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CURRICULUM
VITAE January 8,
2008 PATRICIA
MAUREEN ECKEL Research Scientist, Bryology Group, PERSONAL: Born EDUCATION:
B.A. Cum Laude in Greek and Latin Classics, 1981;
B.A. Cum Laude in Art History, 1981, both from the APPOINTMENTS:
Research Scientist, Bryology Group, Research Associate, Division of Botany, Buffalo
Museum of Science, 1979-1985; 2003 to present; Research Fellow, Division of
Botany, 1986-2002. Editorial assistant for "The Bryologist,"
the quarterly journal of the American Bryological and Lichenological Society,
1981-1984. Director of the Moss Exchange of the American
Bryological and Lichenological Society, 1981-1992. Associate Editor for Clintonia, the Newsletter of
the Type Collections Manager, Founding member and Treasurer, Niagara Frontier
Botanical Society, 1984-1985 Collaborator, Department of Botany, Smithsonian
Institution, 1985-1988. Fellow (National), The Explorer's Club, 1988 to
present. Editor of the Clinton Papers, archives of the
Research Library, Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, 1990 to present. Graduate Assistant, History Department, Scientific Illustrator/Technical Editor, Flora North
America Editorial Center for Bryophytes, Buffalo Museum of Science, vols. 27,
28 and 29 of the Flora of North America, Bryophyta, funded by the Biotic Resources
and Surveys Program, National Science Foundation, 2000-2003. Botanical Latin Editor, for Novon and Annals of the
Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden, 2007-2008; and for Brittonia, New York Botanical Garden,
2002 to present. OWNER AND
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Botanical
Services, PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS: American Bryological and Lichenological Society,
Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences (Fellow), Friends of the Buffalo and Niagara
Rivers, Georgian Bay Association, Niagara Heritage Partnership, Rochester
Academy of Science (Life Member). AWARDS: Linnean Society of London, Jill Smythies Award for
Botanical Illustration for 2007, silver medal and purse. CONTRACTS,
GRANTS: Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences sponsorship to
research on the bryophyte flora of the State of Wyoming, 1984-1990. Illustrator for the Genera of the Pottiaceae, an
NSF-funded grant for Dr. Richard H. Zander, 1984 to 1993. Grant from the Adirondack Mountain Club, Western New
York Chapter to conduct a flora of the Niagara River Gorge, 1985-1986. Contract from the New York Department of Parks,
Recreation and Historic Preservation, botanical survey of Botanical survey of an 80-acre tract in the Town of Botanical survey of proposed Fairway Park
Development, Town of Botanical survey of Evergreen Isle Subdivision, West
Seneca, C. A. R. T. Associates, West Seneca, 1990. Botanical survey of 36-acre plot proposed for
subdivision development, Town of Botanical survey, Wheatfield Properties Company,
town of Bryological consultant, heavy-metal mine effluents
in wetland ecological systems project.
Bryological consultant, Dry-Fork Energy Project, Latin descriptions of eighty-two new taxa of fungi
translated for Dr. D. L. Largent, Botanical evaluation of the mosses and hepatics of
the counties of the New York State Council on the Arts Collections
Management grant: "Correlation of Clinton Herbarium Collections with
Clinton Papers," 1996-1997. INVITED
PARTICIPATION RESEARCH PROJECTS: Nineteen taxonomic
treatments contributed to Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds.
1993+. Flora of North America North of Festschrift in Honor of George Goodyear. Bulletin of
the EXSICCATAE:
Musci Planitiebus Incolae Exsiccati. Century I,
first quarter. Mosses of the Great Plains of senior editor). Musci Planitiebus Incolae Exsiccati. Century I,
second quarter. Mosses of the Great Plains of BOOK-LENGTH
MANUSCRIPTS: Moss Flora of Mexico, MADCapHorse, A Revised Checklist and Nomenclatural
Guide to the Vascular Flora of the Niagara Frontier Region: Flora of the The Flora of Niagara Falls and Vicinity, a
Preliminary Bibliographic Catalogue (in preparation). The Botanical Collecting Notebook of George W.
