CURRICULUM VITAE
GARRETT E. CROW
Professor of Botany and Chairperson
Department of Plant Biology
603-862-3865/FAX 603-862-4757
E-Mail: gec@christa.unh.edu
Home Address: 25 Garden Lane
Durham, New Hampshire 03824
Born: December 11, 1942, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Family: Wife - Charlyn Williams Crow
Children - Lindsay Allison Crow (b. 10 Aug. 1976)
Megan Joy Crow (b. 19 Dec. 1977)
Jason Aaron Crow (b. 24 Aug. 1981)
Education:
High School: New Providence, New Jersey - graduated 1961
Higher Education:
B.A. Taylor University, 1965
M.S. Michigan State University, 1968
Ph. D. Michigan State University, 1974
M.S. Thesis: An Ecological, Floristic, and Phytogeographical Analysis of a Southern Michigan Bog.
Ph.D. Dissertation: A Revision of the North American Species of Sagina (Caryophyllaceae).
Professional Experience:
University of New Hampshire, 1975-present
Professor of Botany (80% teaching, 20% research NH Agric. Exp. Sta.)
Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
Fulbright Visiting Professor, 1999-2000
Instituto Nacional Biodiversidad, Costa Rica
Colabrador de botanica, 1999-2000
Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
Visiting Professor during sabbatical leave, 1984
Michigan State University
Research Associate, 1974-75
Instructor, 1973-74
Graduate Assistant 1965-72
University of Montana (Biological Station)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, summers 1968, 1969
Scholarships and Awards:
UNH Award for Excellence in International Engagement, 2000
Fulbright Scholar (Costa Rica), 1999-2000
UNH
New England Wild Flower Society Education Award, 1992
UNH
UNH Distinguished
UNH Board of Trustees
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Award of Achievement, 1979
Michigan State University Graduate Office Scholarship, 1972
Teaching Activities:
Principles of Biology II (BIOL 412)
International Perspectives/Biodiversity (IA 401)
Systematic Botany (PBIO 566)
Aquatic Plants (PBIO 747/847)
Plant Geography (PBIO 761/861)
Advanced Systematic Botany (PBIO 867)
Investigations in Systematic Botany (PBIO 795A/895A)
Recent Advances in Systematic Botany (PBIO 885A/886A)
Administrative Activities:
Department of Plant Biology: Chairperson (2000-present)
Hodgdon Herbarium: Director and Curator of Vascular Plants (1975-present)
Professional Service Activities:
Associate Editor, botanical journal RHODORA, 1976-1994; 1996-present
Forensic Botanist/Expert Witness, NH Office of Attorney General/VandeBogart Homicide/Rape Trial, July, 1991
Regional Advisory Council, New England Plant Conservation Program
New Hampshire Task force, New England Plant Conservation Program
NH Scientific Committee on Biodiversity, DRED/Div. Forests & Lands
Forest Health Monitoring Program, USDA Forest Service
Professional Organizations:
New England Botanical Club (President, 1988-90)
American Society of Plant Taxonomists
International Association for Plant Taxonomists
Sigma Xi
New England Botanical Club Activities:
President, 1988-1990
Vice-President, 1986-88
Program Chairman, 1983-1988
Council Member, 1978-81; 1983-92; 1994-97
Herbarium Committee, 1979-83
Committee on Endangered Species, Vice-chair, 1977-83
Endangered Species Symposium, Organizer--"Rare and Endangered Plant Species in New England", Harvard University, Cambridge, MA -- May 1979
Symposium, Co-organizer--"Plant Conservation: A Biogeographic Perspective", Harvard University, Cambridge, MA -- May 1988
NEBC Centennial Committee, 1991-94
Research Interests:
Biodiversity, systematics, phytogeography, and ecological floristics
Aquatic plants, temperate (NE N.Am., Russia) and tropical (Costa Rica, Bolivia)
Endangered species of New Hampshire/New England
New Hampshire Flora
Current Research Projects:
Biodiversity in Aquatic Plants: Tropics vs. Temperate Regions
Biodiversity in Watersheds of Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest and Old Growth Forests, NH
Genetic Studies of Aquatic Flowering Plants: Evolutionary and Taxonomic Implications
Aquatic Plants of Northeastern North America
Aquatic Plants of Costa Rica
Aquatic Plant Biodiversity in Bolivia (especially Amazon basin)
Manual of the Plants of Costa Rica (contribution to:) (B. Hammel, N. Zamora & M. Grayum, Missouri Botanical Garden project)--Taxonomic treatments of Alismataceae, Hydrocharitaceae, Limnocharitaceae, Myacaceae, Pontederiaceae, Potamogetonaceae, Cabombaceae, Ceratophyllaceae, Elatinaceae, Haloragaceae, Lentibulariaceae, Menyanthaceae, Nymphaeaceae, Podostemaceae
Flora North America: Sagina (Caryophyllaceae), Lentibulariaceae, Podostemaceae
Travel:
North America
United States
Traveled widely, especially field work in northeast and northwest.
Dissertation field work: Colorado, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Alberta, Newfoundland, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Maine, New Hampshire, Georgia, South Carolina, Tierra del Fuego
IX International Botanical Congress Field Trip No. 4 (Graduate student leader, with John Thomas and Stan Shetler --California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington)
Canada
Newfoundland (1972, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1996), Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia
MesoAmerica
Costa Rica
Jan. 1984--planning trip for sabbatical leave
July-December 1984--sabbatical leave, Visiting Professor, Universidad Nacional, Heredia (taught course on aquatic plants; conducted research on aquatic plants)
August 1987, field work on aquatic plants/UNA
October 1989--field work on aquatic plants/UNA
August 1990--field work, Utricularia, aquatics/Inbio
March 1996--field work, Podostemaceae, aquatics/INBio
March 1998--field work, Podostemaceae, aquatics/INBio
July 1999-June 2000, Fulbright at Universidad Nacional/INBio/OTS
Mexico
December 1993--states of Hildago, Queretaro, Veracruz
December 1994--states of Guererro, Oaxaca
Nicaragua
August 1999, Training consultant on aquatic plants
South America
Chile
October 1971--Strait of Magellan (Patagonia)
Argentina
October-November 1971,--Isla de los Estados (Staten Island)--(research assistant to Dr. T. R. Dudley); Tierra del Fuego, Isla Grande
Bolivia
1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998--Altiplano, Andean slope, Amazonian Basin, Brazilian Shield, Gran Pantanal (National Geographic Society support 1998)
Europe
Great Britian
February 1975, Study type specimens of Sagina at Linnean Society of London, British Museum, Royal Botanic Garden (Kew), Field trip to southeast coastal Scotland
USSR
1975--XII International Botanical Congress, Leningrad, Russia--Scientific Field Trip to SSSR Georgia, Abkhazia, Moscow
1981--USA-USSR Scientific Exchange
Program--Botanical Expedition to
June 2002—French Alps, Camargue, Pyrenees.
USSR
1989--Russia, Siberia,
USA-USSR Scientific Exchange Program--Botanical Conference, Novosibirsk and Expedition to Altai Mts., Siberia
Russia, Siberia
1993--USA-RUSSIA Scientific Exchange Program
Leader: Botanical Exchange Expedition on Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Siberia (Novosibirsk, Altai, Kemerovo, Khakassia Regions)