JD Swanson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor Of Biology

University of Central Arkansas

WELCOME!

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology of The University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR .  I teach Genetics, Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology and Plant Biology.  We have a great research lab that works primarily on cell-cell communication using Raspberry and Blackberry prickles as a model although we also have other projects that work on projects as diverse as alligator genetics. 

I graduated from Penn State with a Ph.D. in Integrative Biosciences (Ecological and Molecular Plant Physiology Option).  My thesis described an extrapolation of Arabidopsis flower biology to that of Theobroma cacao, (the chocolate tree) using morphological comparisons and molecular techniques.  My advisors were Dr. John Carlson and Dr. Mark Guiltinan.  My Masters thesis was done at the University of Waikato, New Zealand while I was working for Fletcher Challenge Forests under the direction of Dr. Marie Connett (now CEO of A Rocha).  It compared and contrasted seven different types of molecular markers and assessed them for different uses in the New Zealand forestry industry. 

Again,  welcome and please feel free to contact me with comments, we have a lot going on...

 

 

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Department of Biology

180 Lewis Science Center

University of Central Arkansas

201 Donaghey Ave

Conway

AR 72032, USA

To contact me:

Phone: 501-450-5472

Fax:

E-mail: jswanson@uca.edu

Teaching:

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Well I have to make you all just a little jealous of my beautiful homeland... New Zealand

Research:

Take a look at what we work on

My other great interest is in Shotokan Karate which I have studied for the past 28 years.

This page was last updated Jan 5 2010

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