RICHARD DAVID NOYES

CURRICULUM VITAE

Address: Department of Biology, University of Central Arkansas, 180 Lewis Science Center, Conway, AR 72035

Phone: (501) 450-5926 E-mail: rnoyes@uca.edu

Educational Background:

1984 B.A. (Botany), Cum Laude, University of Vermont, Burlington.

1988 M.S. (Botany), Washington State University, Pullman.

Thesis: "Cytological and genetic investigations in the Erigeron compositus Pursh agamospermous species complex." Advisor: D. E. Soltis.

1999 Ph.D. (Evolutionary Biology), Indiana University, Bloomington.

Thesis: "The evolution of agamospermy in Erigeron (Asteraceae: Astereae)." Advisor: L. H. Rieseberg.

Employment Background:

1984-1985 Research Technician, Department of Botany, University of Vermont

1985-1987 Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant, Department of Botany, Washington State University

1987-1988 Curatorial Intern, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, CA

1988-1994 Herbarium Assistant and Africa Project Coordinator, Missouri

Botanical Garden, St. Louis

1990 Research Assistant, University of Missouri, St. Louis [Victoria Sork]

1994-1998 Associate Instructor and Research Assistant, Department of Biology, Indiana University

1999-2001 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory, University of Georgia [Andrew Patterson]

2001-2006 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder

2006-2012 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas

2006-pres. Graduate Faculty, Department of Biology, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas

2012-pres. Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas

Undergraduate Teaching Experience:

University of Colorado:

EBIO 2060 Genetics (Su2006)

EBIO 2080/3080, Evolutionary Biology (Sp2002, Sp2003, Sp2004, Sp2005)

EPOB 4800, Critical Thinking: Speciation (F2002)

EPOB 4800, Critical Thinking: Biology and Evolution of Sex (F2003, F2004)

University of Central Arkansas:

BIOL 1400, Biology for non-majors (F2008, F2010)

BIOL 2490, Genetics (Sp2007, Su2007, Sp2008, Sp2009, Sp2010, Su2010, Sp2011, Su2011, Sp2012, Su2012, Sp2013)

BIOL 4404/5404, Plant Taxonomy (F2007, F2008, F2009, F2010, F2011, Su2012, F2012, Su2013)

BIOL 4415, Evolutionary Biology (F2006)

Graduate Teaching Experience:

University of Colorado:

EPOB 6200, Graduate Seminar in Plant Evolutionary Biology (Sp2004, Sp2005, Sp2006)

University of Central Arkansas

BIOL 6102, Graduate Seminar (F2006, Sp2013)

BIOL 6395, Special Topics: Advanced Genetics (Sp2007)

BIOL 6495, Special Topics: Molecular Ecology (F2007, F2009, F2011)

Scholarship – Publications:

1. Soltis, D. E., P. S. Soltis, and R. D. Noyes. 1988. An electrophoretic investigation of intragametophytic selfing in Equisetum arvense. American Journal of Botany 75: 231-237.

2. Noyes, R. D., D. E. Soltis, and P. S. Soltis. 1995. Genetic and cytological investigations in sexual Erigeron compositus (Asteraceae). Systematic Botany 20: 132-146.

3. Noyes, R. D. and D. E. Soltis. 1996. Genotypic variation in agamospermous Erigeron compositus (Asteraceae). American Journal of Botany 83: 1292-1303.

4. Rieseberg, L. H. and R. D. Noyes. 1998. Genetic map-based studies of reticulate evolution in plants. Trends in Plant Science 3: 254-259.

5. Schilling, E. E., C. R. Linder, R. D. Noyes, and L. H. Rieseberg. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships in Helianthus (Asteraceae) based on nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer region sequence data. Systematic Botany 23: 177-187.

6. Noyes, R. D. and L. H. Rieseberg. 1999. ITS sequence data support a single origin for North American Astereae (Asteraceae) and reflect deep geographic divisions in Aster s.l. American Journal of Botany 86: 398-412.

7. Nesom, G. L. and R. D. Noyes. 1999. Notes on sectional delimitations in Erigeron (Asteraceae: Astereae). Sida 18: 1161-1165.

8. Noyes, R. D. 2000. Biogeographical and evolutionary insights on Erigeron and allies (Asteraceae) from ITS sequence data. Plant Systematics and Evolution 220: 93-114.

9. Noyes, R. D. 2000. Diplospory and parthenogenesis in sexual × agamospermous (apomictic) Erigeron (Asteraceae) hybrids. International Journal of Plant Sciences 161: 1-12.

10. Noyes, R. D. and L. H. Rieseberg. 2000. Two independent loci control agamospermy (apomixis) in the triploid flowering plant Erigeron annuus. Genetics 155: 379-390.

