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 Dr. Carroll, Curriculum Vitae 
  CURRICULUM VITAE

(Updated, March, 2004)

Name:  George Clayton Carroll

Date/Place of Birth:  Feb. 11, 1940; Alton, Illinois

Education:

Degree                    University                                 Date

 

B.A.  (Botany)          Swarthmore College                  1962

----------------            Copenhagen University             1963

Ph.D. (Botany)         University of Texas (Austin)       1966

 

Teaching/Research Experience:

 

NSF Research Fellow                  Copenhagen University             1962-1963
NSF Research Fellow                  University of Texas                             1963-1966
Teaching Assistant            University of Texas                             1966
Assistant Professor            University of Oregon                 1967-1972
Associate Professor           University of Oregon                 1972-1982
Visiting Professor              ETH, Zürich, Switzl.                  1973-1974
Professor                           University of Oregon                 1982 –2003
Emeritus Professor            University of Oregon                 2003 -

  present

Visiting Professor              Kyoto Univ., Kyoto, Japan                   Sept. 1988 –

   Dec. 1989

Visiting Professor              University of Orange Free State          June, 1996-

    Bloemfontein, RSA                   Sept, 1997

                   

 

Major Research Interests:

 

Fungal mutualism; fungal leaf/stem endophytes; evolution of fungal endophytes; fungal population biology; indoor

molds: their ecology and systematics

 

Membership in Professional Societies:

 

Mycological Society of America

British Mycological Society

 

 

Publications

 

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

 

Carroll, G.  1963.  Studies on the flora of Thailand. Pyrenomycetes.  Dansk Botanisk Archiv 23:101-104

Carroll, G.  1964.  Pyrenomycetes, mainly Xylariaceae, from some South Pacific islands.  Botanisk Tidskrift 59:301-310.

Carroll, G. and A. Munk.  1964.  Studies on lignicolous Sordariaceae.  Mycologia 56:77-98.

Carroll, G. and R. Dykstra.  1966.  Synaptinemal complexes in Didymium iridis.  Mycologia 78:166-169.

Denison, W.C. and G.C. Carroll.  1966.  The primitive Ascomycete: a new look at an old problem.  Mycologia

58:249-269.

Carroll, G.  1967.  The fine structure of the ascus septum in Ascodesmis sphaerospora and Saccobolus kerverni. 

Mycologia 59:527-532.

Carroll, G.  1967.  The ultrastructure of ascospore delimitation in Saccobolus kerverni.  Journal of Cell Biology

33:218-224.

Brenner, D.M. and G. Carroll.  1968.  Fine-structural correlates of growth in hyphae of Ascodesmis sphaerospora. 

Journal of Bacteriology 95:658-671.

Carroll. G.C.  1969.  A study of the fine structure of ascosporogenesis in Saccobolus kerverni.  Archiv fur Mikrobiologie

66:321-339.

Aldrich, H.C. and G. Carroll.  1971.  Synaptonemal complexes and meiosis in Didymium iridis: a reinvestigation. 

Mycologia 63:308-316.

Bernstein, M.E., H.M. Howard, and G. Carroll.  1973.  Fluorescence microscopy of Douglas fir foliage epiflora. 

Canadian Journal of Microbiology 19:1129-1130.

Carroll, F.E. and G. Carroll.  1973.  Senescence and death of the conidiogenous cell in Stemphylium botryosum

Wallroth.  Archiv fur Mikrobiologie 94:109-124.

Carroll, F.E. and G. Carroll.  1974.  The fine structure of conidium initiation in Ulocladium atrum.  Canadian Journal of

Botany 52:443-446.

Carroll, G. and F.E. Carroll.  1974.  The fine structure of conidium development in Phialocephala dimorphospora. 

Canadian Journal of Botany 52:2119-2128.

Sherwood, M. and G. Carroll.  1974.  Fungal succession on needles and young twigs of old-growth Douglas fir. 

Mycologia 66:499-506.

Bernstein, M.E. and G. Carroll.  1977.  Internal fungi in old-growth Douglas fir foliage.  Canadian Journal of Botany

55:644-653.

Bernstein, M.E. and G. Carroll.  1977.  Microbial populations on Douglas fir needle surfaces.  Microbial Ecology

4:41-52.

Carroll, G.C. and F.E. Carroll.  1978.  Studies on the incidence of coniferous needle endophytes in the Pacific

Northwest.  Canadian Journal of Botany 56:3034-3043.

Cooper, G. and G.C. Carroll.  1978.  Ribitol as a major component of water-soluble leachates from Lobaria oregana. 

The Bryologist 81:568-572.

Carroll, G.C.  1979.  Needle microepiphytes in a Douglas fir canopy: biomass and distribution patterns.  Canadian

Journal of Botany 57:1000-1007.

