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USDA-ARS Research Biologist and Lab Manager
Cornell University
175 Biotechnology Bldg
Ithaca, NY 14853-2703
office: 607-255-1386
fax: 607-255-6249
cell: 607-275-1748
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Education
Ph.D. in Biology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, 12/1989, Dissertation: The ecology of breeding‑system variation in Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich. Advisor: Dr. Henry F. Howe
Visiting student, Committee on Institutional Cooperation Travelling Scholar Program, Zoology and Botany Departments, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Spring 1983.
B.S. degree in Biology (Concentration in Ecology and Systematics), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1/1981.
Visiting Student, Friends World College, Machakos, Kenya, 1975-76.
Awards
Fulbright‑Hayes/Spanish Government Grant, 1986‑87
University of Iowa Teaching‑Research Fellowship, 1982‑85
Professional Experience
Research Biologist and Lab Manager USDA-ARS, Cornell University 2/2006-present.
Dissecting Complex Traits in Maize by Applying Genomics, Bioinformatics, and Genetic Resources and Project Manager, 9/2007 to present, USDA-DOE Plant Feedstock Genomics for Bioenergy Project: “Developing association mapping in polyploidy perennial biofuel grasses”.
Dr. Edward S. Buckler.
Research Associate Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, 11/2004- 1/2006
Molecular systematics and evolution of polyploidy in Tripsacum, sister genus of maize.
Dr. Jeffrey J. Doyle.
Research Associate Boyce Thompson Institute, 1/2001 – 10/2004.
Molecular Genetic Dissection of Red/Far-red Light Signaling Pathways in Maize.
Dr. Thomas P. Brutnell.
{In addition to research, Outreach Coordinator for Emerson Summer Genetics Program in Brutnell lab, 2002-04.)
Research Associate Boyce Thompson Institute, 7/1997 – 1/2001.
The Environmental Genetics of Biodiversity: The effects of escalating levels of carbon dioxide and changes in global climate on the genetics of plant populations.
Dr. Robert Kohut.
Laboratory Coordinator Section of Plant Biology, Cornell University, 8/1996 - 6/1997.
Dr. Carolyn Eberhard.
Assistant Professor Dept. of Biology, The College of New Jersey (formerly Trenton State College), 9/1994 ‑ 6/96.
Courses taught: General Biology I (majors), Principles of Biology II (non‑majors), Ecology and Field Biology, Biology of Seed Plants.
Research Associate Dept. of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, 1/1992 ‑ 8/1994. Sex‑chromosome evolution in plants. Dr. Thomas R. Meagher.
Busch Postdoctoral Fellow Dept. of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, 12/1989 ‑ 12/1991. Sex‑chromosome evolution in plants. Dr. Thomas R. Meagher.
Research Assistant Dept. of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, 9/1988 ‑ 11/1989.
The genetics of sexual dimorphism and reproductive success in plant populations.
Dr. Thomas R. Meagher.
Senior Laboratory Technician Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers University, 1/1988 ‑ 8/1988. Molecular genetics of plastids of Euglena. Professor Carl A. Price.
Teaching Assistant Dept. of Biology, The University of Iowa, 1982‑86. Courses: Principles of Animal Biology, Ecology and Evolution, Vertebrate Zoology.
Research Assistant World Wildlife Fund Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project, Manaus, Brazil, 4/1981 ‑ 12/1981. Population biology of rain‑forest trees. Dr. Judy Rankin.
Research Assistant L. H. Bailey Hortorium, Cornell University, 5/1980 ‑ 12/1980. Systematics of Solanum. Dr. Michael D. Whalen.
Research Assistant Harvard Masai Mara Baboon Research Project, Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya, 1976‑79. Field study of baboon behavior. Prof. Irven DeVore.
Publications
Costich, D. and J.L. Popp. 1979. Mara: A Field Guide to Masai Mara Game Reserve. Man & Nature Press, Boston.
Whalen, M.D., D.E. Costich and C. Heiser. 1981. Taxonomy of Solanum Section Lasiocarpa. Gentes Herbarum 12: 41‑129.
Whalen, M.D. and D.E. Costich. 1986. Andromonoecy in Solanum. In Solanaceae: Biology and Systematics, W.D. D'Arcy, ed. Columbia University Press: New York. Pp. 284‑302.
Costich, D.E. and F. Galan. 1988. The ecology of the monoecious and dioecious subspecies of Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich. (Cucurbitaceae) I. Geographic distribution and its relationship to climatic conditions in Spain. Lagascalia 15 (Extra): 697‑710.
