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Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware

Ph.D. Plant Protection, University of Delaware, Spring 2005.
Dissertation: Enhancing Delaware Highways: A Natural Vegetation Project.

M.S. Ornamental Horticulture, North Carolina State University, GPA - 4.0, July 1984.
Thesis: Influence of Temperature, Stratification, Light and Media on Germination of Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum (L) DC.)

B.S. Plant Science, University of Delaware, Summa Cum Laude, May 1981

Professional Experience:

Extension Specialist, Professor, Landscape Horticulture, Department of Plant & Soil Sciences, June 1985 to present.
Department Chairperson, Horticulture Business Technology, Fayetteville Technical Institute, Fayetteville, NC, August 1984- June 1985
Teaching Assistant, Department of Horticulture, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, August 1982 – August 1984
Landscape Designer, Gordon Eadie Associates, Phoenixville, PA, March 1982 – July 1982
Garden Center Co-manager, Village Gardens, Paoli, PA, 1979-1982
Teaching Assistant, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 1979-1981

Experience

  • –present
    Professor and Extension Specialist, Ornamental Horticulture, University of Delaware