Christopher Meloche

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Christopher Meloche

Associate Professor of Biology

Biology

Office Hours

Monday - [14:00 to 15:00]

Tuesday - [9:00 to 11:00]

Thursday - [9:00 to 12:00]

Biography

I grew up in a small town outside of Ann Arbor in Michigan and came to love nature, plants in particular, as a Boy Scout. I got a B.S. in Botany and Plant Pathology from Michigan State University and went on to pursue a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado at Boulder. My graduate work was on the developmental dynamics and carbon allocation dynamics of Alpine Avens on Niwot Ridge.

Research Interests

    I am interested in developmental patterns in plants that allow them to survive in extreme climates. I want to understand how small changes in development can result in large morphological differences and how these changes shape the evolution of plant populations.

Education

PhD in Environmental, Population and Organismic Biology

University of Colorado

BS in Botany and Plant Pathology/LBS

Michigan State University

Published Works

    Meloche, G. C., Diggle, K. P., Stoddard, M. . Lack of variation in developmental preformation of Acomastylis rossii across a growing season gradient.. Arctic and Alpine Researchinstaar.colorado.edu/AAAR/index.php. Meloche, G. C., Vaughn, C. K. . Development of tendrils in Brunnichia ovata (Polygonaceae): gelatinous fibers as an agent of coiling.. [Manuscript submitted for publication]. American Journal of Botanywww.amjbot.org/. Meloche, G. C., Knox, P. J., Vaughn, C. K. (2007). A cortical band of gelatinous fibers causes the coiling of redvine tendrils: a model based upon cytochemical and immunocytochemical studies.. Planta, 225(2), 485-498. www.springer.com/life+sciences/plant+sciences/journal/425. Meloche, G. C., Diggle, K. P. (2003). The Pattern of carbon allocation supporting growth of preformed soot primodia in Acomastylis rosii (Rosacae). American Journal of Botany, 90(9), 1313-1320. www.amjbot.org/. Meloche, G. C., Diggle, K. P. (2001). Preformation, architectural complexity, and developmental flexibility in Acomastylis rossii (Rosaceae).. American Journal of Botany, 88(6), 980-991. www.amjbot.org/. Byrne, M. J., Hausbeck, K. M., Meloche, G. C., M., A. J. (1998). Infuence of dew period and temperature on foliar infection of greenhouse-grown tomato by Colletotrechum coccodes.. Plant Disease, 82(6), 639-641. apsjournals.apsnet.org/loi/pdis.