NEIL SNOW, PH.D.
Curriculum Vitae
March 2014
Assistant Professor of Botany (since 2013)
Director, T.M. Sperry Herbarium
Department of Biology
Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg, KS 66762
620-235-4424 (phone); 620-235-xxxx (fax)
http://www.pittstate.edu/department/biology/faculty/neil-snow.dot
ADJUNCT APPOINTMENTS
Missouri Botanical Garden (Associate Researcher; 1999-present)
University of Hawaii-Manoa (Affiliate Graduate Faculty; 2010-2011)
Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies (2006)
EDUCATION
Ph.D., 1997 (Population and Evolutionary Biology); Washington University in St. Louis
Dissertation: "Phylogeny and Systematics of Leptochloa P. Beauv. sensu lato
(Poaceae: Chloridoideae)". Advisor: Dr. Peter H. Raven.
M.S., 1988 (Botany); University of Wyoming. Thesis: "Floristics of the Headwaters Region of the Yellowstone River, Wyoming)". Advisor: Dr. Ronald L. Hartman
B.S., 1985 (Botany); Colorado State University. Advisor: Dr. Dieter H. Wilken
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2011-2013: Director, then Botanist, Montana Natural Heritage Program, Helena, Montana
2007-2011: Botanist, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
1998-2007: Assistant then Associate Professor of Biology and Botany, Curator of the Herbarium; School of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado
2005 (sabbatical). Project Manager and Senior Ecologist, H. T. Harvey & Associates, Fresno, CA
1997-1999: Senior Botanist, Queensland Herbarium, Brisbane, Australia
1990-1997: Doctoral student, Washington University in St. Louis; Missouri Botanical Garden
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
2008-2011: Book review editor, Systematic Botany
1981-present: 10,700+ plant collections across 21 states, 10 countries and 4 continents
1990-current: Monographic and revisionary studies of Poaceae and Myrtaceae
2001-current: DNA sequence analysis (ITS-1,-2 regions) of myrtle family (Myrtaceae).
1990-1992: Chloroplast DNA rflp analysis. (Schaal lab; Washington University in St. Louis)
1990: Teaching assistant (general biology; Washington University in St. Louis)
1989: Chloroplast rflp; isozyme analysis (Brown lab; University of Wyoming)
1987-1989: Teaching Assistant (general biology, plant systematics; University of Wyoming)
1987-1989: Floristics research: Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Montana, Kansas (MS thesis and student projects: ca. 8,000 collections)
1985-1986: Teaching Assistant (general biology; University of Texas-Austin)
1984: (May-August) Denver Botanical Garden internship (Denver, Colorado)
1982: (May-August) Bureau of Land Management (Montana)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Systematics of vascular plants (Myrtaceae, Poaceae); evolutionary biology; herbarium management, ecology, history of biology and science
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Pittsburg State University (2013-)
Undergraduate: General Biology (2013-2014; ca. 165 students); Medical Botany; Plant Taxonomy
Graduate: Medical Botany
University of Northern Colorado (1998-2007)
Undergraduate: Evolution; Plant taxonomy; Introductory Biology; Introductory Biology labs;
Anatomy and Morphogenesis of Plants; Field Botany (1 [Au Sable Institute]); Life of the Mind
Graduate: Species and Speciation; Evolutionary Plant Ecophysiology; Consilience – The
Unification of Knowledge; several miscellaneous readings courses and numerous independent
studies taught once.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT (PI) AT MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM
2012. Bureau of Land Management, Eco-regional Data Services Agreement ($62,000)
2012. National Resource Conservation Service, U.S.D.A.
2012. National Resource Conservation Service, U.S.D.A. Ecological site descriptions in Montana
2011-2015. Bureau of Land Management, ongoing data services and development
2011-2015. US Forest Service, ongoing data services agreement
RESEARCH AND FACILITIES SUPPORT
Snow, N. 2013-2014. Start-up funding from K-INBRE (Kansas Ideas Network for Biomedical
Research Excellence), grant number P20GM103418 from the Institutional Development
Award (IDeA) of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes
of Health. $25,000
Snow, N. (PI), S. James, N. Harbottle, T. Ranker, D. Lorence. 2010. “Collaborative Research:
Consortium of Pacific Herbaria – A Research and Collections Network for Oceania”. National
Science Foundation. ($1,401,000)
James, S. A., A. Allison, N. Snow. 2010-2012. "Discovery and Description of Papua New
Guinea’s Megadiverse Flora”. National Science Foundation ($600,000)
Snow, N. 2007. Short-Term Visitor Grant ($1950), National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution
Snow, N. 2005. Summer Faculty Research Fellow, UNC ($4500): "Systematics of Eugenia
(Myrtaceae) from Madagascar"
Snow, N. (co-PI), with P. M. Simmons (PI; Colorado State U.), R. Hartman (U. of Wyoming), T.