Costich, D.E. 1989. A note on the infraspecific nomenclature of Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich. (Cucurbitaceae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 45: 582.
Costich, D.E., T.R. Meagher and E. J. Yurkow. 1991. A rapid means of sex identification in Silene latifolia by use of flow cytometry. Plant Mol. Biol. Reporter 9(4): 359‑370.
Costich, D.E. and T.R. Meagher. 1992. Genetic variation in Ecballium elaterium: Breeding system and geographic distribution. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 5: 589‑601.
Costich, D.E. and T.R. Meagher. 1992. Sex identification in dioecious woody landscape plants. Combined Proceedings of the International Plant Propagators' Society 42: 104‑108.
Costich, D.E., R. Ortiz, T.R. Meagher, L.P. Bruederle, and N. Vorsa. 1993. Determination of ploidy level and nuclear DNA content in blueberry by flow cytometry. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 86: 1001‑1006.
Costich, D.E. 1993. Ecballium A. Richard. In Flora Iberica, Vol. III, Castroviejo, S., et al., eds. Real Jardin Botanico: Madrid. Pp. 456‑458.
Costich, D.E. 1994. Ecballium elaterium‑‑The squirting cucumber. ("Profiles in Cucurbits") The Cucurbit Network News 1: 1‑2.
Meagher, T.R. and D.E. Costich. 1994. Sexual dimorphism in nuclear DNA content within and between populations of Silene latifolia. American Journal of Botany 81: 1198‑1204.
Costich, D.E. 1995. Gender specialization across a climatic gradient: Experimental comparison of monoecious and dioecious Ecballium elaterium. Ecology 76(4):1036‑1050.
Meagher, T.R. and D.E. Costich. 1996. Nuclear DNA content and floral evolution in Silene latifolia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 263:1455-1460.
Costich, D.E. 1997. Ecballium elaterium: The squirting cucumber of the Mediterranean. Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter 112 (December).
Costich, D.E. and T.R. Meagher. 2001. Impacts of floral gender and whole-plant gender on floral evolution in Ecballium elaterium (Cucurbitaceae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 74:475-487.
Sawers, R.J.H., Philip J. Linley, Phyllis R. Farmer, Nicole P. Hanley, Denise E. Costich, Matthew J. Terry, and Thomas P. Brutnell. 2002. elongated mesocotyl1, a phytochrome-deficient mutant of maize. Plant Physiology 130:155-163.
Markelz, N.H., D.E. Costich, and T.P. Brutnell. Photomorphogenic responses in developing maize seedlings. 2003. Plant Physiology 133: 1578-1591.
Meagher, T. and D.E. Costich. 2004. “Junk” DNA and long-term phenotypic evolution in Silene Section Elisanthe. Proc.R.Soc.London B (Suppl.) 271:S493-S497.
Meagher, T.R., A.C.M. Gillies, and D.E. Costich. 2005. Genome size, quantitative genetics and the genomic basis for flower size evolution in Silene latifolia. Annals of Botany 95:247-254.
Sheehan, M.J., L.M. Kennedy, D.E. Costich, and T.P. Brutnell. 2007. Subfunctionalization of PhyB1 and PhyB2 in the control of seedling and mature plant traits in maize. The Plant Journal 49:338-353.
Blakey, C.A., D.E. Costich, V. Sokolov, and M.N. Islam-Faridi. 2007. Tripsacum genetics: from observations along a river to molecular genomics. Maydica 52:81-99. [Walton Galinat Commemorative Issue]
Meagher, T.R. and D.E. Costich. 2008. “Junk” DNA and phenotypic evolution in Silene section Siphonomorpha. Genetics Research 90:111-118.
Myles, S., J. Peiffer, P.J. Brown, E.S. Ersoz, Z. Zhang, D.E. Costich, and E.S. Buckler. 2009. Association Mapping: Critical considerations shift from genotyping to experimental design. The Plant Cell 21:2194-2202.
Zeid, M., J.K. Yu, I. Goldowitz, M.E. Denton, D.E. Costich, C.T. Jayasuriya, M. Saha, R. Elshire, D. Benscher, F. Breseghello, J. Munkvold, R.K. Varshney, G. Belay, M.E. Sorrells. 2010. Cross-amplification of EST-derived markers among 16 grass species. Field Crops Research 118:28-35.
Costich, D.E., B.Friebe, M.J. Sheehan, M.D. Casler, and E.S. Buckler. In press. Genome-size variation in Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum): Flow cytometry and cytology reveal rampant aneuploidy. The Plant Genome (November 2010 issue).
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