Edgar P. Spalding

I was born in the US but my true home town is Economy, Nova Scotia, Canada, where my family moved when I was 8 years old (photo). I went through school and university in Nova Scotia. I returned to the US for graduate school.

Below is a brief curriculum vitae.

Education

The Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D. (Biology) 1990 with DJ Cosgrove

Acadia University (Nova Scotia, Canada) B.Sc. Honours (Biology) 1985

Employment

2006- Faculty Affiliate, Department of Biomedical Engineering

2003- Professor, Department of Botany

1999-2003 Associate Professor with tenure, University of Wisconsin

1994-1999 Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin

1990-1994 Postdoc, Yale University with MHM Goldsmith

Classroom Teaching Activities

Bot/Zoo 152 (Introductory Biology) 33% every Fall

Bot 500 (Plant Physiology) 50% every Spring, incl. 2 lab sections, 1 TA

Bot/Soils 626 (Plant Mineral Nutrition) 50% every other Fall

Bot 860 (Plant Cell Biology) 2 lectures every other Spring

Rotating responsibility for Bot 960 seminar

Guest lectures in other courses most semesters

some student reviews.

Publications

full list here

Service to Plant Biology

BMC Plant Biology, Physiology Section Editor, 2013-

The Plant Journal, Handling Editor, 2013-

Business Development Committee, ASPB, 2010-2013

Board of Trustees, ASPB, 2007-2009

ChloroFilms Advisory Board, 2009-

Secretary, and Chair of Program Committee, ASPB, 2003-2005

Program Committee, ASPB, 2003-2007

Membership Committee, ASPB, 2000-2003

Plant Physiology, Monitoring Editor, 2003-2009

Many proposal review panels for federal funding agencies

Organized the 12th International Workshop on Plant Membrane Biology, 2001

Campus Service

Graduate School Research Committee, Biological Sciences Division, 2008-2011

University Committee ad hoc research infrastructure committee, 2009-2010

University Reaccreditation Steering Committee, 2007-2008

Dean of Students search committee, 2006-2007

Division of Biological Sciences Tenure Committee, 2005-2008

Division of Biological Sciences Curriculum Planning Committee, 2002-2005

L&S Curriculum Committee, 2002-2005

L&S Student Academic Affairs-Advising Unit; Review Committee, 2003

What is Human? Steering Committee, 2007-

Research at the Math-Bio Interface, steering committee, 2007-

Co-Chair of the 151-152 Introductory Biology course, 2005-2006

Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program admiss. comm., 2000-2003, 2005

Biocore Review Committee, Chair, 2000

Department of Botany Undergraduate Advisor, 1996-2007

various Department of Botany committees

Established the Plant Imaging Center with Tony Bleecker (deceased), 2006

Awards

2009 – Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists

2008-2013 – Hamel Family Faculty Fellow, UW College of Letters and Science

2005-2007 – Vilas Research Associate in the Biological Sciences Award

1999 – Academic Advising Award, UW College of Letters and Science

1998-2002 – NSF Early Faculty Career Development Award