Clinton, 1862-1878 (in preparation). SCIENTIFIC
ILLUSTRATION: Over two hundred figures were drawn of bryophytes
published in the following journals: Phytologia, Cryptogamie: Bryologie et
Lichénologie, The Bryologist, Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse
Akademie van Wetenschappen, Canadian Journal of Botany, and Lindbergia.
Authors: Drs. Claudio Delgadillo M., D. H. Norris, A. M. Cleef, A. J. Sharp,
F. Hermann, and R. H. Zander.
Entomological illustrations were prepared for Dr. Timothy McCabe,
Curator of Entomology, and bryological plates for Dr. Cover illustration for Festschrift in honor of Harry
D. Thiers, Mycotaxon, 1989, Vol. XXXIV(1) Illustrated the A. J. Sharp Award certificate of the
Bryological and Lichenological Section of the Botanical Society of America
and the American Bryological and Lichenological Society, 1988. Senior illustrator for the Bryophyte Flora of North
America volume: Musci, Hepaticae: auspices of the Designed and prepared the logo for the Bryophyte
Flora of North America. 1999, to be used on all stationary, the Web site and
publications of the Flora. EXHIBITS: Scientific
Illustration of Bryophytes, OTHER: Latin renderings of descriptions and diagnoses of
new taxa are done for taxonomic botanists on a professional basis. This is an
international service provided through the Annual index prepared for The Bryologist: 1983,
1986, 1987. Bibliographies were compiled each year of articles
pertaining to botany published in various journals for the Public lectures on the flora of the Niagara River
Gorge were delivered in 1986/1987 to the Niagara Frontier chapter of the
Adirondack Mountain Club, the Niagara Frontier Botanical Society, the
Lewiston Garden Club, the Tattler Club of Niagara Falls and a faculty seminar
delivered to biology students at Canisius College of Buffalo, New York. Work on the research and archival materials used in
conducting the vegetational survey of Goat Island at Niagara Falls was featured
in an educational audiovisual show produced by the New York State Archives
and Records Administration, 1988: "Let the Record Show: Practical Uses
for Historic Documents." BOTANICAL
SURVEYS: 1985: Survey of the Ferns of the 1985: Natural History Inventory of the Hilltop
Nature Sanctuary, 1985/86: Survey of the Vascular and Cryptogamic
flora of the Canadian-American Niagara River Gorge (in progress). This study
is coordinated with the rare plant inventories of the Natural Resource
Division of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. 1985-89: 1990: Draft Copy: Part One. Botanical Evaluation of
Goat Island Complex, 1999: Flora of PUBLICATIONS:
(Translation from the Swedish of preface to: )
Sextus Otto Lindberg. Tortula cainii:
additional (Translation from the Latin of preface to: ) Olai Swartz.
Dispositio Systematica Muscorum Frondosorum Sueciae. Adiectis descriptionibus
et iconibus novarum specierum. (Systematic Arrangement of the Mosses of Morinia saitoana,
a new species of Pottiaceae (Bryopsida) from Hymenostylium
recurvirostrum var. insigne (Dix.) Bartr. and Barbula amplexifolia (Mitt.) Jaeg. in Did You Wet Your Plants? a note on the uses of
Pohlstoffe in the preparation of herbarium specimens for illustration. Guild
of Natural Science Illustrators Newsletter. January 1983, 1: 7. Review: Steps Toward Better Scientific Illustration,
by Arly Allen. Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Newsletter. April 1982,
Vol. 4. Pilea fontana,
New to the Niagara Frontier Region. Newsletter of the Fern Mapping Project. Newsletter of the Floerkea proserpinacoides
Willd., or False Mermaid: a spring wildflower uncommon in the Niagara Frontier
Region. Newsletter of the Fern Mapping Project-1984. Newsletter of the Three reviews: Zenkert, C. A. Flora of the Niagara
Frontier Region; C. A. Zenkert & R. H. Zander, Flora of the Niagara
Frontier Region, Second Supplement. in: The Plant Press, newsletter for An Early Preparation of Orchid Specimens. 1985.