11. Nesom, G. L. and R. D. Noyes. 2000. Batopilasia (Asteraceae: Astereae), a new genus from Chihuahua, Mexico. Sida 19: 79-84.

12. Senchina, D. S., I. Alvarez, R. C. Cronn, B. Liu, J. Rong, R. D. Noyes, A. H. Paterson, R. A. Wing, T. A. Wilkens, and J. F. Wendel. 2003. Rate variation among nuclear genes and the age of polyploidy in Gossypium. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 20: 633-643.

13. Noyes, R. D. 2005. Inheritance of apomeiosis (diplospory) in fleabanes (Erigeron, Asteraceae). Heredity. 94: 193-198.

14. Noyes, R. D. and J. R. Allison. 2005. Cytology, ovule development and pollen quality in sexual Erigeron strigosus (Asteraceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 166: 49-59. [Cover Photo]

15. Noyes, R.D. 2006. Apomixis via recombination of genome regions for apomeiosis (diplospory) and parthenogenesis in Erigeron (daisy fleabane, Asteraceae). Sexual Plant Reproduction 19: 7-18.

16. Noyes, R.D. 2006. Intraspecific nuclear ribosomal DNA divergence and reticulation in sexual diploid Erigeron strigosus (Asteraceae). American Journal of Botany 93: 470-479.

17. Noyes, R.D., H. Gerling,* and C. Vandervoort.** 2006. Sexual and apomictic prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd.) in Texas: Geographic analysis and a new combination (Erigeron strigosus var. traversii (Shinners) Noyes). Sida 22: 265-276.

18. Noyes, R.D., R. Baker,** and B. Mai.* 2007. Mendelian segregation for two-factor apomixis in Erigeron annuus (Asteraceae). Heredity 98: 92-98.

19. Noyes, R.D. 2007. Reticulation and the evolution of apomixis in Erigeron sect. Phalacroloma (Asteraceae) Pp. 337-358 in: Hörandl, E., Grossniklaus, U., Van Dijk, P., Sharbel, T. (eds.), Apomixis: Evolution, Mechanisms and Perspectives. Regnum Vegetabile 147. (Gantner Verlag, Ruggell, Liechtenstein)

20. Noyes, R.D. 2007. Apomixis in the Asteraceae: diamonds in the rough. Functional Plant Science and Biotechnology 1(2): 207-222. (Invited; Peer Reviewed)

21. Noyes, R.D. 2008. Sexual devolution in plants: apomixis uncloaked? BioEssays 30: 798-801. (Invited commentary.)

22. Andrus, N., Tye, A., Nesom, G., Bogler, D., Lewis, C., Noyes, R., Jaramillo, P., and J. Francisco-Ortega. 2009. Phylogenetics of Darwiniothamnus (Asteraceae: Astereae) – molecular evidence for multiple origins in the endemic flora of the Galápagos Islands. Journal of Biogeography 36: 1055-1069.

23. Noyes, R.D. and D.V. Groff.** 2011. Geography and phylogeny of sexual diploid Erigeron strigosus (Asteraceae) in Arkansas and Missouri. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 5: 577-586.

24. Strijk. J.S., R.D. Noyes, D. Strasberg, C. Cruaud, J. Chave, R. Abbott, and C. Thébaud. 2012. In and out of Madagascar: Dispersal to peripheral Islands, insular speciation and diversification of Indian Ocean Daisy Trees (Psiadia, Asteraceae). PLoS ONE 7:e42932.

25. Noyes, R.D. and Givens, A.D.* 2013. Quantitative assessment of megasporogenesis for the facultative apomicts Erigeron annuus and Erigeron strigosus (Asteraceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 174: 1239-1250.

26. Noyes, R.D. and Bailey, P. 2013. Chromosome number and reproductive attributes for Erigeron lemmonii (Asteraceae), a cliff-dwelling endemic of southeastern Arizona. Madrono X: XXX-XXX. [Accepted for publication 08 April 2013]

*Undergraduate student contributor **Graduate student contributor

Scholarship – Presentations:

1. Noyes, R. D., D. E. Soltis, and J. H. Beaman. 1987. Cytological and electrophoretic investigations in Erigeron compositus Pursh (Asteraceae). (Presented at the annual meeting of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, Columbus)

2. Sork, V. L., J. Idol, E. Wiener, and R. D. Noyes. 1992. Mating systems in three species of Missouri oaks, Quercus alba, Q. rubra, and Q. velutina). (Presented by 2nd author at the annual meeting of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, Honolulu)

3. Noyes, R. D. and L. H. Rieseberg. 1996. Phylogenetic and biogeographic hypotheses for Conyza and Erigeron (Asteraceae: Astereae) based on nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer sequences. (Presented at the annual meeting of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, Seattle)

4. Noyes, R. D. and L. H. Rieseberg. 1997. The origin of North American Astereae (Asteraceae): inferences from nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer sequence variation. (Presented at the annual meeting of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, Montreal)

5. Noyes, R. D., J. C. Estill, and A. H. Paterson. 2001. Comparative physical mapping in cotton (Gossypium). (Invited workshop speaker at the Plant & Animal Genome IX Conference, San Diego)

6. Noyes, R. D. 2002. Exploring two-locus control of apomixis in Erigeron (Asteraceae); genetic maps and experimental crosses. (Invited workshop speaker at the Plant & Animal Genome X Conference, San Diego).