Ranker and R. Guralnick (U. of Colorado). 2003. National Science Foundation ($450,000).
Collaborative Research: Linked Databases and an Interactive Key for the Vascular Flora of
the Southern Rocky Mountain Region (RUI)
Snow, N. 2003. National Geographic Society ($15,000)."Systematic Revisions of Ten Genera of
Myrtaceae for the Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie"
Snow, N. 2002. Faculty and Research Publications Board, UNC ($2,500). “Systematic Revisions
of Seven Genera of the Myrtle Family (Myrtaceae) in New Caledonia”
Snow, N. 2001. Summer Faculty Research Fellow, UNC ($4500): “Taxonomic studies in Eugenia,
sections Stenocalyx and Phyllocalyx (Myrtaceae)”
Snow, N. 2000. Summer Faculty Research Fellow, UNC ($4500): “New and endangered plant
species from Australia and New Caledonia”
Moore, J., N. Snow. 2000. National Park Service, ($65,000): “Ecosystem impacts resulting from
the use of herbicides at Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado”
Snow, N. 1999 Faculty and Research Publications Board, UNC ($2500) “Molecular Phylogeny of
Eugenia (Myrtaceae)”
Snow, N. 1995. National Geographic Society ($18,417): “Systematics and conservation of
sprangletop grasses (Leptochloa)”
Snow, N. 1992. American Society of Plant Taxonomists ($500)
Snow, N. 1992. Organization for Tropical Studies ($500)
Snow, N. 1992 and 1989. Sigma Xi ($1000 both years)
Snow, N. 1990. Explorer’s Club ($750)
Snow, N. 1989. Short-Term Visitor Grant, Smithsonian Institution ($2000)
HONORS AND AWARDS
College Scholar Award, College of Arts & Sciences, Univ. Northern Colorado, 2002
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, Univ. of Wyoming, 1988
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Univ. of Wyoming, 1988
Young Botanist Recognition Award, Botanical Society of America, 1985
Outstanding Foreign Language Student (Spanish), Chief Sealth High School (Seattle), 1978
Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America), 1974
BOOK
Clayton, W. D., N. Snow. 2010. A Key to Pacific Grasses. Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. 107 pp.
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (student authors underlined)
(109) Snow, N., P.M. Peterson, K. Romaschenko, B.K. Simon. In prep. Systematics of Diplachne (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodontae). Phytokeys
(108) Snow, N., M.C. Callmander. In prep. Studies of Malagasy Eugenia – IV: Twelve new endemic species, including another eaten by lemurs, with comments on emerging distributional and ecological patterns. Systematic Botany
(107) Snow, N., P.M. Peterson, K. Romaschenko. 2013. Systematics of Disakisperma (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodontae). Phytokeys: 26:21-70. doi: 10.3897/phtokeys.26.5649
(106) Snow, N. 2012. Five new species of Rhodamnia (Myrtaceae: Myrteae) from New Guinea. PhytoKeys: 31-49. doi: 10.3879/phytokeys.19.4098.
(105) Snow, N., P.M. Peterson. 2012. Systematics of Trigonochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodontae). PhytoKeys 13: 25-38. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.13.3355
(104) Peterson, P.M., K. Romaschenko, N. Snow, G. Johnson. 2012. A molecular phylogeny of Leptochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae). Annals of Botany 109: 1317-1329. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcs077
(103) Snow, N., J. Rabenantoandro, F. Randriatifika, D. Rabehevitra, N. D. Razafimamonjy, S. Cable. 2012. Studies of Malagasy Eugenia (Myrtaceae) – III: Seven new species of high conservation concern from the eastern littoral forests. Phytotaxa 48: 39-60.
(102) Snow, N. 2012. Leptochloa P. Beauv. Pp. 131-138, In: Flora Argentina, F.O. Zuloaga, Z.E. Rúgolo, A.M. Anton (eds). Vol. 3, Tomo 2. Graficamente Ediciones, Córdoba.
(101) Snow, N. 2011. A new name in Asplenium (Aspleniaceae) from Hawaii. Harvard Papers in Botany 16: 161.
(100) Snow, N. 2011. Studies of Malagasy Eugenia (Myrtaceae) – II: Four new species, including one eaten by black lemurs on Nosy Be. Systematic Botany 36(3): 677-689.
(99) Snow, N., G. Davidse. 2011. Notes on grasses (Poaceae) in Hawai'i: 3. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 110: 17-22.
(98) Snow, N., T. A. Ranker, D. H. Lorence. 2011. Taxonomic changes in Hawaiian ferns and lycophytes. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 110: 11-16.
(97) Snow, N., J. McFadden, T. Evans, A. Salywon, M. F. Wojciechowski, P. G. Wilson. 2011. Morphological and molecular evidence of polyphyly in Rhodomyrtus (Myrtaceae: Myrteae). Systematic Botany 36: 390-404.
