Nicholas P. Tippery

Mailing address:

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Connecticut
75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043
Storrs, CT 06269-3043, U.S.A.

Tel: (860) 486-3937
Fax: (860) 486-6364

Education:

Institution	Degree		Date
University of Dallas, Irving, TX	B.A.	Biology / Classics	2000
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT	Ph.D.	Ecology and Evolutionary Biology	(current)

Appointments:

Research Assistant	Les Laboratory, University of Connecticut, 2005-2007. Phylogenetics and ecology of invasive Glossostigma cleistanthum (Phrymaceae). Systematics of Alismataceae. Systematics of Lemnaceae. Systematics of Vallisneria (Hydrocharitaceae).
Student Instructor	Summer Faculty Workshop in Biodiversity and Forensic Genetics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, 2006.
Teaching Assistant	BIOL 108 - Introductory Biology Laboratory, University of Connecticut, Storrs, 2003-2005; 2008. BIOL 110 - Introduction to Botany, University of Connecticut, Storrs, 2007.

Publications:

Tippery, N.P. and D.H. Les. 2008. Phylogenetic analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region in Menyanthaceae using predicted secondary structure. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. In press.
Tippery, N.P., Les, D.H., Padgett, D.J., and S.W.L. Jacobs. 2008. Generic circumscription in Menyanthaceae: a phylogenetic evaluation. Systematic Botany. In press.
Les, D.H., Jacobs, S.W.L, Tippery, N.P., Chen, L., Moody, M.L., and M. Wilstermann. 2008. Systematics of Vallisneria (Hydrocharitaceae). Systematic Botany 33: 49-65. [ abstract ]
Les, D.H., R.S. Capers, and N.P. Tippery. 2006. Introduction of Glossostigma (Phrymaceae) to North America: a taxonomic and ecological overview. American Journal of Botany 93 (6): 927-939. [ abstract ]
Hartman, J.L. IV and N.P. Tippery. 2004. Systematic quantification of gene interactions by phenotypic array analysis. Genome Biology 5: R49. [ abstract ]

Presentations:

Tippery, N.P., Les, D.H., Padgett, D.J., and S.W.L. Jacobs. 2008. Taxonomic revision of Villarsia (Menyanthaceae) in Australia: Molecular and morphological evidence. Botany 2008 Abstracts. Botanical Society of America. [ abstract ]
Tippery, N.P. and D.H. Les. 2007. Expanding the phylogenetic utility of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region using predicted secondary structure. Botany 2007 Abstracts. Botanical Society of America. [ abstract ]
Tippery, N.P., Les, D.H., Padgett, D.J., and S.W.L. Jacobs. 2006. Clades and grades: an evaluation of generic circumscriptions in Menyanthaceae Dumort. (Asterales). Botany 2006 Abstracts. Botanical Society of America. [ abstract ]

Synergistic activities:

Reviewer	- American Journal of Botany - Aquatic Botany - Plant Systematics and Evolution - Sida, Contributions to Botany
Member	- American Society of Plant Taxonomists - Botanical Society of America - Connecticut Botanical Society - New England Botanical Club - Society of Systematic Biologists
Departmental	- Student representative to the Herbarium Collections Committee (2006) - Secretary, EEB Graduate Student Association (2006-2007) - President, EEB Graduate Student Association (2007-2008)

Advisory commmittee:

Major advisor:	Dr. Donald Les, University of Connecticut
Associate advisor:	Dr. Gregory Anderson, University of Connecticut
Associate advisor:	Dr. Cynthia Jones, University of Connecticut