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James Todd Harper, PhD

Past Member

Research: Molecular systematic investigations into relationships within the Florideophycidae (Rhodophyta).

Dr. Harper is now a member of the Patrick Keeling lab at UBC. Click here to see his homepage.

 

 

Curriculum vitae

Degrees:
Ph.D. 2001 Biology University of New Brunswick
M.Sc. 1996 Biology St. Francis Xavier University
B.Sc. (H) 1994 Biology St. Francis Xavier University
B.A. (Adv. Maj.) 1992 English St. Francis Xavier University

 

 

Theses:

Doctorate of Philosophy

"Molecular systematic investigations on the florideophyte red algae (Rhodophyta)"

Masters of Science

"The marine algae of Senegal: the flora and its biogeography"

Bachelor of Science

"Systematics and biogeography of marine subtidal Ceramiales (Rhodophyta) of Senegal"

Bachelor of Arts

"An examination of voice in Henry Fielding's Tom Jones"

 

Scholarships and Awards:

Postgraduate

 

1996-1998

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Post-Graduate Scholarship

1998

Northeast Algal Symposium Best Student Presentation Award

1997

Northeast Algal Symposium Best Student Presentation Award

1994

Friday Harbor Laboratories Bursary

Undergraduate

 

1992

Charles C. MacIsaac Foundation Bursary

1988

St. Francis Xavier University Entrance Scholarship

1988

Allan J. McEachern Scholarship

Grants Awarded:

Phycological Society of America Grant in-aid-of Research

1997

$700 USD

Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans Contract  FP246-4-7465

1995

$2,500 CAD

 

Journal Reviews:

Journal of Phycology

(1)

2001

 

(1)

2000

 

(1)

1999

 

(1)

1998

Phycologia

(1)

1999

 

(2)

1998

Phycological Research

(1)

2000

 

Memberships in Professional Societies:

British Phycological Society

1997 - Present

Canadian Botanical Association

1993 - Present

International Phycological Society

1993 - Present

Northeast Algal Society

1994 - Present

Phycological Society of America

1993 - Present

 

Invited Presentations:

Cultivation and Use of Red Algae.  Coastal Marine Research Station, Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile.  1999.  Contemporary perspectives on red algal systematics. *SAUNDERS, GARY W. & HARPER, JAMES T.

Current Approaches in Basic and Applied Phycology.  Coastal Marine Research Station, Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile.  1998.  Red algal relationships and the ribosomal cistron. *SAUNDERS, GARY W. & HARPER, JAMES T.

 

Publications:

HARPER, JAMES T. & SAUNDERS, GARY W.  2001.  Molecular systematics of the Florideophyceae (Rhodophyta) using nuclear large- and small-subunit ribosomal DNA sequence data. JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY.  Submitted.

HARPER, JAMES T.  & SAUNDERS, GARY W.  2001.  The application of sequences of the ribosomal cistron to the systematics and classification of the Rhodophyta.  Proceedings, Current Approaches in Basic and Applied Phycology.  CAHIERS DE BIOLOGIE MARINE.  Vol 42: In press.

GARBARY, DAVID J. & HARPER, JAMES T.  1998. A phylogenetic analysis of the Laurencia complex (Rhodomelaceae) of the red algae.  CRYPTOGAMIE ALGOLOGIE.  Vol. 19: 185-200.

HARPER, JAMES T. & SAUNDERS, GARY W.  1998.  A molecular systematic investigation of the Acrochaetiales (Florideophycidae, Rhodophyta) and related taxa based on nuclear small-subunit ribosomal DNA sequence data.  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY.  Vol. 33: 221-229.

HARPER, JAMES T.  & GARBARY, DAVID J.  1997.  The marine algae of Northern Senegal: the flora and its biogeography.  BOTANICA MARINA.  40: 129-138.

HARPER, JAMES T.  & GARBARY, DAVID J.  1994.  Host specificity of Podocystis adriatica on the red alga Heterosiphonia crispella from Senegal.  DIATOM RESEARCH.  Vol. 9: 329-333.

