Experience

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  Longwood Gardens, Inc.

  • Director, Floriculture & Conservatories

    • Oct 2012 - Present

    In my current role I lead the team managing 3 acres of conservatory displays and 4 acres of floriculture crop production. The conservatories include 4,000 permanent taxa and 1000 taxa of seasonally changing floral crops. Seventy percent of the seasonal crops are produced on-site. The team I lead combines innovative plant production and artistic techniques with environmental stewardship to provide world premiere horticultural displays.

  • Research and Production Leader

    • Jan 2000 - Oct 2012

    Responsible for team handling greenhouse and nursery plant production and acquisition; research and breeding; and plant record keeping and mapping.

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  South Dakota State University

  • Brookings, South Dakota, USA

  • Associate Professor - Horticulture

    • Aug 1993 - Jan 2000
    • Brookings, South Dakota, USA

    50% Teaching with focus on General Horticulture, Herbaceous Ornamental Plant Materials, Floriculture Crop Production, and Greenhouse Management; and 50% Research focused on Plant Tissue Culture, Freezing Stress Physiology, and Plant Membrane Biochemistry.

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  University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Madison, Wisconsin, USA

  • Post Doctoral Research Associate

    • Aug 1991 - Aug 1993
    • Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    Performed research on relationship of plant membrane biochemistry to freezing tolerance with emphasis on lipid composition and specific membrane proteins.