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Research Ranch Advisory Team

Joanne Gabrielle Romagni

Education: Major:
1994-1998: Arizona State University PhD Plant Biology
Dissertation: Assimilation and Reduction of SO2 by several lichen species and selected isolates
1992-1994: Indiana University of Pennsylvania BS Biology Secondary Education
1982-1984: Purdue University BS Biology
1979-1982: Wheeling Jesuit College Biology

Post-Doctoral Experience:
1998 – 2000: Research Plant physiologist, USDA-ARS Natural Products Utilization Research Unit; University, Mississippi

Professional Experience:
2007: Recipient of Smith-Cullen Endowed Chair in Biology
May 2007: NSF review panel participant
Winter 2007: Member, Spanish Antarctic Campaign (lichenologist)
April 2006 – present: Associate professor, Biology Dept. University of St. Thomas, Houston
Fall 2006 – present: Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Càdiz, School of Science & Mathematics
April 2006: NSF review panel participant
May 2005: NSF review panel participant
Fall 2004: Consultant, Buffalo Bayou Endangered Species media project
Feb. 2004: NSF review panel participant
August 2000 – April 2006: Assistant Professor, Biology Dept.; University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX

Teaching:
General Biology I & II
General Biology Laboratory I & II
Plant Physiology
Plant Physiology Lab
Plant Physiological Ecology
Plant Physiogical Ecology Lab
Ecology
Odyssey: The Freshman Year Experience Course

Current Research:
Role of Antarctic lichen secondary metabolites
Primary succession in an Antarctic freshwater ecosystem
Elucidation of mechanisms of action for lichen secondary metabolites
Secondary metabolites of Boer lovegrass

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