Carroll, G.C., L.H. Pike, J.R. Perkins, and M. Sherwood.  1980.  Biomass and distribution patterns of conifer twig

microepiphytes in a Douglas fir forest.  Canadian Journal of Botany 58:624-630.

Swisher, R. and G.C. Carroll.  1980.  Fluorescein diacetate hydrolysis as an estimator of microbial biomass on

coniferous needle surfaces.  Microbial Ecology 6:217-226.

Petrini, O. and G.C. Carroll.  1981.  Endophytic fungi in foliage of some Cupressaceae in Oregon.  Canadian Journal

of Botany 59:629-636.

Carroll, G. and O. Petrini.  1983.  Patterns of substrate utilization by some fungal endophytes from coniferous foliage. 

Mycologia 75:53-63.

Stone, J. and G. Carroll.  1985.  Observations of the development of ascocarps in Phaeocryptopus gaeumanni and on

the possible existence of an anamorphic state.  Sydowia 38:317-323.

Sherwood-Pike, M., J.K. Stone, and G.C. Carroll.  1985.  Rhabdocline parkeri, a ubiquitous foliar endophyte of

Douglas-fir.  Canadian Journal of Botany 64:1849-1855.

Carroll, G.C.  1987.  Fungi isolated from gypsy moth egg-masses.  Mycotaxon 29:299-305.

Petrini, L.E., Petrini, O., Leuchtmann, A., and G.C. Carroll.  1991.  Conifer-inhabiting species of Phyllosticta.  Sydowia

43:148-169.

Leuchtmann, A., Petrini, O., Petrini, L.E., and G.C. Carroll.  1992.  Isozyme polymorphism in six endophytic

Phyllosticta species.  Mycological Research 96:287-294.

Cabral, D., Stone, J.K., and G.C. Carroll.  1993.  A census of the endophytic mycoflora of Juncus spp.: microscopic

and cultural observations of infection patterns.  Mycological Research 97: 367-376.

McCutcheon, T.L., Carroll, G.C., and S. Schwab.  1993.  Genotypic diversity in populations of a fungal endophyte from

Douglas fir.  Mycologia 85: 180-186.

Wilson, D., and G.C. Carroll.  1994  An endophyte of Oregon white oak: infection studies of Discula quercina. 

Mycologia 86: 635-647.

Wilson, D. and G.C. Carroll.  1997  Avoidance of high-endophyte space by gall-forming insects.  Ecology 78: 2153-2163.

 

Baayen, R.P., P.J.M. Bonants, G. verkley, G.C. Carroll, H.A. van der Aa, W. de Weerdt, I.R. van Brouwershaven, G.C.

Schutte, W. Maccheroni Jr., C. Glienke de Blanco, and J.L. Azevedo.  2002.  Nonpathogenic isolates of the Citrus

black spot fungus, Guignarida citricarpa, identified as a cosmopolitan endophyte of woody plants, G. mangiferae

(Phyllosticta capitalensis).  Phytopathology 92: 464-477.

 

Bonants, Peter J.M.; George C. Carrol, Marjanne de Weerdt, Ilse R. van Brouwershaven, and Robert P. Baayen.  2003.

 Development and validation of a fast PCR-based detection method for pathogenic isolates of the citrus black spot

fungus, Guignardia citricarpa.  European Journal of Plant Pathology 109: 503-513.

 

BOOK CHAPTERS/REVIEW ARTICLES

 

Carroll, F.E. and G. Carroll.  1971.  Fine structural studies on poroconidium formation in Stemphylium botryosum. pp.

75-91 In:"Taxonomy of Fungi Imperfecti." Ed. B. Kendrick, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Canada.

Carroll, G.C.  1980.  Forest canopies: complex and independent subsystems. pp. 87-107 In: "Forests: Fresh

Perspectives from Ecosystems Analysis." Ed. R.H. Waring. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oregon

Carroll, G.C.  1981.  Microbial productivity on aerial plant surfaces. pp. 15-46 In: "Microbial Ecology of the

Phylloplane." Ed. J.P. Blakeman. Academic Press, London.

Carroll, G.C.  1981.  Mycological inputs to ecosystem analysis. pp. 25-35 In: "The Fungal Community: its Organization

and Role in the Ecosystem." Eds. D. Wicklow and G. Carroll. Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York.

Carroll, G.C.  1986.  The biology of endophytism in plants with particular reference to woody perennials. pp.205-222.

In: "Microbiology of the Phylloplane". Eds. N.J. Fokkema and J. van den Heuvel. Cambridge University Press,

Cambridge.

Carroll, G.C.  1988.  Fungal endophytes in stems and leaves: from latent pathogen to mutualistic symbiont. Ecology

69:2-9.

