Robert Slocum

Robert Slocum
Born Robert Dale Slocum
Alma mater
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
Thesis Studies on the localization of phytochrome and calcium in light-and-gravity-stimulated plants (1981)

Robert Dale Slocum is an American biologist and botanist. He is a professor of biology in the Center for Natural Sciences at Goucher College. His research focuses on plant physiology, molecular biology, and biotechnology.

Education

Slocum completed a Bachelor of Arts at University of Maine.[1] In 1977, Slocum earned a Master of Science from Ohio State University. His master's thesis was titled Effects of SO₂ and pH on the ultrastructure of the Trebouxia phycobiont of the pollution-sensitve lichen Parmelia caperata (L.) Ach.[2] He earned a doctorate from University of Texas at Austin in 1981. His dissertation is titled Studies on the localization of phytochrome and calcium in light-and-gravity-stimulated plants.[3]

Career

Slocum researches the physiology of plants, adaptation to environmental stresses, nitrogen metabolism, and the molecular biology and biotechnology of plants.[4] Slocum was a professor in the Department of Botany at Williams College. In 1991, he published Biochemistry and Physiology of Polyamines in Plants.[5] Slocum joined the faculty at Goucher College in 1992.[1] He is a Professor of Biology in the Center for Natural Sciences at Goucher.[6] In 2005, Slocum received a 3-year grant for $340,000 from the National Science Foundation. With the grant, Slocum and Christopher T. Brown of the National Human Genome Research Institute conducted research on the regulation of pyrimidine metabolism in plants with a team of undergraduates.[7] From 2011-2012, Slocum was a rotating program director of the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems.[8]

Selected works

Books

  • Biochemistry and physiology of polyamines in plants. Slocum, Robert D., Flores, Hector E. Boca Raton: CRC Press. 1991. ISBN 0849368650. OCLC 24794433.

Articles

  • Slocum, Robert D.; Kaur-Sawhney, Ravindar; Galston, Arthur W. (December 1984). "The physiology and biochemistry of polyamines in plants". Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 235 (2): 283–303. doi:10.1016/0003-9861(84)90201-7. ISSN 0003-9861.
  • Slocum, Robert D.; Galston, Arthur (October 1985). "Changes in Polyamine Biosynthesis Associated with Postfertilization Growth and Development in Tobacco Ovary Tissues". Plant Physiology. 79 (2): 336–343. doi:10.1104/pp.79.2.336. ISSN 0032-0889. PMC 1074885. PMID 11540835.
  • Slocum, Robert D. (August 2005). "Genes, enzymes and regulation of arginine biosynthesis in plants". Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 43 (8): 729–745. doi:10.1016/j.plaphy.2005.06.007. ISSN 0981-9428.
  • Slocum, Robert D.; Scholl, Jacob D. (Fall 2013). "NSF Support of Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs)" (PDF). Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly. 34 (1): 31–40. ISSN 1072-5830.

References

  1. 1 2 "Goucher College 2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalouge". Goucher College.
  2. ↑ Slocum, Robert Dale (1977). Effects of SO₂ and pH on the ultrastructure of the Trebouxia phycobiont of the pollution-sensitve lichen Parmelia caperata (L.) Ach (Thesis).
  3. ↑ Slocum, Robert Dale (1981). Studies on the localization of phytochrome and calcium in light-and-gravity-stimulated plants (Thesis).
  4. ↑ "Robert Slocum". Goucher College. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  5. ↑ Biochemistry and physiology of polyamines in plants. Slocum, Robert D., Flores, Hector E. Boca Raton: CRC Press. 1991. ISBN 0849368650. OCLC 24794433.
  6. ↑ "Center for Natural Sciences Faculty". Goucher College. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  7. ↑ "Robert D. Slocum". The Baltimore Sun. 2005-10-28. Retrieved 2018-05-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Slocum, Robert D.; Scholl, Jacob D. (Fall 2013). "NSF Support of Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs)" (PDF). Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly.
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