Herbarium News 5(1/2): 6. (Reprinted in the Newsletter of the Niagara
Frontier Orchid Society, March 1985). Orthotrichum obtusifolium
and Tortula papillosa in western Gymnostomiella orcuttii
Bartr. (Pottiaceae) new to the western coast of Flora of Seligeria campylopoda
Kindb. new to the State of New moss distribution records from western More moss records from western Didymodon australasiae
var. umbrosus (Musci: Pottiaceae)
new to eastern Weissia phascopsis
(=Astomum phascoides) new to Mosses new and rare for Heracleum mantegazzianum
on A new species of Tuerckheimia
from Barbula ehrenbergii
new to the moss flora of TAXACOM (BUF), an electronic bulletin board system.
1987. Evansia 4(1): 7 (R.H. Zander, senior author). Muhlenbergia glomerata
and M. racemosa (Gramineae) in the Niagara Frontier Region. 1988.
Clintonia 3(1): 15-16. Bryophytes from a limestone escarpment in western Review: Illustrated Guide to Some Hornworts,
Liverworts and Mosses of Plant reports from New and interesting records for the Niagara Frontier
flora. 1988. Clintonia 3(2): 4-7. Weissia hedwigii
on Goat Island, second locality in Ceratodon purpureus
fo. dimorphus (Philib.) Moenk.:
Taxa Restoration of Geum
laciniatum to the Niagara Flora.
1989. Clintonia 4(2): 2. New and Interesting Graminoids in the John Goldie in North America, Part I: Goldie in Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
var. robustum: Taxa Minora
Delineata II. 1990. Bryologist 93(3): 350. Bryoerythrophyllum
ferruginascens (Musci: Pottiaceae)
in eastern Latin bryophyte terminology. 1990. In: Glossarium
Polyglottum Bryologiae, R. E. Magill, ed. Monographs in Systematic Botany from
the Thuidium delicatulum
var. radicans confirmed for Section
13 of the moss checklist of Tortella tortelloides
(Musci: Pottiaceae) new to Bryum rubens
from Eucladium verticillatum
(Musci) second Botanical Evaluation of the Goat Island
Complex, Preliminary review of the rare plants of the Niagara
River Flora of a marsh on http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/ResBot/Niag/Cayuga/cayugatext.htm
Pohlia longicolla
(Hedw.) Lindb. new to Your Letters are Sunbeams .... 1993. Collections, Newsletter of the A Synopsis of the Mosses of A Checklist of the Mosses of Trichostomum tenuirostre
(Hook. & Tayl.) Lindb. var. gemmiparum
(Schimp.) Zand. new to Desert Sposs: a tool, and notes on collecting
bryophytes in arid regions. 1996. Evansia 13(3): 109-111. New state records for Aster ontarionis,
a rare plant new to the Woodland Bluegrass, Poa sylvestris in the
Gorge of the Tortella knightii,
an Australasian species new to the South American continent in Pseudocrossidium obtusulum
(Pottiaceae, Bryopsida) new to Tortella alpicola
Dix. new to Weissia brachycarpa
(Musci: Pottiaceae) new to the A re-evaluation of Tortella (Pottiaceae, Musci) in conterminous The Honeysuckle hybrid Lonicera morrowii x tatarica (=L. x bella Zabel) at http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/ResBot/niag/Repr/Honeysuckle.htm Weissia brachycarpa
(Nees & Hornsch.) Jur., a second Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai (Curcurbitaceae), an African species on Tortella alpicola
new to the Moss Flora of South Dakota. 1999. Evansia 16(4): 167. More Weeds from The gender of Macrocoma
Grout is feminine, not neuter. 2000. Bryological Notes. Journal of Bryology
22(1): 72-73. Iris virginica
L., Southern Blue Flag, Restored to the Flora of New York State (with Dr. Jim
Bissell, junior author). 2000. Clintonia 15(3): 7. Iris virginica
L., Southern Blue Flag, Restored to the Flora of New York State (with Dr. Jim
Bissell, junior author). 2000. Reprinted in the NYFA Newsletter of the Trichostomum arcticum
Kaal. (Pottiaceae), new to the Province of Ontario, Canada. 2000. Evansia 17:
87-89. Trichostomum
tenuirostre var. gemmiparum new to the A note on horticultural elms: Ulmus parvifolia and Ulmus
pumila in the Niagara Frontier Region of New York. 2000. FYNA Newsletter
( Tiny Species: Myosotis
stricta Link, a rare component of some vernal microfloras in http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/ResBot/niag/misc/tinyspecies.pdf
The Town Avens (Geum
urbanum L.) in The Vascular Flora of the
Vicinity of the January 11, 2001. http://www.buffalomuseumofscience.org/BOTANYCATALOGUE/FLORA.HTM. MADCAPHORSE: A Revised Checklist
of the Vascular Plants of the Epilobium parviflorum, a rare European introduction along the
A small Black
Oak wood by http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/ResBot/niag/Misc/NiagUniv.htm
The mystery
oak: Quercus shumardii Buckley at http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/ResBot/niag/Misc/Mystery.htm The Botanical
Journal of G. W. Clinton 1862-1865, A Botanical Journal. P. M. Eckel, ed. http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/ResBot/Hist/Diary/1DiaryContents.htm February, 2003. Correspondence of G. W.
