Kari A. StilesTITLES: Lecturer, Department of Botany, University of Washington, Box 355325 Seattle WA. 98195-5325 Adjunct Faculty, Bastyr University, 14500 Juanita Drive NE, Kenmore, Wa. 98028-4966 EDUCATION: B.A. Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 1991 Ph.D. Botany, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 2001 POSITIONS: Teaching Assistant, Botany, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 1996-2000 Research Assistant, Botany, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 1997-2001 Visiting Scientist, Institut fur Biowissenschaften, Wurzburg, Germany, 1999 Herbarium Curator, Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, Federal Way, WA. 2001, 2002 Lecturer, Botany, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 2001-present Adjunct Faculty, Bastyr University, Kirkland, WA. 2002-present AWARDS, GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS: Plant Molecular Integration and Function Fellowship, University of Washington, 1997 University of Washington Botany Department Field Research Grant, 1998 National Science Foundation Student Grant- 11th International Workshop for Plant Membrane Biology, Cambridge, U.K., 1998 Molecular and Cellular Biology Training Grant (National Institutes of Health), 1998 Developmental Biology Training Grant (National Institutes of Health), 1998-2001 FIELD EXPERIENCE: University of Washington Herbarium Collection Foray, Oregon, 1999 International Sakhalin Island Project, Russia, 2001 PUBLICATIONS: K. Stiles and E. Van Volkenburgh. 2002. Light-regulated leaf expansion in two Populus species: dependence on developmentally-controlled ion transport. Journal of Experimental Botany (accepted, in revision) G. Taylor, K. P. Beckett, K. M. Robinson, K. Stiles and A. M. Rae. 2001. Identifying QTL for yield in UK biomass poplar. Aspects of Applied Biology, 65: 173-181 K. Stiles, A. McClintick and E. Van Volkenburgh. A developmental gradient in the mechanism of K+ uptake during light-stimulated leaf growth in Nicotiana tabacum. (submitted to Planta, in revision) K. Stiles and E. Van Volkenburgh. Role of K+ in light-stimulated leaf growth. (in preparation) GRADUATE ADVISOR: Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh |