RESEARCH INTERESTS

Phycology. Systematics, biodiversity and phytogeography of Trentepohliales.

Floristics of Tidal Creeks on Andros Island, Bahamas

Bryology. Biodiversity, phytogeography, endemism and community structure of Appalachian bryophytes.

Other. Phytosociology of cryptogamic epiphytes. Botanical nomenclature. Field botany. Aquatic plants.

EDUCATION

Ph. D. in Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa in progress, began Fall 2003. Department of Biological Sciences.

Specialization: Phycology.

Adviser: Dr. Juan López-Bautista

Dissertation: Investigations on the subaerial green algal order Trentepohliales (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta) in the Southeastern USA

M. Sc. in Botany, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. Department of Botany.

Specialization: Phytogeography, biodiversity and community analysis of spray zone bryophytes.

Adviser: Dr. D. K. Smith

Thesis: The Bryophytes of Falls Branch Falls, Cherokee National Forest, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA.

B. Sc. in Botany, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, 1999. Department of Biological Sciences.

A.A. in General Studies, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, 1995.

Honors Diploma, Shenandoah Valley Academy, New Market, 1992.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND DEVELOPMENT

Liaison. Graduate student Liaison for The University of Alabama Plant Systematist search committee. Spring 2006.

National Center for Biotechnology Information. A Field Guide to GenBank and NCBI Molecular Biology Resources. The University of Alabama, Birmingham. March 2005.

Graduate Teaching Assistant. The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Department of Biological Sciences. General Biology Program.

Fall 2003-Spring 2004

Spring 2004: Biology 115

Fall 2003: Biology 115

Fall 2003: Completed University of Alabama GTA Training Program

Graduate Teaching Assistant. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Division of Biology. General Biology Program; Department of Botany.

Fall1999- Spring 2003

Spring 2003 Biology 102 Lab

Fall 2002: Botany 110 Lab

Spring 2002: Botany 120 Lab

Fall 2001: Botany 110 Lecture and Lab for Evening School

Spring 2001: Botany 120 Lab

Fall 2000: Botany 110 Lab

Summer 2000: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology 250 Lab

Spring 2000: Biology 102 Lab

Fall 1999: Biology 101 Lab

Fall 1999: Completed University of Tennessee GTA Training Program

Tennessee Academy for Teachers of Science and Mathematics

2000 and 2001: Assistant to the Field Director.

Tennessee Herbarium

Fall 2000: Cryptogamic Herbarium, bryophyte worker.

SELECTED GRANTS, ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS

2005-2006. Recipient of an Aquatic Biology Enhancement Research Fellowship.

2005. Recipient of the Ralph L. Chermock Prize as the outstanding graduate student in systematics and ecology. The University of Alabama.

2004-2005. Recipient of a Graduate Fellowship in Aquatic Biology.

2004. Recipient of the Phycological Society of America Hoshaw Travel Award.

2004. Recipient of Graduate Enhancement Fellowship Bahamas Field Stream Restoration course on Andros, Bahamas. The University of Alabama.

2004. Recipient of the Graham Prize for graduate studies and teaching in the Department of Biological Sciences. The University of Alabama.

2003. Awarded Travel Grant by the Department of Biological Sciences at The University of Alabama.

2003. Participation in the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Arlington, Virginia. Sharp Travel Grant.

2002. Participation in the 63 rd Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Boone, North Carolina. Sharp Travel Grant.

2001. Participation in Botany 2001 and Annual Meeting of the American Bryological and Lichenological Society, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sharp Travel Grant.

2001. Participation in the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, New Orleans, Louisiana. Sharp Travel Grant.

1998. Arizona Board of Regents Scholarship.

CONTRIBUTED AND INVITED PAPERS (INCLUDING PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS)

(* Denotes presenter)

*Noble, Sarah Marie and Juan M. Lopez-Bautista. 2006. Cephaleuros virescens: a wide-spread sunaerial green alga (Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae) from tropical and subtropical regions. 67th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists. Gatlinburg, Tennessee. 29 March- 1 April.

*Noble, Sarah Marie and Juan M. Lopez-Bautista. 2005. The genus Cephaleuros (Trentepohlilaes) in the Southeastern USA. 27th Annual Southeastern Phycological Colloquy. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Fort Pierce, Florida. 4-6 November.

*Noble, Sarah Marie and Juan M. Lopez-Bautista. 2005. Ongoing investigation of the Trentepohliales (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta) in the Southeastern USA. 66th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists. Florence, Alabama. 13-15 April.

*Noble, Sarah Marie, Juan M. Lopez-Bautista and D. Albrey Arrington. 2005. Macroalgae from impacted and pristine tidal creeks on Andros Island, Bahamas. 66th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists. Florence, Alabama. 13-15 April.

*Noble, Sarah Marie and Juan M. Lopez-Bautista. 2004. An ongoing investigation of the Trentepohliales in the Southeastern USA. 26th Annual Southeastern Phycological Colloquy. Dauphin Island, Alabama. 22-24 October.

