Linda Graham

Department of Botany

University of Wisconsin

430 Lincoln Drive

Madison, WI 53706-1381

Office: 211 Birge Hall

Phone: 608.262.2640

Fax: 608.262.7509

Email: lkgraham@wisc.edu

Educational Background: BA Washington U (St. Louis, MO), MS University of Texas, PhD University of Michigan, Post-doc U MI

Research Interests: Origin and early evolution of land plants, biology of algae and bryophytes, aquatic molecular microbial biology, bioremediation and biofuels applications of algae.

Hobbies: Skin/scuba diving, preferably in warm marine waters; reading mystery and action/adventure books as a break from scientific literature, playing with Spore Creature Creator.

Current Projects: Studying the physiological responses of some bryophytes that model earliest land plants, comparing degraded bryophytes and charophycean algae to enigmatic fossils, and cultivating algae for extraction of materials used in producing biofuels.