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Union University Dept of Biology

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Schiebout

Dr. Michael Schiebout

Assistant Professor of Biology
123 White Hall
Union University
Jackson, Tennessee 38305
(731) 661-6599
mschiebout@uu.edu

Education

  • 2012, Ph.D. University of Northern Colorado. Greeley, CO
  • 2006, M.S. University of Northern Colorado. Greeley, CO
  • 1996, B.A. Dordt College. Sioux Center, IA

Courses Taught

  • Botany
  • Taxonomy of Vascular Plants
  • Anatomy and Physiology

Research/Scholarship Interests

  • Response of plant communities to disturbances
  • Floristic inventories
  • Reclamation and restoration of degraded environments
  • Response of individual species and communities to invasive plants

Presentations

  • Schiebout M.H. and Franklin S. Response of riparian areas of the Shortgrass Steppe to release from cattle grazing using exclosures: Comparison at different spatial and temporal scales. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. August 2012.
  • Schiebout M.H. and Franklin S. Gravel mine reclamation on the Shortgrass Steppe: Current status and assessment of competition. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. August 2011
  • Schiebout M.H. and Franklin S. Impact of grazing on riparian areas of the Shortgrass Steppe. Guild of Rocky Mountain Ecologists and Evolutionary Biologists. Pingree Park, CO. September 2010
  • Schiebout M.H., Filimban N.I., Bullard K., Keenan S.M. Understanding Plasmodium falciparum resistance to the kinse inhibitor GW5074. Keystone Symposia Drug Discovery for Protozoan Parasites. Breckenridge, CO. March 2009
  • Schiebout M.H. and Keenan S.M. Prediction of mutations in Plasmodium falciparum kinases in response to small molecule inhibitors. Molecular Approaches to Malaria Conference, Lourne, Australia. February 2008
  • Schiebout M.H., Miles J., Pfeif C., and Tschillard R. Assessing ecological change at the Poudre Learning Center through field research and communication of this research to the broader community. Front Range Student Ecology Symposium. Colorado State University. February 2008
  • Schiebout M.H., Tschillard R., Hoyt W., and Simpson R.T. Human impacts along the Front Range. The Poudre Learning Center: A model of inquiry-based education. NSF Annual GK-12 Meeting. Washington D.C. March 2007

Publications

  • Hazlett D.L., Schiebout M.H., and Ford P.L. 2009 Vascular plants and a brief history species of the Kiowa and Rita Blanca National Grasslands. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-233. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 44p.
  • Schiebout M.H., Hazlett D.L., and Snow N. 2008. A floristic survey of vascular plants over parts of Northeastern New Mexico. Jornal of Bot. Res. Inst. of Texas. 2:1407-1448.

Grants and Fellowships

  • Teacher in Residence Fellowship. National Science Foundation (2010-2011)
  • NHS Student Research Fund Recipient. University of Northern Colorado (2010)
  • GAANN Fellowship. University of Northern Colorado Biology Department (2008-2009)
  • GK-12 Fellowship. National Science Foundation (2006-2008)
  • Joan K Hunt and Rachel M. Hunt Summer Scholarship in Field Botany. The Garden Club of America (Summer 2005)
  • Native Plant Society of New Mexico Grant. NPSNM (Summer 2005)
  • Earthwatch Educator Fellow. Pantanal MG, Brazil (2001)

Professional Affiliations

  • Ecological Society of America
  • Native Plant Society of Colorado