Lonnie J. Guralnick

Professor of Biology

Assistant Dean, Mathematics & Natural Science

Roger Williams University

2004 Mario & Alma Pastega Excellance in Scholarship Award

Phone: 401-254-3581

e-mail: lguralnick@rwu.edu

Academic Record

Ph. D. Botany (Plant Physiology), August 1987; University of California, Riverside

MS Biology, May 1983; San Diego State University
Concentration: Ecology

BA Biology, June 1979; University of California, San Diego.
Concentration: Population Biology

Chief Examiner of Biology:  International Baccalaureate Organization (2000-2005)

Group 4 Science Representative:  International Baccalaureate Organization (2004-2005)

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Curriculum vitae

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• July 2008- Present, Professor of Biology, Roger Williams University
• September 2002- June 2008, Chair, Division of Natural Science & Mathematics
• September 1997-June 2008; Professor of Biology, Western Oregon University
• 1997-2005; Visiting Professor, Summer School, Oregon State University
• Winter 2000: Visiting Professor of Plant Physiology, Washington State University
• September 1994-June 1998; Chair of the Biology Department, Western Oregon University
• September 1992-August 1997; Associate Professor of Biology, Western Oregon University
• September 1989-August 1992; Assistant Professor of Biology, Western Oregon State College
• August 1987-Aug 1989; Assistant Professor of Biology and Chemistry, Rocky Mountain College
  

 

 

Beartooth Mtns (2005)

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Grants

2008 NSF Research Opportunity Award: Evolution of CAM in Clusia using the Clusia PEPC gene family

2007 NSF Research Opportunity Award: Evolution of CAM in Clusia using the Clusia PEPC gene family

2005 Faculty Development Grant ($3000), Western Oregon University

2004 Faculty Development Grant ($2400), Western Oregon University

2003 Western Foundation Grant ($1,000), Western Oregon University

2001-2003 Faculty Development Grants  for research & Travel, Western Oregon University ($6,000)

2001 NSF Research Opportunity Award : C4 Photosynthesis:  Mechanism and Response to Carbon Dioxide

2001 Faculty Development Grants  for research & Travel, Western Oregon University

2000 NSF Research Opportunity Award : C4 Photosynthesis:  Mechanism and Response to Carbon Dioxide

1999  NSF Research Opportunity Award : C4 Photosynthesis:  Mechanism and Response to Carbon Dioxide

1999 Western Foundation Grant ($1,500), Western Oregon University

1993-1997 Faculty Development Grants  for research & Travel, Western Oregon University

1992 National Science Foundation: Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Grant USE #92-51612

1992 Faculty Development Grant, Western Oregon State College

1990 Faculty Development Grant, Western Oregon State College

1989 Faculty Development Grant, Western Oregon State College

1988 National Science Foundation: Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Grant USE #88-51150

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SELECTED PRESENTATIONS (*Undergraduate student)

Monica Smith and Darlene Hooley Posters on the Hill (2005)

Smith M* and Guralnick LJ, Characterization of anti-oxidants in C3 to CAM shifts of Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, Posters on the Hill, Council of Undergraduate Research, Washington D.C., April 2005

Guralnick LJ, Smith M*, Briggs S*, Evolution and Ecological Physiology of CAM. Invited Lecture, Cambridge University, March 2005.

Drury, C*, Guralnick LJ, Wineland S* In situ CAM-cycling in Lewisia cotyledon var cotyledon (Portulacaceae), IVth International Congress of Crassulacean acid metabolism, Tahoe City, CA., July 2004.

Guralnick LJ, Briggs S*, & Smith M* Characterization of Glutathione Reductase in C3 to CAM shifts of Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, IVth International Congress of Crassulacean acid metabolism, Tahoe City, CA., July 2004.

Guralnick LJ-Evolution of Crassulacean acid metabolism in the Portulacaceae, June, 2002, University of Newcastle, England

Guralnick LJ-"The art of Science" May 2002, Phi Kappa Phi address

*Rattray R. & Guralnick (2002) Mutagenesis in Portulaca grandiflora. 11th Western Photosynthesis Conference, Jan 3-6, 2002, Asilomar conference, Pacific Grove, CA.
Best Undergraduate Poster

The contribution of the C4 and CAM pathway to photosynthesis in the C4 plants, Portulaca grandiflora. CAM-2001: Third International Congress on Crassulacean Acid Metabolism. August, 2001 Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia

Guralnick, LJ, Ku MSB, Edwards, GE, Franceschi V, *B. Hockema,, Photosynthetic characteristics in the C₄ / CAM-cycling plant, Portulaca grandiflora.

Western Regional Photosynthesis meetings, Jan, 2000. Asilomar, CA.

Undergraduate Research Projects: A study of Crassulacean acid metabolism in the Portulacaceae

Washington State University, School of Biological Sciences, March, 2000

Oregon State University, Dept of Botany and Plant Pathology, February, 1998

Reed College, Dept of Biology, April, 1998

Guralnick, LJ, *B. Hockema, & R. S. Turner, Jr., 1997 Localization of PEP carboxylase in the C₄ and CAM-cycling species Portulaca grandiflora. Plant Physiol Supp: S-1069

Guralnick LJ & *D. Strand 1996 Induction of Crassulacean acid metabolism with Gibberellic acid in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum. Plant Physiol Supp S-368

*Karjala, A & LJ Guralnick 1996 Plant Water Relations: Determination of Water Potential, Osmotic Potential, and Pressure Potential of a Plant Storage Tissue. Plant Physiology Meetings, San Antonio, TX; Summer 1996

Guralnick LJ & DJ Arp 1992 Degradation of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons by the Heterotrophic Nitrifying Bacteria, Thiosphaera pantotropha. Oregon Academy of Science

Guralnick LJ, R Miller, RL Heath 1990 Chlorophyll Fluorescence quenching during Ozone exposure of leaves of Phaseolus vulgaris (Pinto) Plant Physiol Supp: S-326

Guralnick LJ, RL Heath, R. Miller 1989 Assessing ozone injury to Phaseolus vulgaris (Pinto) by surface temperature imaging. Plant Physiol Supplement: S-766

CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:

• Evolution of CAM and C4 photosynthesis in the Portulacaceae
• Development of C4 and CAM in Portulaca
• Characterization of anti-oxidants and photorespiration in Kalanchoe diagremontia
• Use of PEPcarboxylase isoforms to study the evolution of CAM in the genus Clusia

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