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RMRS Shrub Sciences Laboratory
735 North 500 East
Provo, UT 84606-1856

(801) 356-5100

Professional Background:
E. Durant McArthur, Project leader and research geneticist, was born in Hurricane, Utah on March 12, 1941. Earned Associate in Science degree (with honors) at Dixie College, St. George, UT in 1963, B.S. in Molecular and Genetic Biology (cum laude) in 1965, M. S. in Molecular and Genetic Biology with Botany minor in 1967, and Ph. D. in biology (plant genetics) in 1970 at the University of Utah (Cytogenetics and evolution of Mimulus). He completed a postdoctoral research stint at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom, 1970-1971, on the cytogenetics of domesticated and wild Brassiceae--cabbage and relatives).
Employment History:
1972-1975 Research Geneticist, Great Basin Experimental Range, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, USDA Forest Service, Ephraim, UT 1975-1983 Research Geneticist, Shrub Sciences, Laboratory, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, USDA Forest Service, Provo, UT 1983-present Project Leader and Chief Research Geneticist, Shrub Sciences Laboratory, Rocky Mountain Research Station (Intermountain Research Station until 1997), USDA Forest Service, Provo, UT 1976-present, Adjunct Professor Department of Botany and Range Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT Author of 350+ research papers, including journal articles, government serials, book chapters and symposium proceedings (contributor and compiler), and abstracts.
	Honors:
Sigma Xi grantee, 1970 USDA Forest Service Superior Scientist, 1990 NSF grantee, 1981, 85, 96; USDA Cooperative State Research Education and Extention Service grantee, 1986, 1991 Society for Range Management Outstanding Achievement Award, 1992 USDA Forest Service Distinguished Scientist, 1996 Rocky Mountain Research Station Eminent Scientist Publication Award, 2001
	Professional Activies:

The Botanical Society of America The Society of Range Management (president of the Utah Section, 1987) The Society for the Study of Evolution American Genetic Association The Society for Ecological Restoration The Society of the Sigma Xi Shrub Research Consortium (Chairman from 1983-present) Intermountain Consortium for Aridlands Research (President 1991-present)
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