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Geoff Levin
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1816 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 MC–652 Phone: 217-244-7481 Fax: 217-333-4949 Email: glevin@inhs.illinois.edu Title: Associate Director for Operations Office Location: Forbes 1012 | ||
| Activities | Associate Director for Operations; research in plant systematics; floristic surveys and monitoring |
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| Research |
Systematics of flowering plants, particularly Acalypha and other Euphorbiaceae, with an emphasis on phylogenetic studies using morphological and molecular data and on taxonomic revisions. |
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| Recognition | Jesse M. Greenman Award, 1987. Presented by Missouri Botanical Garden for best plant systematics paper published in 1986 based on a doctoral dissertation. Phi Beta Kappa Sigma Xi |
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| Professional affiliations |
American Society of Plant Taxonomists Botanical Society of America Society of Systematic Biologists International Association of Plant Taxonomists American Institute of Biological Sciences |
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| Selected publications |
Levin, G.A. 1999. Evolution in the Acalypha gracilens/monococca complex (Euphorbiaceae): morphological analysis. Systematic Botany 23: 269-287. Levin, G.A. 1999. Notes on Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) in North America. Rhodora 101: 217-233. Sagun, V. G., G. A. Levin, and R. W. J. M. van der Ham. 2006. Pollen morphology and ultrastructure of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 140: 123-143. Levin, G. A., J.K. Morton, and E. Robbrecht. 2007. Two new species of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) from tropical Africa, and a review of some Robyns names for cupricolous plants from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Systematic Botany 32: 576–582. Sagun, V. G., and G. A. Levin. 2007. Four new species of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) from Malesia. Blumea 52: 351-359. |
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| Program Affiliates |
Adjunct, Departments of Plant Biology and Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Research Associate, Missouri Botanical Garden. |
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| Professional society involvement and activities |
Natural Science Collections Alliance: Institutional Representative; Nominating Committee, 2002; Program Committee Co-Chair, 2001. American Institute of Biological Sciences: Institutional Representative. American Society of Plant Taxonomists: Honors and Awards Committee, 2001-2002; Nominating Committee, 2005-2006. Flora of North America Association: Board of Directors, 2006-present; Executive Committee, 2007-present. Manuscript reviewer for Systematic Botany, Rhodora, Novon, Castanea, Brittonia, and other journals. Proposal reviewer and panelist for National Science Foundation. |
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| Education | PhD, Botany, University of California, Davis, 1984 MS, Botany, University of California, Davis, 1979 BA, Botany, Pomona College, Claremont CA, 1977 | ||