Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability
at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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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.uiuc.edu Title: Director, Division of Biodiversity and Ecological Entomology Unit: DBEE Office Location: NRB | ||
| Activities | Director, Division of Biodiversity and Ecological Entomology; 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. 1995. Systematics of the Acalypha californica complex (Euphorbiaceae). Madrono 41: 254-265. 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. Levin, G.A. 1999. Acalypha and Drypetes (Euphorbiaceae). Pp. 81-85, 143-144, in P.E. Berry, K. Yatskievych, and B.K. Holst, eds., Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, vol. 5., Eriocaulaceae--Lentibulariaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. Levin, G.A. 2001. Acalypha and Drypetes (Euphorbiaceae). Pp. 842-852, 877-879, in W. D. Stevens, C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool, & O. M. Montiel (eds.), Flora de Nicaragua, vol. 1. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85. |
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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. Manuscript reviewer for Systematic Botany, Rhodora, Novon, Castanea, Brittonia, International Journal of Plant Science, 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 | ||