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Principals of Life
(Biol 1010)
Principals of Life Lab  (Biol 1011)
Plant Diversity
(Biol 3070)
Plant Physiology
(Biol 4120)
 

 

   
                                                 Curriculum Vitae

                                    Dr. Jefferson G. Lebkuecher
 
                                                       Professor
                                           Department of Biology
                                                 Austin Peay State University
                                             Clarksville, TN 37044
                         Office (931) 221-6249 Home (615) 792-1916

Education

Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, Dec. 1991, Plant Physiology/Ecology.

M.S. Tennessee Technological University, 1987, Biology.

B.S. Tennessee Technological University, 1985, Biology/Chemistry.

A.S. Volunteer State Community College, 1983.

Employment History

Aug., 2001 - present.           Professor. Department of Biology,  Austin
                 
                              Peay State University, Clarksville, TN.

Aug., 1997 - Aug., 2001.     Associate Professor. Department of Biology,
                                               Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN.

Aug., 1992 - Aug., 1997.     Assistant Professor. Department of Biology,
                                               Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN.

                                               Courses taught at APSU.
                                               1. General Biology 1010 and lab
                                               2. General Biology 1020 and lab 
                                               3. Human Anatomy and Physiology 2010 and
                                                   lab
                                               4. Plant Diversity 3070 and lab
                                               5. Plant Physiology 4120 and lab
                                               6. Advanced Morphology of Vascular Plants
                                                   5190 and lab (Graduate course)
                                               7. Plant Growth and Development 5320 and
                                                   lab (Graduate course)

March, 1992 - July, 1992.     Research Associate. Department of
                                                Molecular Biology, Vanderbilt University,
                                                Nashville, TN.

Aug., 1991 - May, 1992.       Adjunct Instructor. Human Anatomy and
                                                Physiology lecture and lab. Columbia State
                                                Community College, Columbia, TN.
 

Aug., 1987 - June, 1992.      Graduate Teaching assistant. Vanderbilt
                                                 University. Instructed General Biology labs.

Aug., 1985 - May, 1987.       Graduate Teaching Assistant. Tennessee
                                                Technological University.

                                                 Labs instructed at TTU.
                                                1. Cell Biology; 2. Local Flora;3. Non-major
                                                 Biology; 4. Botany; 5. Zoology

Research presentations and abstracts published. Twenty-three, 33 different APSU student coauthors.

Refereed publications. Fourteen, 10 with APSU student coauthors (16 different students).

National and Multinational Journals

Lebkuecher. J.G., L.E. Altmon, G.K. Harris. K.L. Wallace, A.R. Wilding.
   2002. Dissipation of excitation energy during development of
   photosystem 2 photochemistry in Helianthus annuus. Photosynthetica
   40(2):301-304.

Lebkuecher, J.G., K.A. Haldeman, C.E. Harris, S.L., Holz, S.A. Joudah,
   and D.A. Minton. 1999. Development of photosystem-II activity during
   irradiance of etiolated Helianthus annuus (Asteraceae) seedlings.
   American Journal of Botany 86(8):1087- 1092.

Lebkuecher, J.G. 1997. Desiccation-time limits of photosynthetic recovery
   in Equisetum Hyemale L. (Equisetaceae) spores. American Journal of
   Botany
84(6):792-797.

Lebkuecher, J.G. and W.G. Eickmeier. 1993. Physiological benefits of
   stem curling in the resurrection plant Selaginella lepidophylla. Ecology
   74:1073-1080.

Lebkuecher, J.G. and W.G. Eickmeier. 1992. Photoinhibition of
   photophosphorylation, adenosine triphosphate content, and the light
   activated enzyme glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
   (NADP+1) following high- irradiance desiccation in the resurrection plant
   Selaginella lepidophylla. Canadian Journal of Botany 70:205-211.

Lebkuecher, J.G. and W.G. Eickmeier. 1991. Reduced photoinhibition
   with stem curling in the resurrection plant Selaginella lepidophylla.
   Oecologia 88:597-604.

Regional (Southeastern) Journals

Lebkuecher, J.G., A.S. Flynt, R.A. Houtman, C.M. Loreant. 2000.
   Relationships between primary photochemistry and primary production
   in streams with differing water qualities. Southern Association of
   Agricultural Science Bulletin of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
  13:63-68.

Lebkuecher, J.G. and R.A. Houtman. 1999. The use of chlorophyll a
   fluorescence to examine the effects of water quality on primary
   photochemistry. Southern Association of Agricultural Science Bulletin
   of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
12:49-52.

Lebkuecher, J.G., L.F. Barber, and M.L. Schoultz. 1998. The use of
   chlorophyll a fluorescence to detect photosystem-II heterogeneity.
   Southern Association of Agricultural Science Bulletin of Biochemistry
   and Biotechnology 11:51-56.

Lebkuecher, J.G., T.D. Neville, K.L. Wallace, and L.F. Barber. 1998.
   Primary production in sandy-bottom streams of the West Sandy Creek
   watershed of Tennessee. Castanea 63(2):130-137.

Local (Tennessee) Journals

Flynt, A.S., J.G. Lebkuecher, and M.C. Bone. 2001. Effects of water quality
   on photoautotrophic periphyton and photochemical efficiency of a
   pollution-intolerant alga within Miller Creek, Robertson County,
   Tennessee. Proceedings of the Ninth Symposium on the Natural
   History of Lower Tennessee and Cumberland River Valleys
. Austin
   Peay State University, Clarksville, TN. Pgs 93-99.

Lebkuecher, J.G. and R.A. Houtman. 1999. Characteristics of
   photoautotrophic periphyton and unialgal cultures grown in situ within the
   Sulphur Fork Creek Watershed. Proceedings of the Eighth Symposium
   on the Natural History of Lower Tennessee and Cumberland River
   Valleys.
Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN. Pgs 47-55.

Lebkuecher, J.G., C.J. Chabot, and T.D. Neville. 1996. Phytoplankton
   production in West Sandy Bay, Kentucky Lake. Journal of the
   Tennessee Academy of Science
71(2):36-40.

Lebkuecher, J.G. and G.E. Hunter. 1991. A plant community analysis of
   Collins Gulf. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 66:31-36.

Book Chapter

Eickmeier, W.G., J.G. Lebkuecher, and C.B. Osmond. 1992.
   Photosynthetic water oxidation and water stress in plants. Pages 223
   239. In Water and Life: Comparative Water Relationships at the
   Organismic, Cellular and Molecular Levels. G.N. Somero, C.B. Osmond,
   and C.L. Bolis, editors. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany.

Research Experience and Skills

Masters of Science (Tennessee Technological University)
      Plant community analysis, general ecology methodologies.

Ph.D (Vanderbilt Biology Department)
     A wide variety of cell biology and ecology methodologies including: gas
     exchange, enzyme assays, electron transport, photophosphorylation,
     chlorophyll a fluorescence, water relations.

Research Associate (Vanderbilt Molecular Biology Department)
     Recombinant DNA methodologies

Professor (Austin Peay State University)
     A wide variety of cell biology and ecology methodologies including:
     water-quality analysis, periphyton production, modulated chlorophyll a
     fluorescence, primary photochemistry.

Professional Organizations

Tennessee Academy of Science (Chairperson-of the Botany section, 2003-2004; Chairperson of the Botany Section, 1990-1991)
Botanical Society of America
Ecological Society of America

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