Dr. Janet L. Gehring
Assistant Professor of Biology
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Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Bradley University
Peoria, Illinois 61625
309-677-3017
jgehring@bradley.edu


EDUCATION

1977 B.S. University of Nebraska at Omaha
1983 M.A. University of Nebraska at Omaha
1990 Ph.D. University of Colorado
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE  
1996-present Assistant Professor, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
1993-1997  Consultant to Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Mountlake Terrace, WA
1993-1996 Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Lynda Delph, Indiana University, Bloomington
1991  Research Technologist, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle
1991  Visiting Lecturer and Lab Instructor, Everett Community College, Everett, WA
1990-present  Consultant to The Nature Conservancy, Washington Field Office, Seattle
1987-1989  Research Assistant to Dr. Yan Linhart, University of Colorado
1985 Research Assistant to Dr. Russell Monson, University of Colorado
1983-1987 Teaching Assistant, University of Colorado at Boulder
1983  Assistant to Regional Ecologist, National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office, Omaha
1982-1983  Teaching Assistant, University of Nebraska at Omaha
RESEARCH GRANTS AND AWARDS  
1999-2000 Research Excellence Committee Award, Bradley University, $1,500 to study the nectar and nutrient costs of reproduction in dioecious Silene latifolia.
1997-1998 Research Excellence Committee Award, Bradley University, $ 3,995 to investigate the influence of genetic diversity on seed germination rate in small remnant populations of Gentiana puberlenta
1996-2000 National Science Foundation Research Grant, $150,000 awarded to Lynda Delph and Janet Gehring to investigate the phenotypic and genetic correlations of sexual dimorphic traits in Silene latifolia
1988-1989  National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant
1988 Dean's Small Grant Award, University of Colorado
1988 Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research
1987 Francis Ramaley Fund, University of Colorado
1986  University of Colorado Foundation Fund Award
1985  University of Colorado Foundation Fund Award
1984  Francis Ramaley Fund, University of Colorado
PUBLICATIONS  
Crone, E. J., and J. L. Gehring. 1998. Population viability analysis of Rorippa columbiae: multiple models and spatial trend data. Conservation Biology 12: 1054-1065.
Gehring, J. L. 1993. Temporal patterns in the development of sexual dimorphisms in Silene latifolia (Caryophyllaceae). Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 120: 405-416.
Gehring, J. L., and T. B. Bragg. 1992. Changes in prairie vegetation under eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana L.) in an eastern Nebraska bluestem prairie. American Midland Naturalist 128: 209-217.
Gehring, J. L., and L. F. Delph. 1999. Small-scale genetic structure and clinal variation in Silene acaulis despite high gene flow. Heredity 82: 628-637.
Gehring, J. L., and Y. B. Linhart. 1992. Population structure and genetic differentiation in native and introduced populations of Deschampsia caespitosa in the Colorado alpine. American Journal of Botany 79: 1337-1343.
Gehring, J. L., and Y. B. Linhart. 1993. Sexual dimorphisms and response to low resources in the dioecious plant, Silene latifolia (Carophyllaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 154: 152-162.
Gehring, J. L., and R. K. Monson. 1994. Sexual differences in gas exchange and response to environmental stress in dioecious Silene latifolia (Caryophyllaceae). American Journal of Botany 81: 166-174.
Habegger, E., P. W. Dunwiddie, and J. Gehring. In Press. Effects of river level on population dynamics of Rorippa columbiae on Pierce Island, Washington. IN Proceedings of the Washington Rare Plant and Ecosystem Conference, April 2000 (Kruckeberg, A., J. Gamon, and P. Dunwiddie, eds.). Occasional Paper of the Washington Native Plant Society.
Hinckley, T., R. Edmonds, J. Braatne, J. L. Gehring, D. Wang, and W. Hogsett. 1992. Ozone exposure dynamics detailing components of physiological response to ozone. Progress Report 11, E.P.A. Project Assistance ID: CR-815334-01-0.
Monson, R. K., S. D. Smith, J. L. Gehring, W. D. Bowman, and S. R. Szarek. 1992. Physiological differentiation within an Encelia farinosa population along a short topographic gradient in the Sonoran Desert. Functional Ecology 6: 751-759.
Salstrom, D., and J. Gehring. 1994. Report on the status of Rorippa columbiae Suksdorf ex Howell. Washington Natural Heritage Program, Department of Natural Resources, Olympia, Washington.

 
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