(96) Snow, N., J. F. Veldkamp. 2010. Miscellaneous taxonomic and nomenclatural notes for Myrtaceae. Austrobaileya 8: 177-186.
(95) Pérez C., J. L, N. Snow, E. Sánchez G. 2010. Comentario sobre el género Leptochloa P. Beauv. (Poaceae, Eragrostideae), en Extremadura y Andalucía (España). Acta Botanica Malacitana 35: 169-172.
(94) Snow, N., L. A. Craven. 2010. Five new species of Syzygium (Myrtaceae) from New Guinea. Harvard Papers in Botany 15: 123-136.
(93) Snow, N. 2010. Schedonnardus Steud. p. 212-213, In: Grasses in the Intermountain Region. Utah State University Press.
(92) Snow, N. 2010. Leptochloa P. Beauv. Pp. 182-184, In: Grasses in the Intermountain Region. Utah State University Press.
(91) Snow, N., A. Lau. 2010. Notes on grasses (Poaceae) in Hawai'i: 2. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 107: 46-60.
(90) Snow, N. 2010. Studies of Malagasy Syzygium (Myrtaceae) – Two new species with small leaves and winged branchlets. Harvard Papers in Botany 15(1): 85-91.
(89) Snow, N., P. G. Wilson. 2010. New species of Eugenia and Gossia (Myrtaceae: Myrteae) from Papua New Guinea. Telopea 12(3): 453-461. [Corrigendum: Telopea 12(4)]
(88) Snow, N., J. Cantley. 2010. A new species of Uromyrtus and Rhodomyrtus (Myrtaceae: Myrteae) from Kamiali Wildlife Management Area, Papua New Guinea, with an updated key to Rhodomyrtus. Harvard Papers in Botany 15: 63-70.
(87) Snow, N., W. Takeuchi. 2009. New species of Rhodamnia and Xanthomyrtus (Myrtaceae) from the Kamiali Wildlife Management Area, Papua New Guinea. Harvard Papers in Botany 14: 137-143.
(86) Snow, N. 2009. Additional family acronyms for vascular plants. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 3 (2): 993.
(85) Snow, N. In review. Kanakomyrtus N. Snow, In: Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Vol. 23. Myrtaceae, Myrtoideae III.
(84) Snow, N. In review. Xanthomyrtus Diels, In: Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Vol. 23. Myrtaceae, Myrtoideae III.
(83) Snow, N. In review. Rhodomyrtus (DC.) Rchb., In: Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Vol. 23. Myrtaceae, Myrtoideae III.
(82) Snow, N. In review. Rhodamnia Jack, In: Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Vol. 23. Myrtaceae, Myrtoideae III.
(81) Snow, N. In review. Gossia N. Snow & Guymer, In: Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Vol. 23. Myrtaceae, Myrtoideae III.
(80) Snow, N. In review. Uromyrtus Burret, In: Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Vol. 23. Myrtaceae, Myrtoideae III.
(79) Snow, N. In review. Archirhodomyrtus Burret, In: Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Vol. 23. Myrtaceae, Myrtoideae III.
(78) Snow, N. In review. Myrtastrum Burret, In: Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Vol. 23. Myrtaceae, Myrtoideae III.
(77) Snow, N. 2009 Twenty-eight new three-letter family acronyms for vascular plants (with comprehensive listings on-line). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 3: 273-277.
(76) Snow, N. 2009. Kanakomyrtus (Myrtaceae): A new endemic genus from New Caledonia with linear stigma lobes and baccate fruits. Systematic Botany 34: 330-344.
(75) Smith, P. S., D. Hazlett, N. Snow. 2009. New state records of vascular plants for the Southern Rocky Mountain Region. Journal Botanical Research Institute of Texas 3: 317-318.
(74) Snow, N., P.M. Peterson, D. Geraldo-Cañas. 2008. Leptochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae) in Colombia. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 2: 861-874.
(73) Schiebout, M. H., D. Hazlett, N. Snow. 2008. A floristic survey of vascular plants over parts of northeastern New Mexico. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 2: 1407-1447.
(72) Snow, N., J. McFadden, J. P. Atwood. 2008.Three new species of Rhodomyrtus (Myrtaceae) from Papua New Guinea. Austrobaileya 7: 691-706.
(71) Snow, N. 2008. Notes on grasses (Poaceae) in Hawai‘i. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 100: 38-43.
(70) Snow, N. 2008. Studies of Malagasy Eugenia (Myrtaceae) - I: Two new species from the Masoala Peninsula and generic transfers from Monimiastrum. Systematic Botany 33: 343-348.
(69) Snow, N. 2007. Briza L. Pp. 143-144, in: Manual of Grasses for North America. Logan: Utah State University Press.
