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Keller Suberkropp, Professor
Dept. of Biological Sciences
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0204
Telephone: (205) 348-1795
Fax: (205) 348-1403
email: ksuberkp (at) biology.as.ua.edu
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Education |
Kansas State University, B.S. 1965, M.S. 1967
Justus Liebig Universität, 1963-1964;
Michigan State University, Ph.D. 1971.
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Professional Experience |
Kellogg Biological Station, Research. Assoc. 1971-75
Indiana-Purdue Universities at Ft. Wayne, Asst. Prof. 1975-78
New Mexico State University, Asst. -Assoc. Prof. 1978-1986
University of Alabama, Assoc. Prof.-Professor 1986-present
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Professional Activities |
NSF, Research Experiences for Undergraduates Panel, 1990-1992
NSF, Microbial Observatories Panel, 1999-2000
Visiting Appointments:
Institut für Bodenkunde und Standortslehre, Universität
Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, Aug.-Nov 1984
Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand,
June 1992;
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, Oct., 1994-April, 1995
Department of Limnology, EAWAG, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland, March-July,
2003.
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Research interests |
Microbial ecology; plant litter decomposition and the role of fungi in aquatic habitats;
Ecology of stream fungi, their interactions with invertebrate detritivores and the effects of nutrients on fungal activity.
Production and energetics of leaf-decomposing fungi
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Teaching |
General Biology, Microbial Ecology, Mycology, Microbiology
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Graduate students |
Thomas Arsuffi, Ph.D. 1984.
Suzanne Butler, M.S. 1984.
Jennifer Jaroscak, M.S. 1989.
Michael Howe, M.S. 1992.
Cindy Jenkins, M.S. 1993, Ph.D 1998.
Holly Sarvis Weyers, M. S. 1994.
Robert Grattan, M. S. 1995.
B. Russell Methvin, M. S. 1996.
Kevin Kuehn, Ph.D. 1997
Melanie Carter, M. S. 1999.
Jennifer Fox, M. S. 2003
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