CURRICULUM VITAE

 

General:

 

            Name:                                       Michael O. Dillon

            Place of Birth:                           Kansas City, Missouri

 

Education:                                           B.A.   University of Northern Iowa

                                                            M.A.   University of Northern Iowa

                                                            Ph.D.  University of Texas at Austin

 

Principal Professional Employment:

 

Curator Emeritus, Botany Department, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL 60605-2498 (2009-present

Chair, Botany Department, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL 60605-2498 (2005-2008)

Curator of Vascular Plants, Botany Department, TFM (1991-2008)

Head of Phanerogams, Botany Department, TFM (1993-present)

Associate Curator, Botany Department, TFM (1985‑1991)

Assistant Curator, Botany Department, TFM (1981‑1985)

Visiting Assistant Curator, Botany Department, TFM (1978‑1981)

 

Adjunct Appointments:

 

Honorary Professor, Universidad Nacional de Cajamarca, Cajamarca, Peru (1990-present)

Docente, Escuela de Post-Grado, Universidad Nacional de Cajamarca, Cajamarca, Peru (1997-present)

Visiting Professor, Universidad Antenor Orrego, Trujillo, Peru (1993-present)

Honorary Professor, Universidad Nacional de San Agustin, Arequipa, Peru (2002-present)

Honorary Professor, Universidad Ricardo Palma, Lima, Peru (2004-present)

Socio Honorario, Colegio de Biologos del Peru (1999-present)

Fellow, Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology & Biodiversity. Pontificia U. Católica de Chile. Santiago, Chile (2006-present)

 

Other Professional Positions:

 

Flora of Ecuador, Editorial Committee (2003-present)

Flora Neotropica, Editorial Committee (1999-2004).

Member, Flora Neotropica Commission (1995-present).

Editorial Committee, Chloris Chilensis (1999-present)

Visiting Researcher Program, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan (May 1994)

Visiting Professor & Curator, Beal-Darlington Herbarium, MSU, East Lansing, MI (1991-1992)

Arnold Arboretum Associate, Harvard University (1991-92)

Adjunct Lecturer, University of Chicago (1981‑1988)

National Endowment to the Arts Postdoctoral Fellow, Missouri Bot. Garden, St. Louis, MO (1977‑1978)

Instructor, Department of Biology, University of Northern Iowa (1972)

Secondary Teacher (Biology & Chemistry), Des Moines, Iowa (1969-1970)

 

Research Interests:

 

     Systematics of Neotropical Asteraceae, Nolanae-Solanaceae; Floras of Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Peru; Coastal South American Ecology and Biogeography; North/South American Amphitropic Disjunctions; Páramos, Floristic Inventories; Specimen Databases.

 

Scientific Publications:

 

For an updated listing of all publication please click here.

 

Solicited book review

 

Dillon, M.O. 1994. Review of K. Bremer. Asteraceae: Cladistics & classification. Taxon 43: 683-685.

 

Dillon, M.O. 1996. Review of A.H. Gentry, A Field Guide to the Families and Genera of Woody Plants of Northwestern South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru): With Supplementary Notes on Herbaceous Taxa. Inter. Journ. Pl. Sci. 157: 656-657.

 

Abstracts, Posters, and Society Papers Delivered:

Dillon, M.O. 2007. El Niño Mediated Evolutionary Patterns: Can trees illuminate climate influenced speciation? Botany2007 Congress, Chicago, IL, 11 July 2007. Abst. p. 183 & Oral presentation.

Dillon, M.O. 2006. Phylogeny of Nolana (Solanoideae-Solanaceae) inferred from the GBSSI marker: Implications for biogeography and character evolution in the fifth largest genus in the family.  International Solanaceae Conference, Madison, WI, 24 July 2006. Abst.& Oral presentation.

 

Dillon, M.O., V. Funk, & H. Robinson. 2006.  Classification, diversity, and evolution of the Liabeae, International 
Compositae Alliance, Barcelona, Spain, 3-9 July 2006.  Abst. p.35 & Oral presentation. 
 
