee 1997 Search Committee, Developmental Anatomist
Department of Botany
1991-5 Graduate Admissions Committee; 1993-4 Darkroom Coordinator
1995 Search Committee, Physiological Ecologist; 1990-3 Affirmative Action Representative; 1994-5 Undergraduate Biology Student Advising; 1990 Search Committee, Urban Horticulturalist
