Curriculum Vitae
Rytas J Vilgalys, Professor
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139 Bio Sci Bldg
Box 90338919-660-7361, 660-7362 (office) 
(email)
- PhD Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985
- MS Botany Virginia Tech, 1982
- BA Botany State University of New York College at Geneseo, 1978
- Areas of Research
Phylogenetic systematics and molecular evolution in fungi
- Professional Experience / Employment History
- Duke University
- Professor of Biology, Biology, 2000 - present
- Professor of Botany, Botany, 1999 - 2000
- Adjunct Professor, Microbiology, 1999 - present
- Member, Duke University Mycology Research Unit (DUMRU), , 1999 - present
- Associate Professor of Botany, Botany, 1993 - 1999
- Member, Duke University Program in Genetics, , 1988 - present
- Member, Duke University Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, , 1988 - present
- Assistant Professor of Botany, Botany, 1986 - 1993
- U.S.D.A.
- Postdoctoral Associate, Systematic Mycology Laboratory, December, 1985 - August, 1986
- A. Rossman, supervisor
- Visiting Positions
- Scientist, CSIRO Forestry Division, 1995
- Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
see cv, December, 2007
New York State Regents Scholarship, 1975-1978
AAAS Fellow
Mid-Career Fellowship, Mycological Society of America
Alexopolous Award, Mycological Society of America
Outstanding dissertation award, College of Arts and Sciences, Virginia Tech
Gertrude S. Burlingham Fellowship, New York Botanical Garden
- Conferences Organized
- Symposium Organizer, International Mycological Congress, 1994, 1998, 2002
- Symposium Organizer, XVI International Botanical Congress, 1999
- Professional Service
- DGS
- Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Botany, 1995 - 1998
- PreMajor Advisor
- Pre-Major Advising Center, 1996 - 1998
- Dept Committee
- Biology Dept Graduate Affairs Committee, 2000 - 2005
- (Faculty) Performance Review Committee, 2003 - 2006
- Biology Department Curriculum Committee, 2006 - present
- Graduate Advisory Committee, 2004
- Chair, Tenure Review Committee for F. Lutzoni, December 2004
- Tenure/Appt committee for Tom Mitchell Olds, January 2004
- Plant evolutionary biologist search, Botany Department, 1998 - 1999
- Department Chair search, Dept. of Microbiology, Duke Medical Center, 1993 - 1994
- Plant Systematics Search Committee, Botany Department, 1988 - 1989, 1994-1995
- A&S Council
- Arts and Science Council, 1997 - 2000
- Univ Committee
- University Program in Genetics and Genomics Executive Committee, 2003 - present
- Executive Committee, University Program in Genetics and Genomics, 1993 - present
- Steering Committee, Duke University Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, 2000 - 2003
- Library Director Search Committee, September, 1993 - October, 1993
- NSF Reviews And Panels
- NSF Systematic Biology Panel, 1991-1993, 1995-1998
- NSF Microbial Interactions and Processes, December 2004
- NSF Biotic Surveys ans Inventories Program, 2003
- NSF Microbial Ecology, 2002
also Microbial Biology Postdocs
- Univ Services
- Faculty Mentor, Howard Hughes Fellowship Program, 1991 - present
- Duke Young Scholars Program in Sciences and Mathematics, Summer Program 1989
- Dept Services
- D.U.F.C.A.S.Botany Department Representative, 1988 - 1990
- Editorial Boards
- Associate Editor, Intern. J. Plant Sciences, 1997 - 2005
- Associate Editor, Mycological Research, 1999 - 2003
- Associate Editor, Mycologia, 1993 - 1998
- Assistant Editor, Systematic Biology, 1994 - 1996
- Grant Panels
- U.S.D.A. Forest Biology Panel, 1989
- Service to the Community
- Faculty Mentor, Carolinas-Ohio Science Education Network (COSEN), 1991 - 2003
- Mushroom Workshops & Forays, around Durham, December 2011
Our lab has hosted several workshops on cultivated mushrooms, beer brewing and other 'applied mycology' topics for interested amateur mycology groups and public service groups. We plan to host a departmental shitake & oyster 'logapalooza' this spring, so stay tuned! - Academic Mentor, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Mentorship Program, 1989 - 1990
- Other
- Past President, MSA, 2011
- President, Mycological Society of America, 2010
- Membership in professional organization, April 2005
Mycological Society of America, British Mycological Society, American Society of Plant Taxonomists, Botanical Society of America, Society for Systematic Biology,Society for the Study of Evolution, Society for the Study of Molecular Evolution, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society - Standing Committee Member, Systematics Agenda, 1991-1992, 2000, 2009
This panel was convened by the NSF to make recommendations about programs that should be funded to enhance evolutionary systematics. We last met at NESCENT in fall of 2009. - Local Arrangements Committee, Chair, Mycological Society of America Annual Meetings, UNC-Asheville, June, 2004
- Councilor, Mycological Society of America, 1991 - 1993
Program Committee 1989-1995 (also current), Endowment Committee 1989-1992, Councilor 1999-2002
- Selected Recent Invited Talks
- Oak Ridge National Labs, July 8, 2011
- 2009, Central Washington University (Ellensburg); CSIRO Plant Industry (Canberra), 20 December 2010