*Noble, Sarah Marie, Juan M. Lopez-Bautista and D. A. Arrington. 2004. Macroalgae from impacted and pristine tidal creeks on Andros Island, Bahamas. 26th Annual Southeastern Phycological Colloquy. Dauphin Island, Alabama. 22-24 October.

*J. Lopez-Bautista, T. Tragemann, S. Noble, S. Keaten and L. Yokel. 2004. Preliminary account of the benthic marine algae of Alabama, North Central Gulf of Mexico. 26th Annual Southeastern Phycological Colloquy. Dauphin Island, Alabama. 22-24 October.

*Noble, Sarah Marie and Juan M. Lopez-Bautista. 2004. Preliminary investigations on the subaerial Trentepohliales (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta) in the Southeastern, USA. 58th Annual Meeting of the Phycological Society of America. Williamsburg, Virginia. 7-12 August.

*Lopez-Bautista, J. M., Todd W. Tragemann, Sarah M. Noble, and Diana Strum. 2004. Preliminary Account of the Seaweeds of Alabama, North Central Gulf of Mexico. 59th Annual Meeting of the Phycological Society of America. Williamsburg, Virginia. 7-12 August.

*Noble, Sarah Marie. 2004. An Introduction to the Trentepohliales. University of Alabama, Department of Biological Sciences. Departmental Seminar. Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 20 February.

Lopez-Bautista, J. M., *S. Noble, *T. Tragemann, and D. Strum. 2003. Preliminary Account of Marine Benthic Algae of Alabama (North Central Gulf of Mexico). 25th Annual Southeastern Phycology Colloquy. Beaufort, North Carolina. October.

*Noble, Sarah Marie and David K. Smith. 2003. Bryogeography of spray zone taxa in a Southern Appalachian gorge. 64th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists. Arlington, Virginia, 9-11 April.

*Noble, Sarah Marie. 2003. Floral Morphology. Invited presentation to Tennessee Beekeepers Association. Knoxville, Tennessee, 21 March.

*Noble, Sarah Marie. 2003. The Bryophytes of Falls Branch Falls, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA. University of Tennessee, Department of Botany. Departmental Seminar. Knoxville, Tennessee, 10 March.

*Noble, Sarah Marie and David K. Smith. 2001. Floristic and ecological studies of bryophytes in a Southern Appalachian gorge. Botany 2001, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Graduate Teaching Assistant. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Department of Biological Sciences. General Biology Program.

Fall 2003-Spring 2004: Biology 115

Fall 2003: Completed University of Alabama GTA Training Program

Graduate Teaching Assistant. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Division of Biology. General Biology Program; Department of Botany.

Spring 2003 Biology 102 Lab

Fall 2002: Botany 110 Lab

Spring 2002: Botany 120 Lab

Fall 2001: Botany 110 Lecture and Lab for Evening School Fall1999-Spring 2003

Spring 2001: Botany 120 Lab

Fall 2000: Botany 110 Lab

Summer 2000: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology 250 Lab

Spring 2000: Biology 102 Lab

Fall 1999: Biology 101 Lab

Fall 1999: Completed University of Tennessee GTA Training Program

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

??? (Alpha Epsilon Lambda) Graduate Student Honor/Leadership Society

American Bryological and Lichenological Society

Association of Southeastern Biologists

??? (Tri-beta) Honor Society (1998-1999)

Botanical Society at the University of Tennessee (Officer 2001-2002)

??? (Omicron Delta Kappa) Academic Honor Society

??? (Phi Kappa Phi) Multidisciplinary Honor Society

Phycological Society of America

Southern Appalachian Botanical Society

FIELD EXPERIENCES

Lead wildflower walks including “algae and aquatic organisms” and “moss walk” for the Annual Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage and National Park Experience in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 2000-2006

Captain for Science Olympiad 2005, Forestry event, The University of Alabama

Co-Captain for Science Olympiad 2004, Forestry event, The University of Alabama

Did intensive inventory and analysis of bryophytes at Falls Branch Falls in Cherokee National Forest for Master’s thesis

Assisted Tennessee Natural Heritage Program with Megaceros and plant mapping in Cherokee National Forest

Assisted with Trillium collecting trips in TN, VA and AL

Participated in Duke University’s Bloomquist bryophyte/lichen foray in North Alabama, 1999, and Western North Carolina, 2002.

Extensively collected bryophytes in various parts of the Southern Appalachian region

Collected insects for Entomology class (Northern Arizona)

International Field Experience

Field research, intensive tidal creek algae collections and undergraduate field/lab mentoring in Bahamas Field Stream Restoration course on Andros, Bahamas. May 2004.

OTHER (NON ACADEMIC) INTERESTS

Travel

Jazz and International Music

Mediterranean, North African and Near Eastern Culture and Cooking

Adult Literacy

Southern History