Dillon, M.O. A. Soejima, J. Wen, & M. Zapata. 2006. Patrones Biogeográficos y Evolución en Asteráceas de 
altura dentro de la Cordillera Andina. IX Congreso Latinoamericano de Botanica, Santo Domingo, República 
Dominicana, 18-25 June 2006.  Abst. p. 685 & Poster.
 
P. Ossa-Zazzali, J.M. Fariña, & M.O. Dillon. 2006. Variaciones geográficas en las características ecológicas y 
fisiológicas de 2 especies de Nolana en el borde costero del Desierto de Atacama.  IX Congreso Latinoamericano 
de Botanica, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana, 18-25 June 2006. Abst. p. 438 & Poster.

Dillon, M.O. Biogeographic patterns and evolution in the Asteraceae of the Páramos, International Botanical Congress, Vienna, Austria, 17-23 July 2005. Abst. p. 455 & Poster.

“The Lomas Formations: Nature’s Desert Laboratory”. XLVII Reunión Anual de la Sociedad de Biología de Chile and XVI Reunión Anual de la Sociedad de Botánica de Chile, Pucón, Chile. Abst. & Oral presentation in Spanish. 24 Nov 2004.

 

“Las Formaciones de Lomas: Laboratorio Natural en el Desierto”. III Congreso Peruano de Ecología, Arequipa, Peru.  Abst. & Oral presentation in Spanish. 30 Sep 2004.

 

“Bromeliaceae diversity in the harshest place on Earth” 2004 Bromeliad Society International World  Conference, Chicago, IL, 13 August 2004. Invited Oral presentation.

 

"Biogeographic Patterns and Evolution in High-Elevation Asteraceae within the Andean Cordillera."  10th Peruvian Botanical 
Congress. Abst. & Oral presentation in Spanish, 3 May 2004.

 

El Rol de la INTERNET en la Enseñanza e Investigación (Role of the Internet in Teaching & Research), II Congreso

Internacional de estudiantes en Ciencias Biologicas. Abst. & Oral presentation in Spanish, 17 October 2003.

 

El Field Museo y 80 Año de Botanica Andina (The Field Museum and 80 years of Andean Botany), Oral Presentation in Spanish, Arequipa, Oct 2002; Trujillo, December 2002.

 

Biogeografía, Diversidad Florística y Endemismos En Dos Tipos De Bosques En El Norte de Perú, Oral Presentation in Spanish & Abst. 9th Congreso Nacional de Botánica, Iquitos, June 2002.

 

Biogeography and diversity of the Solanaceae in the lomas formations of Chile and Peru, Abstract and Oral presentation,

American Institute of Biological Sciences, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 6-10 August 2001.

 

Diversidad floristica de las Lomas del sur del Perú y su proceso evolutivo. Oral Presentation in Spanish & Abst. 8th Congreso Nacional de Botánica, Arequipa, 2000.

 

Exploración botánica de Bosque de Protección del Alto Mayo, San Martín, Peru.  Oral Presentation in Spanish and Abst. 8th Congreso Nacional de Botánica, Arequipa, 2000 (with I. Sánchez V., R. Dieguez B., G. Iberico V., M. Zapata C., & N. Hensold).

 

The Lomas Formations of Coastal Peru: Composition and Biogeographic History. Oral presentation and Abst. “El Niño in Peru: Biology and Culture Over 10,000 Years”, 22nd Annual Field Museum Spring Symposium, 1999.

 

Biogeografía y Evolución en el Clado Nolana (Nolaneae-Solanaceae). Oral presentation in Spanish & Abst. 7th Congreso

Nacional de Botánica, Cajamarca, 1998.

 

The Huancabamba Deflection: physiographic fragmentation and biodiversity patterns in the northern Peruvian Andes, Oral presentation & Abst. 19th Annual Field Museum Spring Symposium, 1996

 

Osmoprotective compounds and phylogeny of the Plumbaginaceae. Oral presentation & Abstr. Amer. J. Bot. 83(6): 151-152.

1996. (AIBS, Seatle, WA ).

 

Phylogeny of Chersodoma (Senecioneae: Asteraceae) and the distribution of dioecism in Andean Asteraceae. Oral

presentation & Abstr. Amer. J. Bot. 83(6): 152. 1996. (AIBS, Seatle, WA ).