Carroll, G.C.  1990.  Fungal endophytes in vascular plants: mycological research opportunities in Japan.  Transactions

of the Mycological Society of Japan 31:102-116.

Carroll, G.C.  1991.  Fungal associates of woody plants as insect antagonists in leaves and stems. In: "Microbial

Mediation of Plant-Herbivore Interactions". Eds. P. Barbosa, V.A. Krischik, and C.G. Jones. Wiley and Sons, New York,

N.Y., pp. 253-271.

Carroll, G.C.  1991.  Beyond pest deterrence - alternate strategies and hidden costs of endophytic mutualisms in

vascular plants. In: "Microbial Ecology of Leaves." Eds. J.A. Andrews and S.S. Hirano.  Springer Verlag, New York,

N.Y., pp. 358-375.

Carroll, G.C.  1992.  Fungal Mutualism. In: "The Fungal Community: its Organization and Role in the Ecosystem, 2nd

Edition."  Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, N.Y., pp. 327-354.

Carroll, G.C.  1995.  Forest endophytes: pattern and process. Canadian Journal of Botany (Suppl. 1): S1316-S1324.

Stone, J.K., Sherwood, M.A., and G.C. Carroll.  1996.  Canopy microfungi: function and diversity.  Northwest Science

.70:37-45.

Carroll, G.C.  1997.  Fungus/Plant Interactions - An Overview. In “The Mycota, Vol 5A.” Eds. G.C. Carroll and P.

Tudzynski.  Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp. 1-8.

 

EDITED BOOKS

 

Wicklow, D.T. and G.C. Carroll (Eds.).  1981.  The Fungal Community: its Organization and Role in the Ecosystem. 

Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York.

Carroll, G.C. and D.T. Wicklow (Eds.).  1992.  The Fungal Community: its Organization and Role in the Ecosystem, 2nd

Edition.  Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York.

Carroll, G.C. and P. Tudzynski (Eds.).  1997.  The Mycota, Vols. 5A and 5B. Fungal-Plant Interactions.  Springer Verlag,

Berlin

 

Teaching experience:

LAST FIVE YEARS

Bi 225 Genetics and Evolution Laboratories (4 three-hr labs/week)

Bi 432 Introductory Mycology (3 lectures, 2 three-hr labs/week)

Bi 442 Plant systematics (3 lectures, 2 three-hr labs/week)

OTHER COURSES TAUGHT DURING CAREER

Systematic Botany (for Biology Majors)

Biology and Classification of Ornamental Plants (for Landscape Architects)

Fungi and Humanity (for Non-majors)

The Biology of Common and Useful Plants (for Non-majors)

Plagues and Blights (Freshman seminar)

The Biological Goldrush (Freshman seminar)

Microbial Ecology (for Biology Majors)

Forest Biology (for Biology Majors and Non-majors)

 

 

Professional Service

(MSA = Mycological Society of America; NSF = National Science Foundation)

 

MSA Council, 1975-1977

Ascomycete Workshop prior to MSA meetings, 1975

Program Committee, 2nd International Mycological Congress, 1975-1977

MSA Sustaining Membership Committee, 1977-1978

Program Chair, 1991 MSA annual meetings

Chair (and auctioneer), MSA Endowment Committee, 1991-1995

MSA Council, 1997-2001

President, Mycological Society of America, 1998-1999

MSA Committee on Honorary Membership, 1999-2004

MSA Nominating Committee, 2000 - present

Associate Editor for Mycologia, 1993-1994

Associate Editor, Mycoscience (Japan), 1996-present

Executive Board, International Mycological Association, 1990-1994

Co-organizer post-IMC5 field trip/workshop "Fungi and Forests", summer, 1994

Program Committee for Phyllosphere meetings, 1985 and 1990

NSF Graduate Fellowship Panels, 1987-1988

NSF US/Japan Panel, 1991

NSF Dissertation Improvement Panel, 1998

 

Awards

 

Mycological Society of America William H. Weston award for excellence in

  teaching, 1995.

 

Biology Department Teaching Award, University of Oregon

   June, 2002

 


Research Seminars and Talks: (last 5 years)

 

Presidential Address, Mycological Society of America, St. Louis, MO,  August, 1999

 

Invited speaker, symposium on In Vitro Culture Of Flowering Plants In The Field.  Society for In Vitro Biology, San

Diego, CA,  May, 2000

 

Invited speaker, meeting on Plant Endophytes, Piracicaba, BRAZIL, October, 2000.  Two presentations, a general one

on plant endophytes and a more focused discussion on Guignardia citricarpa, causative agent of Citrus blackspot.

 

Invited speaker, International MoldDog Association, IAQA Meetings, Chicago, November, 2003

 

 
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