Education:

University of New Hampshire, B.A., Chemistry, 1958

University of Wisconsin, Ph.D., Botany, 1964

University of Wisconsin, postdoctoral research, April 1966-August 1966

Harvard University, postdoctoral research, 1966-1967

Positions:

Res Parasitologist, Walter Reed Army Inst. of Res. (Capt. U.S. Army, MSC) 1964-1966
Lecturer on Biology, Harvard University, 1967-1968
Assistant Professor of Biology, Harvard University, 1968-1970
Assistant Professor of Biology, Stanford University, 1970-1977
Associate Professor of Botany, University of Massachusetts, l977-l980
Professor of Botany, University of Massachusetts, l980-89
Ray Ethan Torrey Professor of Botany, University of Massachusetts, 1989-1992
Ray Ethan Torrey Professor of Biology, University of Massachusetts, 1992-present
Director, Plant Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts, 1996-present
Constantine Gilgut Professor of Plant Biology, University of Massachusetts, 1998-present

Scientific Organizations:

American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Society for Cell Biology
American Society of Plant Physiologists
Microscopical Society of America

Editorial Board Memberships:

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton
Planta
Protoplasma

Academic Honors and Awards:

Cum Laude; Phi Kappa Phi; University of New Hampshire, 1958
Jeanette Siron Pelton Award, Botan. Soc.Amer., Conser. Res Fnd., August 1975
University of Massachusetts Faculty Fellowship Award, May 1985
Honorary Professor, Beijing Teachers’ College, Beijing, PRC, 1986
University of Massachusetts, Chancellor's Medal for distinguished scholarship, March 1991
Senior Fulbright Fellowship. Australia/American Educ. Fnd, Canberra, Australia, l991-1992
Honorary Professor, He Bei Teachers’ University, ShiJia Zhuang, PRC, 1993

Research Support (1996 to present):

Calcium, pH and the Cytoskeleton in Pollen Tube Growth, NSF, 9/1/96-8/31/00
Cytokinesis: Calcium and the Cytoskeleton, USDA,. 9/15/96-9/14/98
Cytokinesis: Calcium, Calmodulin and the Cytoskeleton, USDA, 9/15/98-9/30/00
Signal Transduction in Pollen Tubes, Human Frontiers Sci. Prog., 7/1/98-6/30/01
Calcium, pH and the Cytoskeleton in Pollen Tube Growth, NSF, 9/1/00-8/31/05

National and International Committees (1996 to present):

Member, Rev. Com., NASA NSCORT Grant, NC State Univ., Raleigh, NC. 1996-2001.
Member, Selec. Com., Japan International Prize in Biology, Tokyo, Japan. July 1997
Member, Multiuser Equipment Panel, NSF, Washington, DC, May 1999
Member, Sci. Advis. Board, Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO, 1999-2001.