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Department of Horticulture (970) 491-7050
and Landscape Architecture FAX (970) 491-7745
Colorado State University E-mail: hghughes@lamar.colostate.edu
Fort Collins, CO 80523
EDUCATION
B.S. Botany; Eastern Illinois University; Charleston, IL
Ph.D. Plant Genetics and Breeding; Department of Horticulture;
Purdue University; West Lafayette, IN
EXPERTISE
Educator teaching and training students in many areas of applied plant biotechnology as well as training in genetics and horticulture. General plant propagation, plant tissue culture and micropropagation. Plant genetics and breeding. Germplasm preservation. Small fruit culture. Applied plant biotechnology-transformation with particle gun and Agrobacterium, as well as DNA fingerprinting using RAPD technology.
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Purdue University, Instructor 9/1/73 - 6/1/74
Department of Horticulture
SUNY - Cobleskill, Teaching Faculty 9/1/74 - 9/1/76
Department of Plant Science
University of Kentucky, Visiting Professor, 6/1/75 - 8/15/75
Department of Agronomy, Research
University of Rhode Island, Teaching Faculty, 9/1/76 - 8/1/77
Department of Plant Science
Colorado State University, Teaching/Research Faculty 8/15/77
- present
Department of Horticulture
Sabbatical Leave, Research, 6/11/84 - 12/31/84
University of California, Davis
Fruit and Nut Clonal Repository
Summer Cooperative Research 6/10/91 - 8/25/91
SERI
Transformation in Higher Plants; Particle Gun and Protoplast
Uptake of DNA
Sabbatical Leave, Research 1/15/92 - 7/15/92
Plant Molecular Biology Laboratory
USDA, Beltsville, MD
Transformation in Apple and Peach (Agrobacterium and Particle
Gun)
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Instructor in numerous courses; currently instructor in Basic Horticulture, Plant Propagation, Plant Tissue Culture, Plant Breeding, Fruit Crop Production, and Germplasm Preservation courses.
Instructor for Tissue Culture for Crops Project training courses in plant tissue culture. Coauthored the training manual.
Advisor or co-advisor to 25 (8 Ph.D., 17 M.S.) graduate students who completed their degrees and 6 (2 Ph.D., 4 M.S.) currently in progress.
Published over 40 refereed articles on plant propagation, tissue culture, breeding and small fruit culture. Published over 30 nonrefereed, extension articles and numerous local and regional presentations to growers groups.
Presented 75 reports at Horticultural and Plant Tissue Culture national and international meetings. Consultant to plant propagators, both traditional as well as tissue culture.
Invited speaker to National Council for Therapy and Rehabilitation through Horticulture Conference on Fruit Crop Uses, 1985.
Invited speaker to North African Conference on Date Palm Propagation, sponsored by FAO, October of 1989.
Adviser to 7 students, both graduate and undergraduate, who have won awards for research at regional and national meetings.
AFFILIATIONS
Member in Sigma Xi, American Society for Horticultural Science, International Plant Tissue Culture Association, International Horticultural Society, The American Genetic Association, Phi Alpha Xi, Alpha Zeta and Gamma Sigma Delta
HONORS
1966-69 Illinois State Education Scholarship
1968 Outstanding Botany Student Award
1977 Award in Appreciation for Guidance and Leadership from U.R.I.
Plant and Soil Science Club
1979 Outstanding Professor in Horticulture at Colorado State University
1990 NACTA/Charles N. Shepardson Meritorious Teaching Award
1991 Award of Appreciation for Outstanding Service - CSU Horticulture
Club
1991 President, Western Regions - ASHS
1994 Candidate for Vice-President for Education, American Society
for Horticultural Science
1994 Outstanding Graduate Adviser for American Society of Horticulture
Science
Gamma Sigma Delta Alpha Zeta Sigma Xi
Pi Alpha Xi Beta Beta Beta