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Greetings!!!

You've found Dr. Whitson's homepage. I can reliably be reached by e-mail if you have questions or need to set up an appointment. For those who want to drop by, my office hours and schedule are printed below.

My office (SC 101B) is located in the Herbarium/Museum complex on the first floor
of the Natural Science Center. The door is by the native tanks, and if it's unlocked, then I'm probably nearby.

Who: Dr. Mary Kathryn (Maggie) Whitson, Associate Professor of Botany & Director of the Herbarium

Office
: SC 101B (in the Herbarium)

Office hours for Spring 2012
:
Tu/R 1 pm - 2:30 pm,
or by appointment

Phone
: 859-572-1411

E-mail: whitsonma@nku.edu

Courses I teach:

Spring 2012:

Bio 120L: Non-majors Biology lab
Bio 202L: Clinical Micro lab

Bio 313 & L: General Botany & lab


Fall 2012:

Bio 312 & L: Dendrology (Tree &
Shrub ID. A field course.)

Bio 358: Evolution of Organisms


Research Interests:
Kentucky flora. Databasing the specimens of the NKU herbarium. Plant systematics & evolution. The Solanaceae (tomato family), the genus Physalis (tomatillos).


M. Whitson's Spring 2012 Schedule

Monday: Research time, Herbarium/greenhouse.

Tuesday: Bio 313, 10:00 am, SC 168
.................. Bio 313L, 11-12:50 pm, SC 168
.................. Office hours, 1-2:30 pm, SC 101B
.................. Bio 120L 010, 3:05-4:55 pm, SC 261

Wednesday: Bio 202L 002 Microbiology lab, 1-2:50 pm, SC 329

Thursday: Bio 313, 10:00 am, SC 168
.................... Bio 313L, 11-12:50 pm, SC 168
.................... Office hours, 1-2:30 pm, SC 101B

Friday: Bio 202L 002 Microbiology lab, 1-2:50 pm, SC 329


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