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James Lawrey
- Professor
Contact Info
- Name
- Dr. James D. Lawrey
- Job Title
- Professor
- Website
- Phone Number
- Office Number
- Exploratory Hall, Room 1215
Affiliations
Departments
- Biology Department (Instructional Faculty)
Centers
- MicroBiome Analysis Center (MBAC)
Research Areas
- Biodiversity
Education
PhD Botany Ohio State University 1977
About
My research focuses on fungal diversity and ecology. I teach a required core course called Biodiversity in the Biology undergraduate program.
Current Research
I work primarily on molecular phylogenetics of fungi. This involves obtaining DNA sequences of fungi, described and undescribed, and analyzing these to determine placement in the overall phylogeny of fungi.
Teaching Focus
I teach a required core course in the Biology undergraduate program called Biodiversity. This covers organismal biology in a Tree of Life approach that identifies major categories of organisms, their relationships to each other and their identifying characteristics.
Selected Publications
- Lawrey, J. D., P. Diederich, M. P. Nelsen, C. Freebury, D. Van den Broeck, M. Sikaroodi & D. Ertz. 2012. Phylogenetic placement of lichenicolous Phoma species in the Phaeosphaeriaceae (Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes). Fungal Diversity 55: 195-213.
- Lücking, R., M. Dal-Forno, M. Sikaroodi, P. M. Gillevet, F. Bungartz, B. Moncada, A. Yánez-Ayabaca, J. L. Chaves, L. F. Coca & J. D. Lawrey. 2014. A single macrolichen constitutes hundreds of unrecognized species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 111: 11091-11096.
- Lawrey, J. D., G. Marson, J. Etayo, M. Dal-Forno, K. Driscoll & P. Diederich. 2015. Molecular data support establishment of a new genus for the lichenicolous species Neobarya usneae (Hypocreales). The Bryologist 118: 83-92.
- Diederich, P., J. D. Lawrey & D. Ertz. 2018. The 2018 classification and checklist of lichenicolous fungi, with 2000 non-lichenized, obligately lichenicolous taxa. The Bryologist 121: 340-425.
Contact Info
- Name
- Dr. James D. Lawrey
- Job Title
- Professor
- Website
- Phone Number
- Office Number
- Exploratory Hall, Room 1215