Education:
Ph.D., Plant Ecology and Systematics, Old Dominion University
M.S., Soil Microbiology, Department of Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Khartoum, Sudan
B.S., (Agric.) Honors, Class I. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Khartoum

Area(s) of Specialty: Plant systematics, Plant Ecology, and Economic Botany

Research Interests: The biology and systematics of parasitic plants. Ecological niche modeling of noxious weeds and invasive plants under present-day and future climate change scenarios.

Courses taught at Oswego

Bio 101, General Biology

Bio 110, Biology Seminar

Bio 112, College Biology I

Bio 340, Plant Kingdom

Bio 341, Plants & Society

Bio 357, Plant Systematics & Local Flora

Bio 358, Plant Ecology

Bio 492, Problems in Biology: Plant Physiology

Bio 492, Research in the Biology of Parasitic Plants

Bio 492/592, Problems in Biology: Field Ecology

Important Links

Advisement

• Biological Sciences
• Careers in Biology and Zoology
• Pre-health Science Advising Information
• 1st yr http://www.oswego.edu/academics/opportunities/first_year/advisement/advisement_resources.html
• Rice Creek Field Station
• Physician Assistant
• Stewart MCAT Test Prep & review http://www.stewartmed.org/
• How to do well in college http://myoswego.oswego.edu/academics/opportunities/honors/program/dowell.html
• Graduate Schools Guide/tests http://www.graduateguide.com/

Academics

• Penfield Library, Literature Search
• Penfield Library, APA Style
• Great Lakes Research Consortium
• MSDS On-line (Material Safety Data Sheet)
• Up to the minute population growth www.ibiblio.org/lunarbin/worldpop
• Leading Botanical/ Biology Journals www.e-journals.org/botany
• Economic Botany www.econbot.org/home.html
• Sacred Earth Ethnobotany www.sacredearth.com/ethnobotany.htm
• People and Plants www.rbgkew.org.uk/peopleplants
• Neem Company http://www.bytheplanet.com/Neem/neem.htm
• Economic Botany at Kew www.rbgkew.org.uk/scihort/ecbot.html
• Plant Pathology at Georgia http://www.plant.uga.edu/Extension/fungilib.htm

• Alphabetical list of De Materia Medica http://www.iandeorganics.com/homame.html