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Associate Professor of Biology Saint Xavier University (retired)

EDUCATION
1993
Ph.D. Biology
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, Illinois
1983
M.S. Biology
DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois
1974
B.S. Biology
Elmhurst College
Elmhurst, Illinois

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Community Ecology
Species interactions in the Sarracenia purpurea leaf phytotelm
Identification and functional role of the phototrophic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas sp. in the Sarracenia purpurea leaf phytotelm
Evolution
Evolutionary ecology of the bdelloid rotifer Habrotrocha rosa from Sarracenia purpurea leaves
Natural History
Bogs
Tallgrass Prairies
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