 

Conference Presentations/Published Abstracts:

55th Meeting of the Phycological Society of America.  Estes Park, CO, United States.  2001.  Generic circumscription within the Acrochaetiales (Rhodophyta) and proposal of the Colaconemataceae fam. nov.  *HARPER, JAMES T. & SAUNDERS, GARY W.

54th Meeting of the Phycological Society of America.  San Diego, CA, United States.  2000.  A re-examination of the systematics of the Acrochaetiales (Rhodophyta) using nuclear large-subunit ribosomal DNA sequence data.  *HARPER, JAMES T. & SAUNDERS, GARY W.

39th Meeting of the Northeast Algal Society.  Whispering Pines, RI, United States.  2000.  A molecular systematic investigation of the taxonomic validity of the genus Euthora. *HARPER, JAMES T. & SAUNDERS, GARY W.

53rd Meeting of the Phycological Society of America.  St. Louis, MI, United States.  1999.  The ribosomal cistron and red algal relationships: the utility of large-subunit ribosomal DNA sequence data.  *HARPER, JAMES T. & SAUNDERS, GARY W.

53rd Meeting of the Phycological Society of America.  St. Louis, MI, United States.  1999.  Phylogenetic relationships among taxa of Batrachospermales (Rhodophyta) based on large-subunit rDNA sequence data.  *VIS, MORGAN L., HARPER, JAMES T. & SAUNDERS, GARY W.

38th Northeast Algal Symposium.  Plymouth, MA, United States.  1999.  Red algal phylogenies and the ribosomal cistron: a novel approach using large-subunit ribosomal DNA sequence data. *HARPER, JAMES T. & SAUNDERS, GARY W.

52nd Meeting of the Phycological Society of America.  Flagstaff, AZ, United States.  1998.  Phylogenetic relationships within the Rhodophyta: the utility of nuclear large-subunit ribosomal DNA sequence data.  *HARPER, JAMES T. & SAUNDERS, GARY W.

37th Northeast Algal Symposium.  Plymouth, MA, United States.  1998.  The curious case of Camontagnea. *HARPER, JAMES T. & SAUNDERS, GARY W. (Co-recipient, Best Student Presentation Award)

36th Northeast Algal Symposium.  Wood's Hole, MA, United States.  1997.  Phylogenetic relationships of representative Acrochaetiaceae (Acrochaetiales, Rhodophyta) inferred from nuclear small-subunit ribosomal RNA sequence data. *HARPER, JAMES T. & SAUNDERS, GARY W. (Recipient, Best Student Presentation Award)

Meeting of the Canadian Botanical Association.  Charlottetown, P.E.I., Canada.  1996. The marine algae of Northern Senegal: the flora and its biogeography.  *HARPER, JAMES T. & GARBARY, DAVID J.

 Teaching Experience:

Sessional Instructor

University of New Brunswick

2000 - 2001

Biology 2065

Research Foundations in Organismal Biology

Demonstrator

University of New Brunswick

2000

Biology 1006

Applications in Biology, Part I

 

 

2000

Biology 1017

Applications in Biology, Part II

 

 

2000

Biology 2125

Research Foundations in Ecology and Evolution

 

 

1998&1999

Biology 3321

Vascular Plant Anatomy

 

 

1996-1999

Biology 4229

Phycology

 

 

1997-1999

Biology 1929

Botany for Non-Majors

 

 

1996&1997

Biology 2129

Introductory Botany

Laboratory Supervisor II

St. Francis Xavier University

1995-1996

Biology 100

Introductory Biology

Demonstrator

St. Francis Xavier University

1994 & 1996

Biology 345

Marine Phycology

 

 

1993-1995

Biology 100

Introductory Biology

 

 

1994

Biology 315

Microbiology

 

 

 

Biology 202

Plant Biology

 

 

1993

Biology 342

Invertebrate Zoology

 

 

1991-1993

Biology 190

Introductory Biology