{"id":1099,"date":"2016-02-01T15:27:20","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T15:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/?page_id=1099"},"modified":"2016-02-02T20:48:59","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T20:48:59","slug":"curriculum-vitae","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/other-academic-information\/curriculum-vitae\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum Vitae"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">Department of Biology Work Phone: 330-972-5122<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Department of Biology<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">University of Akron<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Akron, Ohio, 44325-3908<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Academic History<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">2007- present Director of the University of Akron Field Station, Glenny Professor of Biology<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">2006-Present\u00a0 Professor of Biology, <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uakron.edu\/biology\/index.html\">University of Akron<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">2001-2006\u00a0 Associate Professor of Biology, <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uakron.edu\/biology\/index.html\">University of Akron<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">1995-2001\u00a0 Assistant Professor, <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uakron.edu\/biology\/index.html\">University of Akron<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">1994-1995\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/biology.unm.edu\/\">University of New Mexico<\/a><\/span>. Postdoc with AS Evans. Evolution of Seed Dormancy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">1991-1994\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/biology.unm.edu\/\">University of New Mexico<\/a><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\">NSF<\/a><\/span> Environmental Biology Postdoc with DL Marshall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">1987-1991\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/cnas.ucr.edu\/~bio\/BioHP.html\">University of California Riverside<\/a><\/span>. Ph.D. Biology with <a href=\"http:\/\/cnas.ucr.edu\/~bio\/faculty\/Waser.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">NM Waser<\/span>.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;Adaptive significance of floral nectar production rate for the hummingbird-pollinated plant <i>Ipomopsis aggregata<\/i>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">1985 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.science.adelaide.edu.au\/zoology\/\">University of Adelaide<\/a><\/span>, S. Australia. Visiting student, Zoology with <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.science.adelaide.edu.au\/zoology\/academic.htm#Paton\">DC Paton<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">1983-1987\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/cnas.ucr.edu\/~bio\/BioHP.html\">University of California Riverside<\/a><\/span>. MA Biology with <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/cnas.ucr.edu\/~bio\/faculty\/Waser.html\">NM Waser<\/a><\/span>. &#8220;Mechanisms of competition for pollination between two Colorado wildflowers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">1979-1982\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/cbshome.ucdavis.edu\/~ento\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">University of California, Davis. BS Entomology<\/span>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">1978-1979\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sequoias.cc.ca.us\/\">College of Sequoias<\/a><\/span>, Visalia, California.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Adaptive nature of floral traits; plant-animal interactions, especially plant-pollinator relationships; plant reproductive and population ecology; plant mating patterns and population genetics; evolutionary genetics; foraging behavior of nectar feeding animals; seed and germination ecology.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/rj-mitchell-publications\/\">Publications<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Awards &amp; Fellowships:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Editorial Board, Ecology and Ecological Monographs. 2004-<\/li>\n<li>Chair of the Ecological Society of America Plant Population Biology Section. 2004-2005, Vice-chair 2003-2004<\/li>\n<li>Member, working Group at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS, Santa Barbara) to link empirical &amp; theoretical studies of pollen limitation. 2002-4<\/li>\n<li>Intel International Science Fair Co-Chair for Environmental Science, May 2003 (Invited)<\/li>\n<li>Invited contributor to the Ecological Society of America\ufffds Special Feature on Nectar Biology (2002)<\/li>\n<li>Favorite Faculty Award, University of Akron Residence Halls. 2002<\/li>\n<li>Outstanding Biology Teaching Assistant, UC Riverside, 1990.<\/li>\n<li>Graduate Council Fellowship UC Riverside, 198790 (University fees, stipend).<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rotary.org\/index2.htm\">Rotary International<\/a> <a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rotary.org\/foundation\/educational_programs\/ambassadorial_scholarships\/\">Fellowship<\/a><\/span> 1984 (Funded 1 year of study in Australia).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Funded Research Grants<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\">National Science Foundation<\/a><\/span>. &#8220;Renovation of Field Station Building for Teaching and Research Use: Bath Field Station, University of Akron.&#8221; 2007-2010. $271,612<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\">National Science Foundation<\/a><\/span>. &#8220;The evolutionary consequences of floral display size in a self-compatible plant&#8221; (<i>Mimulus ringens<\/i>). 1999-2002. $55,928 of a total grant of $316,000 with Co-PI <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uwm.edu\/Dept\/Biology\/Docs\/Faculty\/karron.html\">Jeff Karron<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uwm.edu\/Dept\/Biology\/\">University of Wisconsin Milwaukee<\/a><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\">National Science Foundation<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0 Collaborative planning for the Woodlake Environmental and Bath Field Stations. 1999-2000. $23,864. With SC Weeks (UA), and M. Tumeo &amp; M. Walton (Cleveland State University).<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/\">Environmental Protection Agency<\/a> &#8220;<a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/es.epa.gov\/ncerqa\/grants\/\">STAR&#8221; program<\/a><\/span>. &#8220;Demographic and genetic factors affecting population viability of <i>Lupinus perennis<\/i>, an indicator species of Oak Savanna.&#8221; 1999-2001. $78,038 of a $289,178 total grant with Co-PI Helen Michaels, <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bgsu.edu\/departments\/biology\/\">Bowling Green State University<\/a><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tnc.org\/\">Nature Conservancy<\/a><\/span> Research Grant (Pitcher plant genetics) 1997 ($1867)<\/li>\n<li>University of Akron Faculty Research Grant 1996 ($6,000).<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\">National Science Foundation<\/a><\/span> Postdoctoral Fellowship in Environmental Biology 1992 ($69,600).<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\">National Science Foundation<\/a><\/span> Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant 1990 ($3080).<\/li>\n<li>And others from agencies such as:<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.audubon.org\/\">Audubon Society<\/a><\/span>, Snyder Fund, <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inform.umd.edu:8080\/EdRes\/Colleges\/LFSC\/FacultyStaff\/dinouye\/RMBL\/\">Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0 Hardman Fund for Evolution and Conservation Study, <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnps.org\/\">California Native Plant Society<\/a><\/span>, Southern California Botanists, Chapman Fund of the <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amnh.org\/\">American Museum of Natural History<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sigmaxi.org\/\">Sigma Xi<\/a><\/span> Grant-in-Aid of Research.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department of Biology Work Phone: 330-972-5122 Department of Biology University of Akron Akron, Ohio, 44325-3908 Academic History: 2007- present Director of the University of Akron Field Station, Glenny Professor of Biology 2006-Present\u00a0 Professor of Biology, University of Akron 2001-2006\u00a0 Associate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/other-academic-information\/curriculum-vitae\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2555,"featured_media":0,"parent":1083,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1099","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2555"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1099"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1123,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1099\/revisions\/1123"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}