Jim Mickle
Bio
My research has focused mainly on “whole-plant” taxonomy of fossil plants, conifer taxonomy and phylogeny, growth and development in fossil plant vegetative organs, angiosperm fossil fruits, taxonomy and biogeography of Carboniferous and Cretaceous plants, and cuticular micromorphology of living cycads. I have concentrated my research on fossil plants from eastern North America and southern Europe, and have been involved in extensive museum work with the University of Naples Botanical Garden in Naples, Italy.
Courses Taught:
- PB 200 Plant Life
- PB 544 Plant Geography
- PB 545 Paleobotany
- PB 400 Plant Structure and Diversity (Spring)
- BIO 185 General Biology
Education
Ph.D. Botany Ohio University 1983
M.S. Botany Ohio State University 1978
B.S. Botany Ohio State University 1976
Area(s) of Expertise
Paleobotany and Plant Morphology
Publications
- Evolutionary Signal of Leaflet Anatomy in the Zamiaceae , INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES (2020)
- Stomata morphological traits in two different genotypes of Populus nigra L. , IFOREST-BIOGEOSCIENCES AND FORESTRY (2015)
- Scanning electron microscopy studies of cuticle micromorphology in Cycas L. (Cycadaceae) , PLANT BIOSYSTEMS (2011)
- Sagaria cilentana gen. et sp nov.-A New Angiosperm Fructification from the Middle Albian of Southern Italy , CRETACEOUS RESEARCH (2010)