7. Noyes, R. D. 2002. Presentation: Evolution of clonal reproduction (apomixis) in Erigeron (Asteraceae). (Invited speaker, Colorado State University)

8. Noyes, R. D. 2003. Poster: Genetic Architecture of Apomixis in Erigeron (Asteraceae). Plant Genetics Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Snow Bird, Utah.

9. Noyes, R. D. 2003. Presentation: Function of unreduced (diplosporous) ovules across generations in Erigeron (Asteraceae) - insights into the evolution of apomixis. Botany 2003; Joint Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, American Society of Plant Taxonomists, et al., Mobile, Alabama.

10. Noyes, R. D. and J. R. Allison. 2004. Phylogeography of sexual Erigeron strigosus. Botany 2003; Joint Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, American Society of Plant Taxonomists, et al., Snowbird, Utah.

11. Noyes, R. D. 2004. Plants, sex, and apomixis: The evolution of apomictic complexes. (Invited speaker, University of New Mexico, 30 September 2004).

12. Noyes, R .D. 2009. Contagious asexuality in plants. (Invited speaker, Oklahoma State University, 05 February 2009)

13. Givens, J.A.* and R.D. Noyes. 2009. Microsatellite development and variation in triploid Erigeron annuus (Asteraceae). Botany 2009; Joint Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, American Society of Plant Taxonomists, et al., Snowbird, Utah. (15 min. oral presentation, 28 July 2009)

14. Noyes, R.D. and A. Dirlikowski.* 2009. Quantitative variation in the expression of apomixis in Erigeron annuus and E. strigosus (Asteraceae). Botany 2009; Joint Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, American Society of Plant Taxonomists, et al., Snowbird, Utah. (15 min. oral presentation, 28 July 2009)

15. Groff, D.** and R.D. Noyes. 2009. Geography and phylogeny of sexual and apomictic Erigeron tenuis (Asteraceae). Botany 2009; Joint Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, American Society of Plant Taxonomists, et al., Snowbird, Utah. (15 min. oral presentation, 29 July 2009)

16. Noyes, R.D. 2009. The genetic architecture of diplosporous apomixis in Erigeron (Asteraceae). International Plant Molecular Biology Congress 2009, St. Louis. (Invited speaker, 20 min. oral presentation, 28 October 2009)

17. Noyes, R.D. 2010. Apomictic conundrums: phylogenetic tales and trait evolution. Botany 2010; Joint Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, American Society of Plant Taxonomists, et al., Providence, RI. (Oral presentation, August)

18. Noyes, R.D. 2012. Apomixis in the Asteraceae: Still crazy after all these years. Meeting of the International Compositae Alliance, Montreal, Canada. (Oral presentation, July).

19. Noyes, R.D. and J. Wagner.* 2013. Dihaploidy and the origin of diploid apomicts in Erigeron (Asteraceae). Botany 2013; Joint Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, American Society of Plant Taxonomists, et al., New Orleans, LA. (Oral presentation, July)

20. Wagner, J.* and R.D. Noyes. 2013. Evaluation of genome size variation in Erigeron (Asteraceae) via flow cytometry. Botany 2013; Joint Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, American Society of Plant Taxonomists, et al., New Orleans, LA. (Oral presentation, July)

*Undergraduate student contributor **Graduate student contributor

Scholarship – Funded Proposals (NSF):

1. Noyes, R.D. (sole P.I.) July 2007. “Contagious asexuality via introgressive hybridization: a test of hypotheses using genetic mapping in flowering plants”; NSF #0743341, Division of Environmental Biology - Population Dynamics; $385K, 4 yr. plus two annual no cost extensions. 15 June 2008-15 May 2014.

2. Noyes, R.D. March 2008. Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Supplement. $6K. (Support for one undergraduate researcher for summer 2008 – Drew Aylesworth)

3. Noyes, R.D. March 2009. Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Supplement. $6K. (Support for one undergraduate researcher for summer 2009 – Rebecca DiGiacomo)

4. Noyes, R.D. March 2010. Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Supplement. $6K. (Support for one undergraduate researcher for summer 2010 – Matt Thomas)

5. Noyes, R.D. December 2012. Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Supplement. $6K. (Support for one undergraduate researcher for summer 2012 – Alan Lim)

Scholarship – Funded Proposals (Other):

1. Noyes, R.D. (sole P.I.) July 2005. Council on Research and Creative Work, Grant-in-Aid, Univ. of Colorado, $6,980

2. Noyes, R.D. (sole P.I.) August 2010. Herbarium data acquisition. Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission. $2,500. (Stipend and supplies Fall 2010-Spring 2011 for undergraduate researcher Halee Burrow)

3. Noyes, R.D. (sole P.I.) June 2013. Sequencing chloroplast genomes using Next Generation Sequencing. Arkansas P3 Center and Asset II (EPSCOR fund to state of Arkansas for plant biology). $2,806.

