Jeffrey Francis David Dean

Daniel B. Warnell School of Forest Resources
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-2152

Phone: (706) 542-1710
FAX:  (706) 542-8356

e-mail: jeffdean@uga.edu

Education:

Stanford University

B.S.      1980       Chemistry
B.S.      1980        Biology

Purdue University

Ph.D.    1986        Biochemistry

Research and Professional Experience:

1977-80 Research Assistant, Medical Microbiology Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. Bruce A.D. Stocker, advisor.
1978-80 Teaching Assistant, Medical Microbiology and Biology Departments, Stanford University
1980-86 Research Assistant, Purdue University Biochemistry Program, West Lafayette, IN. Klaus M. Herrmann, advisor.
1981-82 Teaching Assistant, Purdue University Biochemistry Program, West Lafayette, IN
1986-90 Postdoctoral Fellow (Plant Physiologist, GS-11), U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Plant Hormone Laboratory, Beltsville, MD. James D. Anderson, advisor
1990-96 Associate Research Biochemist, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (in Karl-Erik L. Eriksson Laboratory)
1996-present Assistant Professor, Daniel B. Warnell School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Affiliations:

Adjunct Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Faculty,               Center for Biological Resource Recovery
                           The Plant Center
                           Center for Metalloenzyme Studies
                           Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

Honors and Awards:

1976                    Presidential Scholar
1976-80               National Merit Scholarship, Bechtel Corporation
1981                    NSF Graduate Fellowship (Honorable Mention)
1986-87               Kinney Postdoctoral Fellowship, Plant Hormone Lab, USDA/ARS
1989                    USDA Merit Award, Computer Training and Installation

Grants Awarded:

Federal -

USDA/CRGO Grant #88-37261-3680, "Studies on the Biosynthesis of Rhamnogalacturonan-II, a Cell Wall Polysaccharide," (J.D. Anderson, co-PI) 9/88 - 9/90

U.S. DOE Grant #92ER20082, "Mechanisms of Lignin Biosynthesis During Xylogenesis," (K-E.L. Eriksson, co-PI) 7/92 - 6/95

USDA/NRICGP Grant #93-02494, "Cloning of Thermostable Xylanases for Large-Scale Production and Use in Pulp Bleaching," (K-E.L. Eriksson, M.W.W. Adams, J. Westpheling co-PIs) 9/93 - 3/96

U.S. DOE Grant #95ER20182, "Mechanisms of Lignin Biosynthesis During Xylogenesis," (K-E.L. Eriksson, co-PI) (Renewal of grant #92ER20082) 7/95 - 6/98

CPBR, "Clonal Propagation of Hybrid Southern Hardwoods," (S.A. Merkle, lead-PI) 7/98 - 6/00

USDA/NRICGP Grant #98-02633, "Is Wood Quality Influenced by the Expression of Genes Controlling Ethylene Biosynthesis?" 11/98 - 10/01

NSF/Alfred P. Sloan Postdoctoral Fellowship in Molecular Evolution, Award # 98-03949, "Was the Divergence of Lignin-specific Laccases Concordant with the Macroevolution of Angiosperm Lignin and Vascular Specialization?" awarded to Bonnie C. McCaig (R.B. Meagher, co-advisor) 01/99 - 12/00

U.S. DOE Grant #99ERXXXXX, "Structure-Function Relationships in Plant Laccases," not yet active

State -

Georgia Consortium for Technological Competitiveness in Pulp and Paper, "Improved Fibers for Pulp and Paper Production Through Genetic Engineering of Southern Tree Species," (K-E.L. Eriksson, S.A. Merkle Co-PIs) 7/93 - 6/96

Georgia Consortium for Technological Competitiveness in Pulp & Paper, "Molecular Manipulation of Reproduction in Southeastern Trees of Commercial Importance," (S.A. Merkle, S.F. Covert, co-PIs) 7/96 - 6/98

Georgia Research Alliance, Agricultural Biotechnology [AGTEC] Facility, (L. Pratt, lead PI) 7/97-6/00

Traditional Industries Program - Pulp & Paper (TIP3), "Identification of Loblolly Pine Genes Whose Expression Patterns are Related to Variations in Wood Quality," (S.F. Covert, R.L. Bailey, B.E. Borders, co-PIs) 7/98 - 6/00

University -

UGA Biotechnology Award, "A Regulated Promoter for Homologous and Heterologous Gene Expression in Streptomyces," (J. Westpheling and K-E.L. Eriksson, co-PIs) 7/93 - 7/95

UGA Biotechnology Award, "A Genetically-Engineered Copper-Binding Polypeptide for Use in Phytoremediation," (S.A. Merkle, co-PI) 7/96 - 6/98
 

Invited Lectures:

Department of Horticulture, University of Maryland, May 2, 1990, "Characterization of the Ethylene Biosynthesis- Inducing Endoxylanase from Trichoderma viride."

Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, April 16, 1990, "Characterization of a Fungal Endoxylanase: An Elicitor of Ethylene Biosynthesis."

Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, October 5, 1992, "Extracellular Phenoloxidases and Lignin Biosynthesis in Higher Plants."

