New Herbarium Director (CHSC)

[Lawrence Janeway]

NEW DIRECTOR
AT THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES HERBARIUM,
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, CHICO

   The Biological Sciences Herbarium at California State University, Chic=
o
(CHSC) is happy to announce that starting 20 August 1998, Dr. Kristina A.=

Schierenbeck will become the new Director (and Principal Correspondent) o=
f
the Herbarium. On that date Dr. Schierenbeck will join the faculty of the=

Department of Biological Sciences at CSU, Chico. She will be an Assistant=

Professor in plant systematics/evolution. Her primary duties will include=

teaching courses in plant ecology, taxonomy, genetics, evolution, and
systematics, and she will also be involved in directing undergraduate and=

graduate research in her areas of specialization.
   Dr. Schierenbeck comes to us from four years at CSU, Fresno teaching
courses in ecology, evolution, and conservation, and where she maintained=

an active research program involving numerous graduate students. She
received her Ph.D. in Botany from Washington State University in 1992, wi=
th
the dissertation "Comparative ecological and genetic studies between a
native (Lonicera sempervirens L.) and an introduced congener (L. japonica=

Thunb.)," her M.A. in Ecology and Systematics from San Francisco State
University in 1988, with the thesis "Evolutionary relationships among
Arcto-staphylos mewukka and associated species," and her B.S. in Biology
(Botany) from San Francisco State University in 1985.
   Dr. Schierenbeck is currently involved in two major research projects:=

1) an examination of invasive species and their genetic and ecological
interaction with native plants and communities by determining the effects=

of Carpobrotus edulis (an aggressive introduced weed) on populations of i=
ts
congener, C. chilensis (a putative native) through hybridization, and 2)
research into the evolutionary origins of Clarkia lingulata from C. bilob=
a
ssp. australis, using gene linkage mapping techniques (RAPDs and AFLPs) t=
o
identify those traits that have resulted in the genetic and ecological
isolation of these species. She will also become the editor of Madro=F1o
(published quarterly by the California Botanical Society) beginning with
the 1998 volume.
   Dr. Schierenbeck replaces Dr. Kingsley R. Stern as Director of the
herbarium. Dr. Stern retired from teaching at CSU, Chico in 1994, after 3=
7
years of teaching (33 years at CSU, Chico) and 30 years as Director of th=
e
Herbarium. Dr. Stern has continued in the interim, on a voluntary basis, =
as
Director of the Herbarium. During Dr. Stern's years as Director, the
Herbarium collection has grown from 2800  specimens to its present holdin=
gs
of more than 71,000 specimens.

Lawrence Janeway, Curator
Biological Sciences Herbarium (CHSC)
California State University, Chico
Chico, CA 95929-0515
U.S.A.
e-mail: lpjaneway at compuserve.com

27 June 1998