Other Relevant Contributions

A. Membership in Professional Societies:

American Society of Plant Taxonomists (1986 - present)

American Society of Plant Biologists (2013- present)

Botanical Society of America (1994 - present)

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (2008 – present)

B. Recent Reviews for Scientific Journals and Granting Agencies:

2010 American Journal of Botany; BMC-Plant Biology; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation); Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas

2011 American Journal of Botany; Annals of Botany; Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (2)

2012 American Journal of Botany; International Journal of Plant Sciences; Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas; Novon; Sexual Plant Reproduction

2013 Heredity; Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas; Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

C. Graduate (M.S.) Student Mentoring

Groff, Dulcinea; [Noyes]; Fall 2007 – Summer 2010. Thesis title: "Geography and evolutionary history of sexual and apomictic slenderleaf fleabane, Erigeron tenuis (Asteraceae)"; M.S.

Lovelace, Mark [Noyes]; Fall 2009 - Fall 2010. Proposed project: "Development of microsatellite markers for Erigeron (Asteraceae).

Uffenbeck, Michael [Noyes-Larson]; Spring 2009 – Spring 2012. Thesis title: "The relative contribution of seedling establishment versus clonal spread in Lonicera japonica"; M.S.

Thesing, Ben [Noyes]; Fall 2010 - Fall 2012. Thesis title: "Phylogeny and ecological niche model of the southern redback salamander (Plethodon serratus)"; M.S.

Davis, Christi [Noyes]; Fall 2011 – pres. Proposed project: "A web-based heuristic for identification of plants of the Jewel E. Moore prairie reserve".

Pike, Sam [Noyes]; Fall 2013 – pres. Proposed project: "Timing and evolutionary repercussions of parthenogenetic development in plants".

D. Curator, Jewel E. Moore Herbarium (UCAC)

The collection includes ~20,000 specimens mostly from Central Arkansas. I facilitate herbarium use by visiting botanists, oversee pest management, update organization of the collection, and oversee databasing of specimens with the assistance of undergraduates.

E. Workshops and Symposia Organized (External)

1. August 2007. Workshop – "Asteraceae"; Arkansas Native Plant Society; All day event at UCA with about 20 attendees.

2. August 2010. Symposium – "Systematic and Evolutionary Perspectives on Apomixis"; Botany 2010 - Joint Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, American Society of Plant Taxonomists, et al., Providence, RI. Eleven international invited speakers. Principal organizer, assisted by Dr. Chris Campbell, University of Maine, Orono.

F. Workshops Attended (External)

1. March 2013. NSF Epscor Bioinformatics workshop in Little Rock, March 2013. Attendance was funded in part with money provided by the Arkansas P3 Center and Asset II EPSCOR program.

2. July 2013. DNA Subway: Genomics, DNA Barcoding, and RNA-Seq - Bringing Cutting-Edge Biology into the Classroom. All day workshop offered at Botany 2013; Joint Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, American Society of Plant Taxonomists, et al., New Orleans, LA.

G. Examples of recent undergraduate student projects in my lab:

2013 Anzaldua, M. Pollen tube growth analysis using fluorescent microscopy.

2013 Kling, B. Enrichment of chloroplast DNA for next-generation sequencing.

2013 Caraway, W. rDNA (ITS/ETS) sequence analysis of a putative new species of Erigeron from Yosemite National Park.

2013 Wagner, J. The use of flow cytometry to estimate genome size in Erigeron (Asteraceae).

2012 Lim, A. Development of intron markers from a lambda phage cDNA library for Erigeron.

2012 Fekete, A. PCR analysis of intron size for cDNA markers.

2011 Wagner, J. Stomate size variation in diploid and tetraploid fleabanes (Erigeron annuus; Asteraceae)

2010 Roberds, A. Unigene markers for mapping genomes in plants.

2010 Martin, D.J. AFLP markers for mapping genomes in plants.

2010 Larson, S. Pollen size variation and reproductive success for triploid apomictic plants.

2010 Hawkins, L., Plant diversity of Faulkner County as represented in the UCA herbarium.

2010 Thomas, M. Allele diversity at the sequence level in triploid plants.

2009 Givens, J.A. Microsatellite development and variation in triploid Erigeron annuus (Asteraceae).

2008 Roberds, A. RAPD markers to determine paternity in plants.