Kenneth M. Olsen
Assisant Professor
Washington University, Department of Biology
Evolution, Ecology, and Population Biology Program
Plant Biology Program
Research Associate, Missouri Botanical Garden
Contact Information
Research
Education
Support
Teaching Experience
Biology Department
Campus Box 1337
Washington University
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
KOlsen(at)wustl.edu
(314) 935-7013
To see a full list of my publications and presentations, download my C.V.
EDUCATION:
- Washington University in St. Louis, Biology major, French minor, B.A., May 1991, College Honors.
- The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Botany, M.A., August 1993.
- Washington University in St. Louis, Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences (Program in Population and Evolutionary Biology), PhD, August 2000.
- Post-doctoral work: North Carolina State University, Department of Genetics, Aug. 2000 - Jan 2005.
CURRENT SUPPORT:
- NSF CAREER award DEB-0845497: Clover cyanogenesis: integrating ecological and molecular genetics in the study of adaptation, PI.
- NSF DBI-0638820 (Plant Genome Research Program - PGCSP): The evolutionary genomics of invasive weedy rice, PI. (co-PIs: Ana L. Caicedo and Yulin Jia).
- JGI-DOE genome sequencing proposal: Sequencing the genome of cassava (Manihot esculenta): a starch-rich energy crop, Co-PI. (PI: Claude Fauqet).
- NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Fellowship (PHS 416-1): Sponsor for Briana Gross, Evolutionary Response to Parallel Selective Pressures in Cultivated Rice Species (co-sponsor: B. Schaal).
PAST SUPPORT:
- National Geographic Society: Human exploration and dispersal history of the coconut (Cocos nucifera L.), PI.
Teaching Experience:
Evolution (Bio3501), Fall 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009
Evolution (U29-525), Summer 2007, 2008 and 2009
EEPB graduate seminar: Ethics and Research Science (Bio5011), Spring 2008
EEPB graduate seminar: Seminar in Population Biology (Bio580), Spring 2007 and 2009
Plant Biology graduate seminar (Bio572), Spring 2007