ROB PARATLEY
Curator, University Herbarium
Contact
me:
214 Thomas Poe Cooper Building (Office: 217)
Lexington, KY 40546-0073
Phone: (859) 257-3094
Fax: (859) 323-1031
Email: rparatl@uky.edu
Education:
BA (1969), State University of New York, Binghamton
major: Geography
Phi Beta Kappa
MS (1986), Cornell University
major: Plant Ecology
Sage Scholarship
Professional Experience
Curator, University of Kentucky Herbarium (January, 1995-present)
management of herbarium collection; public information and outreach; undergraduate and graduate instruction; research support in taxonomic botany and ecology
Instructor, University of Kentucky (August 1993-December 1993 and August 1994-December 1994)
Botanical Consulting-
Lexington-Fayette County Urban Government, 2000-01 botanical survey
Boyce Thompson Institute, 1991-plant survey and identification, fly ash landfill
Cornell University, 1990-vegetation analysis and plant identification, upland forests
University of Pennsylvania, 1988-vegetation analysis and plant identification, Coastal Plain shrub wetland system
Department of Environmental Conservation, New York State, 1987-floristic study of Adirondack watershed
Delano Construction Company, White Plains, NY, 1985-floristics and stand assessment, upland oak forest complex in lower New York State
Financial Manager, Cornell University Art Museum (January 1986-December 1992)
financial controller budget development and management
Publications in Refereed Journals
M.A. Arthur, R.D. Paratley, and B.A. Blankenship, 1998. Single and repeated fires affect survival and regeneration of woody and herbaceous species in an oak-pine forest. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 125: 225- 236.
R.D. Paratley and T. J. Fahey, 1986. Vegetation - environment relations in a conifer swamp in central New York. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 113: 357 - 371.
K.M. Doyle, T.J. Fahey, and R.D. Paratley, 1987. Subalpine heathlands of the Mahoosac Range, Maine. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 114: 429 - 436.
Other Publications
R.D. Paratley, 1998. The ecology of invasive plants and their impacts on native ecosystems. In Natural Resources Newsletter, Department of Forestry.
R.D. Paratley, 1999. Medicinal history of black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa), Lady's Slipper 14:2 &14:3 (Newsletter of the Kentucky Native Plant Society)
R.D. Paratley, 2000. Economic botany of Seneca snakeroot (Polygala senega), Lady's Slipper 14:4 & 15:1
R.D. Paratley, 2001. Economic botany of sassafras, Lady's Slipper, Fall 2001.
Instruction- Courses Taught at U.K.
Taxonomy of Vascular Plants - Spring 1996 to present
Economic Botany-Human Uses of Plants - Fall, 1999 to present
Forestry Field Camps - Dendrology, Summer 1996 to present
Natural Resources Field Camp, Summer 1995, 1996, 1998 to present
Silvics and Tree Identification - Fall 1994
Natural Resource Management and Conservation - Fall 1994 and Fall 1993
Seminars Presented
"Ecology of the earliest flowering plants" February 2000 at Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook NY
"Willows, magnolias, or black pepper-- Changing ideas on ancestral flowering plants" October 1998, Department of Forestry seminar series.
"The Conservatory as teaching resource" September 1998, Department of Horticulture seminar series.
"Plant wars: The Cretaceous takeover of the world's flora by flowering plants" October 1997, Department of Forestry seminar series.
"The modern herbarium: What good are all those specimens?" October 1996, Department of Forestry seminar series.
"The History of Botanical Collecting." March 1996, Department of Forestry seminar series.
Professional Organizations
Torrey Botanical Society 1985-present
Southern Appalachian Botanical Society 1993-2000
Kentucky Native Plant Society 1993-present
Other Professional Activities
Visiting Scientist - Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook NY January 2000-present
Advisory Boards
Floracliff Nature Sanctuary Board of Directors 2001-present
Raven Run Nature Sanctuary Citizens Advisory Board, 1998-present
U.K. - L.F.U.C.G. Arboretum Park Advisory Board, 1997-present
Board of Directors - The Nature Conservancy, Central New York Chapter 1987-1992 (Vice Chair 1991-1992)