Biology Department, Clark Atlanta University, Oct. 1, 1992, "The Role of Extracellular Phenoloxidases in Lignin Biosynthesis."

U.S. Department of Energy Lignin Workshop, Research Needs in Lignin Biosynthesis and Biodegradation, Asilomar,CA, May 24-27, 1994, "Lacase Involvement in Lignin Deposition."

American Society of Plant Physiology Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, July 29-August 2, 1995, Mini-symposium on Applications of Biotechnology in Woody Plants, "Tailoring Lignin in Forest Trees." Plant Physiol. 108S:21001.

International Meeting on Copper in Biological Systems, Santa Severa (Rome), Italy, September 10-15, 1995, "Structure-Function Relationships in Laccase, a Blue-Copper Oxidase."

Centre de Reserches sur les Macromolécules Végétales (CERMAV/CNRS), University of Grenoble, France, September 19, 1995, "The Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Laccase, a Blue Copper Oxidase."

Centre de Biologie et Physiologie Végétales (CNRS), Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France, September 21, 1995, "Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plant Laccases."

Institute of Paper Science and Technology, November 11, 1995, "Genetic Manipulation of Lignin at the Level of Deposition."

Keystone Symposium, The Extracellular Matrix of Plants: Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Tamarron, CO, March 8-14, 1996, "The Role of Laccase in Lignin Biosynthesis."

American Chemical Society, Tutorial on Lignin Biosynthesis, New Orleans, LA, March 24, 1996, "Oxidative Enzymes Involved in Lignin Deposition."

World Congress on In Vitro Biology, San Francisco, CA, June 22-27, 1996, "Lignin Modification in Forest Trees."

5th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology, Singapore, September 21-27, 1997, "Forest Biology in the Age of Biotechnology."

Journals Referreed

Plant Physiology, Plant Cell, Plant Molecular Biology, Journal of Biological Chemistry, European Journal of Biochemistry, Biochemistry, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Phytochemistry, Scanning Microscopy International, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Transgenic Research, Wetlands Ecology and Management, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Textbooks, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

Grant Reviewer and Panelist

Israel Science Foundation
      Reviewer (1997)

National Science Foundation, Division of Cellular Biosciences,
      Reviewer (1990-present),
      SBIR Panel member (1995)

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC),
      Reviewer (1992-present)

U.S. Department of Agriculture, NRICGP Plant Sciences Division,
      Reviewer (1987-present)
      Panel Member (1999)

U.S. Department of Energy, Division of Energy Biosciences,
      Reviewer (1992-present)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Graduate Fellowship and Endocrine Disruptor programs
      Reviewer (1996)
      Panel member (1997, 1999)

Postdoctoral Advisor

Dr. Raja Sterjiades
Dr. Lan Liu
Dr. Peter R. LaFayette
Dr. Walter Lorenz         (Current)
Dr. Bonnie McCaig       (Current)

Graduate Thesis Advisor

J. Todd Hoopes, Ph.D.          Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UGA, 1994-present
John Barnes, Ph.D.                Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UGA, 1996-present
Yuefang Wang, Ph.D.            School of Forest Resources, UGA, 1997-present

Graduate Thesis Committees

Dr. Rene Kapik, Ph.D.             Institute of Paper Science and Technology, Atlanta, GA, 1990-1994
Suzanne DeBlois, M.S.             Department of Microbiology, UGA, 1991-1996
Dr. Myong Kim, Ph.D.             Warnell School of Forest Resources, UGA, 1993-1997
Vincent Ciavatta, M.S.              Institute of Paper Science and Technology, Atlanta, GA, 1994-1995
Dr. Chih-Cheng Chen, Ph.D.     Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UGA, 1994-1998
Christopher Hoehamer, Ph.D.    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UGA, 1994-present
Dr. Anand Sethuraman, Ph.D.    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UGA, 1995-1997
Stephen Van Winkle, Ph.D.        Institute of Paper Science and Technology, Atlanta, GA, 1996-present
Cristine Estes, M.S.                    Institute of Paper Science and Technology, Atlanta, GA, 1996-1997
Dongsheng Che, Ph.D.               School of Forest Resources, UGA, 1998-present
Jonathan Moon                          Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UGA, 1998-present
Hakan Bermek, Ph.D.                Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UGA, 1998-1999
Allan Cooper, M.S.                    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UGA, 1998-1999

Undergraduate Research Project Advisor

Charles Peeler,               Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, (1994)
Amy Gifford,                  Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, (1995)
Jennifer R. Smith,            Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, (1995-96), and Howard Hughes (summer 1995)
Scott Rahimi,                  Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (1996)
Samantha Alexander,      Howard Hughes Internship (summer 1996), Department of Biology, Honors Program (1996-1997)
Veronica Jelkes,              Howard Hughes Internship (summer 1997)
Nathaniel Cosper            Center for Metalloenzyme Studies Internship, summer 1997
Pavan Pancholy               Center for Metalloenzyme Studies Internship, summer 1997
Lisa Sanderson,               Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (1998)
Carlene Richardson         Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (1998)

Professional Society Memberships

American Society of Plant Physiologists (ASPP)
International Society for Plant Molecular Biology (ISPMB)
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Sigma Xi

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