Clinton 1865-1878. P. M. Eckel, ed. July 22, 2003. Niagara Issues: General Observations on the The Pictorial Tradition at http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/ResBot/Niag/Hist2/PictTrad.htm July 22, 2003. Artpark, Olmsted, Yosemite and the Botanical Notes on Botanical Observations at
Devil's May 10, 2003. The http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/ResBot/Niag/Hist2/VillageNiagaraFalls.htm July 22, 2003. Historic Background at Botanical Notes on the Two
problems in Betulaceae along the Also:
http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/ResBot/niag/Misc/Clintonia_Alnus_2003.pdf Trichostomum
portoricense, new to the state of Proposal for a New Forest
Type in Correspondence of Charles Mohr and G. W. Clinton.
Res Botanica, Missouri Botanical Garden Web site. http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/ResBot/hist/corrauth/MohrClinton/1_MohrClinton.htm
August 6, 2003. Correspondence of Elizabeth Atwater and G. W.
Clinton. Res Botanica, Missouri Botanical Garden Web site. http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/ResBot/hist/corrauth/AtwaterClinton/1_AtwaterClinton.htm
August 6, 2003. Vegetation of the http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/ResBot/Niag/SoGrand/SoGrandEssay.htm Oct. 8, 2003. Similis,‑e: 'Similar
To' + Dative Case. Res Botanical, Missouri Botanical Garden Web site, http://ridgwaydb.mobot.org/resbot/BotLat/SIMILIS.htm
February 9, 2004. 2004. Differt: 'It Differs From'
+ ab (Prep.) and the Ablative Case. 2004. Res Botanical, A Missouri Botanical
Garden Web site, http://ridgwaydb.mobot.org/resbot/BotLat/DIFFERT.htm
February 17, 2004. 2004. Bob Baxter's http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/ResBot/Niag/Proposal/Greenhouse.htm July 24, 2004. Some Notes on First Declension Generic Names Ending
in -e, and, Declining Erodium
cicutarium (L.) L'Her. ex Aiton,
Stork's-bill, in Notes on the Limits of the Sacred Precinct on
Scovell's Knoll (Oak Hill), March 25, 2004. Preliminary Cryptogamic (Moss, Lichen and Liverwort)
Flora of the Canadian and American Gorge at June 21, 2004. Some Preliminary Proposals for Relicencing
Settlement: Amended July 22, 2004. Res Botanica, Missouri Botanical Garden
Web site. http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/ResBot/niag/Proposal/MeetingProposals.htm July 19, 2004. Goat's Rue (Galega officinalis) in the
Niagara Area of Western New York State. Res Botanica, Missouri Botanical
Garden Web site. http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/ResBot/Flor/GalegaNiagara.htm July 19,
2004. Epilobium parviflorum along the Niagara River Reconsidered. Res Botanica, Missouri Botanical Garden Web site. http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/ResBot/F |