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Scientist at Work
Dr. Judith Sumner is a botanist who specializes
in flowering plants, specifically their evolution, morphology,
anatomy, and adaptations.
She has taught extensively both at the college level and at
botanical gardens. She served as education director at Garden
in the Woods
(New England Wild Flower Society) until she accepted her present
position at Assumption College in Worcester, where she is a
member of the natural sciences faculty. Sumner has published
monographic studies in the American Journal of Botany, Pollen
et Spores, and
Allertonia. She monographed two families for recently published
volumes of Flora Vitiensis Nova. Her first book, The Natural
History
of Medicinal
Plants, was published in October 2000; her second, Domestic
Botany: The Natural History of Household Plants, is due out in
2004.
Dr.
Dan Scheirer is an associate professor of biology and also
directs the Electron Microscopy and Imaging
Center at Northeastern. A
plant biologist, Professor Scheirer’s research has focused on
studying patterns of plant cell development with diverse plants
ranging from
algae and mosses to flowering plants, including the plant model
organism, Arabidopsis thaliana. Scheirer is also a forensic botanist,
and applies
plant cell and molecular biology to the resolution of legal questions.
A passionate teacher and classroom innovator, Scheirer teaches
an introductory biology course as well as higher-level courses
in plant biology, plant
development, and electron microscopy. He has authored more than
50 scientific publications as well as essays for college texts
and student
study guides.
Dan Cousins is the head grower at Wilson Farms
in Lexington, Massachusetts, where he oversees the operation
of a one-acre, fully computerized and automated greenhouse. Cousins
earned
his B.S. in Botany
at the University of Texas. After graduating, Cousins worked
for five years in Texas as a commercial grower before being
hired to serve as
a grower at Cornell University. While at Cornell, he also
taught a course on interior plantscaping.
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