- 2010, Mid-Atlantic States Mycological Conference, NC A&T, Mycol. Soc. America (Louisville); 10th International Mycological Congress, Edinburgh, 20 December 2010
- 2008, European Fungal Genetics meetings (Edinburgh); Mid-Atlantic States Mycology Conference (Duke Univ.); Mycological Society of America (Penn State), 15 December 2008
- 2007, Mid-Atlantic States Mycological Conference, Beltsville, MD. (May); Cornell University Plant Pathology Dept (Student Speaker, May); Mycological Soc. America, Baton Rouge (Aug); North American Mycological Association, Pipestem, WV (Aug); Soil Global Change Research Coordination Network, Duke (Dec), 2007
- 2006, NSF Deep Hypha workshop, Baton Rouge (Feb); Mid-Atlantic States Mycological Conference, Penn. State Univ. (May); Mountain Lake Biological Station, Virginia (June); Mycological Soc. America, Quebec (July); International Mycological Congress, Cairns (August); British Mycological Society, Kew (Dec), 2006
- seminars/symposium talks, 2005
- NSF Tree of Life PI's Meeting, November, 2004
- MSA Annual Meeting, 2004
- NC A&T, April, 2004
- University of Alaska, March, 2004
- NSF IRCEB meetings, Tempe, AZ, November, 2003
- Departmental seminar, Wake Forest University, September, 2003
- NSF Microbial Observatories Meetings, Arlington, September, 2003
- American Phytopathology Society meetings, Charlotte, August, 2003
- Mycological Society of America Annual Meeting, Asilomar, CA, July, 2003
- NSF Deep Hypha Meetings, Chicago, IL, April, 2003
- 7th International Mycological Congress, Oslo, Norway, August, 2002
- Ecological Society of America/NSF NEON Program, Boulder, CO, June, 2002
- Departmental Seminars, Oak Ridge Laboratories, Ga. Southern Univ., 2002
- Tree of Life Symposium, American Museum of Natural History, May 29-June 1, 2002
- Middle Atlantic States Mycological Conference, Beltsville, MD, April, 2002
- 21st Fungal Genetics Conference, Asilomar, CA, 2001
- 2nd Cryptococcus Genomics Meeting, St. Louis, 2001
- Eastern Carolina University, 2001
- Middle Atlantic States Mycology Conference, Athens, GA, 2001
- Mycological Society of America annnual meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2001
- Penn State Univ, 2001
- Workshop for Fungal Genomics, Whitehead Institute, 2001
- Clark University, 2000
- Harvard University Herbaria, 2000
- Humboldt University, Berlin, 2000
- International Union of Microbiological Sciences Congress, Sydney, Australia, 1999
- Mt. Lake Biological Station, Pembroke, VA, 1999
- XVI International Botanical Congress, St. Louis, 1999
- 6th International Mycological Congress, Jerusalem, 1998
- Biology and phylogeny of basidiomycetous yeasts, Vigo, Spain, 1998
- British Mycological Society Autumn meeting, Kew, United Kingdom, 1998
- Dept. of Biology, Virginia Tech, 1998
- Dept. of Forest Mycology and Pathology, University of Uppsala, 1998
- Mycological Society of America Annual Meeting, San Juan, 1998
- 19th Fungal Genetics Conference, Asilomar, CA, 1997
- Dept. of Biology, Vanderbilt University, 1997
- Dept. of Botany, University of Georgia, 1997
- Dept. of Plant Biology, UC-Berkeley, 1997
- Duke University Mycology Research Unit, 1997
- Plant Biotechnology Seminar, Oregon State University, 1997
- Dept. of Botany, Duke University, 1996
- Dept. of Microbiology, Humboldt University, Berlin, 1996
- Phylogeny of Life Symposium, University of Arizona, 1996
- 15th Annual Meeting for Microbial Systematics, Lake Kawaguchi, Japan, 1995
- Australian Society for Systematic Botany, National Herbarium, Canberra, Australia, 1995
- CSIRO Division of Forestry, Canberra, Australia, 1995
- Dept. of Botany and Zoology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 1995
- Laboratory of Systematic Mycology and Lichenology, Academica Sinica, Beijing, 1995
- Landcare Research, Auckland, New Zealand, 1995
- Bailey Hortorium, Cornell University, 1994
- Dept. of Biological Sciences, Southern Florida University, Tampa, FL, 1994
- Dept. of Plant Pathology, Texas A&M University, 1994
- Fifth International Mycological Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, 1994
- 2009, Central Washington University (Ellensburg); CSIRO Plant Industry (Canberra), 20 December 2010
- Doctoral Theses Directed
- Jason Thacker, molecular evolution of laccase genes in fungi, (2004)
- Dolores Gonzalez, (2004)
- Annette Golonka, ecology of nectar-inhabiting microorganisms associated with Silene, (2002)
- Anne Pringle, Genetics of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, (2001)
- Terry Henkle, Ecology and systematics of neotropical fungi, (2001)
- Shian-Ren Liou, Evolutionary genetics of speciation and intersterility in Pleurotus, (2000)
- Jacqui Johnson, Molecular systematics of the genus Lepiota sensu lato, (1997)
- Mary Malik, The genetics and evolution of somatic self/nonself recognition in the oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus, (1996)
- Peggy Schultz, Community dynamics of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from an old field community, (1996)
- Francois Lutzoni, (1995)
- John Hopple, Molecular evolution and systematics of Coprinus, (1994)
- David Hibbett, Molecular systematics of the genus Lentinus, (1991)
- Jeri L. Parrent, Effects of CO2 enrichment on fungal communities, (2006)
- Dolores Gonzalez, (2004)
- Publications (listed separately)
Last modified: 2011/12/21
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