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