(68) Snow, N. 2007. Leptochloa P. Beauv., Pp. 198-200, in: Manual of Grasses for North America. Logan: Utah State University Press.
(67) Snow, N. 2007. Limnodea L. H. Dewey, Pp. 180, in: Manual of Grasses for North America. Logan: Utah State University Press.
(66) Snow, N. 2007. Schedonnardus, Pp. 237-238, in: Manual of Grasses for North America. Logan: Utah State University Press.
(65) Snow, N. 2007. Buchloë Engelm., P. 246, in: Manual of Grasses for North America. Logan: Utah State University Press.
(64) Snow, N. 2007. A new combination in Elymus (Poaceae, Triticeae). Phytologia 89: 223-224.
(63) Snow, N. 2007. Limnodea L. H. Dewey, P. 75. Flora of North America, Vol. 24. Oxford Univ. Press.
(62) Snow, N. 2007. Briza L., Pp. 612-614. Flora of North America, Vol. 24., Oxford Univ. Press.
(61) Snow, N. 2007. Systematics of the Australian species of Rhodamnia (Myrtaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 82: 1-69.
(60) Snow, N. 2006. New species of Gossia N. Snow & Guymer and Rhodomyrtus (DC.) Hassk. (Myrtaceae) from Papua New Guinea. Austrobaileya 7: 325-340.
(59) Pritekel, C., A. Whittemore-Olson, N. Snow, J. C. Moore. 2006. Impacts from invasive plant species and their control on the plant community and belowground ecosystem at Rocky Mountain National Park, USA. Applied Soil Ecology 32: 132-141.
(58) Snow, N. 2005. Successfully curating smaller herbaria and natural history collections in academic settings. BioScience 55: 771-779.
(57) Snow, N. 2005. A new combination in Boechera (Brassicaceae) for the Rocky Mountain Region. Madroño 52: 62.
(56) Snow, N. 2005. Five new combinations of Gossia in the Myrtle Family (Myrtaceae) from Australasia. Novon 15: 477-478.
(55) Snow, N., J. W. Brasher, R. Wallace, J. Grasser, W. F. Jennings. 2004. Noteworthy collections: Colorado. Madroño 51: 331-332.
(54) Brasher, J. W., N. Snow. 2004. Further update to Weber’s 3-letter family acronym system. Taxon 53 (3): 1-3 (electronic version; website now defunct).
(53) Snow, N. 2004. A first report of Leptochloa panicea subsp. brachiata (Poaceae) from Western Australia. Nuytsia 15: 169-170.(52) Holst, B.K., M. Serrano, N.W. Snow, L. Kawasaki, P.M. Jorgensen. Myrtaceae. In: Catálago de las Plantas Vasculares de Bolivia (Missouri Botanical Garden). (13 pp ms. accepted: publication 2013 or later).
(51) Snow, N. 2004. Systematics of Pilidiostigma (Myrtaceae). Systematic Botany 29: 393-406.
(50) Snow, N. In Reivew. Rhodamnia, Flora of Australia, Vol. 20.
(49) Snow, N. In Review. Gossia, Flora of Australia, Vol. 20.
(48) Snow, N. In Review. Decaspermum, Flora of Australia, Vol. 20.
(47) Snow, N. In Review. Pilidiostigma Burret, Flora of Australia, Vol. 20.
(46) Snow, N. In Review. Lenwebbia N. Snow & Guymer, Flora of Australia, Vol. 20.
(45) Snow, N. In Review. Archirhodomyrtus Burret, Flora of Australia, Vol. 20.
(44) Snow, N. In Review. Psidium L., Flora of Australia, Vol. 20.
(43) Snow, N. In Review. Austromyrtus (Nied.) Burret, Flora of Australia, Vol. 20.(42) Snow, N. In Review. Rhodomyrtus (DC.) Rchb., Flora of Australia, Vol. 20.
(41) Snow, N. In Review. Uromyrtus Burret, Flora of Australia, Vol. 20.
(40) Snow, N. In Review. Lithomyrtus F. Mueller, Flora of Australia, Vol. 20.
(39) Snow, N. 2003. Schedonnardus Steud. Flora of North America. Vol. 25: 228-230.
(38) Snow, N. 2003. Buchloë Engelm. Flora of North America, Vol. 25: 270-271, Oxford Univ. Press.
(37) Snow, N. 2003. Leptochloa P. Beauv. Flora of North America. Vol. 25: 51-60, Oxford Univ. Press.
(36) Snow, N., G. P. Guymer, G. Sawvel. 2003. Systematics of Austromyrtus, Lenwebbia, and the Australian species of Gossia (Myrtaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 65: 1-95. doi:10.2307/25027907
(35) Peterson, P. M., N. Snow. 2001. Leptochloa P. Beauv., Pp. 130-137, In: Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): II. Subfamily Chloridoideae. Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium Vol. 41.