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BS - 2001 - Biology, Arkansas
Tech University, Russellville, AR
MS
- 2004 - Biology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
PhD - 2009 - Biology,
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Currently a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Mississippi State
University
Arriving at ASU January 2010
Office:
Phone:
Email:
tmarsico@astate.edu
Curriculum
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Evolutionary Ecology and Plant
Taxonomy
- Coevolution of Plant-Insect Interactions:
Dr. Marsico uses a study system of prickly pear cacti (Opuntia
species) and cactus-feeding moths (Cactoblastis cactorum and
Melitara prodenialis) to investigate the relationship of plants and
their insect herbivores in differentially coevolved species
combinations. This research combines field observations, laboratory
experiments, and molecular techniques to investigate patterns and
mechanisms involved in herbivore recognition and defense by the
plant and counterdefense by the insect.
- Flora of Arkansas: The Arkansas Vascular Flora Project
began in 1999 with the goal “to publish a definitive treatment for
the flora of Arkansas--The Manual of the Vascular Plants of
Arkansas.” Results from the project to date include a Checklist of
the Vascular Plants of Arkansas (2006) and an Atlas of the Vascular
Plants of Arkansas (2009). Taxonomic treatments for many groups are
still needed for the publication of the Manual. Students interested
in the identification, description, distribution, and conservation
of Arkansas’s plant species will have an opportunity to participate
in this statewide effort.
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Students Graduate and PhD: If you
are interested in pursuing projects related to the research described
above, please contact Dr. Marsico at
tmarsico@astate.edu. He is looking for one or two motivated
Ph.D. students to begin Fall 2010.
Undergraduate:
- Directed Study (Independent Research): If you are an undergraduate
and are interested in pursuing directed research in botany or
plant-insect interactions, please contact Dr. Marsico at
tmarsico@astate.edu.
- Work Study: The Arkansas State University herbarium (STAR)
houses a collection of 24,000 plant specimens. We are embarking
on a project to digitize the collections in the herbarium, and
Dr. Marsico wants interested students who qualify for Work Study
to contact him at
tmarsico@astate.edu.
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