Botany 2008 Conference Program

Botany 2008 Special Lectures Annals of Botany Special Lecture Regional Botany Special Lecture Dr. Loren Rieseberg University of British Columbia Speciation Genes in Plants Tuesday, July 29 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Room 209 Loren Rieseberg was born in Alberta, Canada, in 1961. However, before he was able to fully develop his skills as a hockey player, his family moved to that large country immediately to the south, where he completed his education and accepted his ﬁrst academic position. Loren ﬁnally returned to the mother ship in 2006, when he accepted a Canada Research Chair in Plant Evolutionary Genomics at the University of British Columbia. He retains a joint appointment as a Distinguished Professor at Indiana University in the USA. Loren studies the genetics of adaptation and speciation in plants, focusing on the ecology and evolution of wild, weedy, and domesticated species in the sunﬂower family. His work has been recognized by MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships and election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He also has served as President of the American Genetics Association. Dr. Carl Wieman University of British Columbia Science Education in the 21st Century: Using the tools of science to teach science Wednesday, July 30 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Room 182 - I K Barber Carl Wieman received his B.S. from the Massachuse�s Institute of Technology in 1973 and his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1977. He was at the University of Colorado from 1984 to 2006 as a Distinguished Professor of Physics and Presidential Teaching Scholar. In January 2007, he joined the University of British Columbia as the Director of the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative; he retains a 20% appointment at the University of Colorado, Boulder to head the science education initiative he founded. These collaborative initiatives are aimed at achieving departmental-wide sustainable change in undergraduate science education. He has carried out research in a variety of areas of atomic physics and laser spectroscopy. His research has been recognized with numerous awards including the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2001. He has worked on a variety of research and innovations in teaching physics to a broad range of students, including the Physics Education Technology Project, that creates educational online interactive simulations and studies their eﬀectiveness. He also does research on student beliefs about physics and on problem-solving skills. He is a recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Distinguished Teaching Scholar Award in 2001, the Carnegie Foundation’s U.S. University Professor of the Year Award in 2004, and the American Association of Physics Teachers’ Oersted Medal in 2007. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and chairs the Academy Board on Science Education. 17 16

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Botany 2008 Conference Program Contents Welcome To Vancouver General Meeting Information Scientific Field Trips Scientific And Educational Workshops Botany 2008 Plenary Address Botany 2008 Special Lectures Participating Societies Exhibitors And Sponsors Saturday, July 26 Sunday, July 27 Monday, July 28 Tuesday, July 29th Wednesday, July 30th Thursday, July 31th Poster Presentations Author Index By Session Number Week At A Glance Map - University Of British Columbia

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