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Dr. Dan Evans |
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| Dr. Evans joined the Marshall faculty in 1974 as an Assistant Professor in the biology department in the former College of Arts and Sciences. Presently, he is a Professor of Biological Science in the College of Science. Dan's research interests include the restoration of wetlands and riparian habitat, rare and endangered plant species, medicinal plants and the ethnobotoany of Ecuador. Also, since 1974, he has served as the Curator of the Marshall University Herbarium. Additionally, during his tenure at Marshall, he has directed the Master's Theses of 24 graduate students. Dr. Evans has provided scores of significant studies for, among others, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, American Electric Power, the Ohio Power Company and the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources. Among numerous awards and honors, Dr. Evans is a National Science Fellow and the recipient of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society's Bartholomew Award for Service to Botany. His membership in professional organizations include the American Society of Plant Taxonomists, the Society of Herbarium Curators (Past President), the Herb Research Foundation, the South American Explores Club and the West Virginia Academy of Science. | |
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| About Dr. Dan Evans | |
| Research |
Dr. Evans is the Curator of the Marshall University Herbarium. His research focuses on the West Virginia flora and taxonomy of vascular plants, rare species, and wetland plant communities, as well as ethnobotany of indigenous people of the Andes and Upper Amazon Basin of Ecuador.
As the 19th Drinko Academy Fellow, Dr. Evans received a stipend, research monies, a student assistant, and reassigned time. In addition to continuing his research on Ecuador and Nepal, he has been producing images of the Herbarium's research plant collections for an online database. |
| Teaching | Dr. Evans has regularly taught courses in Plant Toxonomy, Advanced Plant Taxonomy, Economic Botany, Medicinal Plants, Dendrology, and Wetland Science. He developed Advanced Plant Taxonomy, Wetlands, and Medicinal Plants, and co-developed Tropical Studies, a course held in Belize for College of Science students. In addition, he developed a Wetland Plant Identification course for employees of the Corps of Engineers in Huntington, WV. |
| Service | Dr. Evans received the Elizabeth Ann Bartholomew Award for Distinguished Service to Botany and the Public. He is a member of the Urban Forestry Committee of Huntington, WV, and has served as President of the Society of Herbarium Curators and as a co-editor for the journal Castanea. |
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