 

Phylogeny and Classification of the South American Inuleae (sens. ampl.). Oral presentation and Abst. International

Compositae Conference, Royal Botanical Gardens , Kew , (24 Jul - 5 Aug 1994 ).

 

Biological inventory of Bosque Monteseco (Cajamarca, Peru) from a diversity and biogeographic perspective. Oral presentation & Abstr. Amer. J. Bot. 78: 180. 1991. (with J. Cadle), AIBS Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, August 1991

 

Numerical analysis of the floristic relationships of the lomas of Peru and Chile. Abstr. Amer. J. Bot. 78: 183. 1991. (delivered by T. Duncan), AIBS Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, August 1991

 

Understanding Global Climate Change in the Pacific Rim: El Niño/Southern Oscillation as a Model System - (delivered by P. W. Rundel) 10-12 July 1991 - In Natural Disasters - Agenda for Future Action.  UCLA International Conference on the Impact of

Natural Disasters, Los Angeles, CA.

 

A tale of two genera: the implications of character choices and outgroup selection in cladistic analysis. Oral presentation &

Abstr. Amer. J. Bot. 77: 129. 1990.  AIBS Annual Meeting, Richmond, VA , August 1990

 

Origins and diversity of the lomas formations in the Atacama and Peruvian Deserts of western South America. Oral presentation

& Abstr. Amer. J. Bot. 76: 212. 1989. AIBS Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada , August 1989.

 

Generic limits and microcharcters in the South American Gnaphaliinae (Asteraceae‑Inuleae). Oral presentation & Abstr. Amer.

J. Bot. 75: 169. 1988. AIBS Annual Meeting, Davis, CA , August 1988

 

Límites genéricos de Inuleae (Asteraceae) alpino-andinas, Abstract IV Congreso Latinoamericano de Botánica, Medellín,

Colombia, 1986 (delivered by A. Sagástegui A.)

 

The Botanical Response of the Andean Desert Lomas Formations to the 1982‑83 El Niño Event. Oral presentation & Abstr.

Amer. J. Bot. 72: 950. 1985. AIBS Annual Meeting, Gainsville, Florida , August 1985.

 

Radiación Genérica en las Inuleae (Asteraceae) Peruanas, Abstract III Congreso Nacional de Botánica, Iquitos, Peru, 1985.

(delivered by A. Sagástegui A.)

 

Pollen morphology and ultrastructure of the Liabeae (Asteraceae). Oral presentation & Abstr. Amer. J. Bot., Misc. Publ.

162:93. 1982. (with S. Feuer ). AIBS Annual Meeting, State College, Pennsylvania , August 1982.

 

Biochemical Evolution in Desert Dominant Shrubs of American Deserts.  Abstracts of XIII International Botanical Congress,

Sidney, Australia. pp. 128. 1981. (delivered by E. Rodriguez).

 

Biosystematic evidence for hybridization between Lysimachia quadriflora Sims and L. hybrida Michaux (Primulaceae). Oral presentation & Abstr. Iowa Acad. Sci. 14. 1972. IAS Annual Meeting, Iowa City, Iowa

 

Symposia Organized:

 

Symposium Co-Organizer: A. Watson Armour III Spring Simposium "El Niño in Peru: Biology and

Culture over 10,000 years" - May 1999.

 

Symposium Organizer: "Biogeography, Floristics and Systematics of Andean Plants" for the American Institute of Biological Sciences annual meetings, Toronto, Canada, 1989.  The program contained 12 speakers addressing current topics in the plant sciences of South America.

 

Member,  Comite Organizador y Comision Cientifica, Biodiversidad y Desarrollo del Norte del Peru, 10-14  Mayo 1993.

 

Member, Comite Organizador, 1998 Peruvian Botanical Congress, Universidad Nacional de Cajamarca, Cajamarca, Peru

 

Research Grants & Fellowships:

1) National Science Foundation: “Digital Access to the Field Museum’s Neotropical plant types collection” with B. Alverson, C. Niezgoda, & J. McCaffrey (Co-PIs). BRC-0447285 (Funded: $320,715; 2005-2007)

2) National Science Foundation: “Phylogenetic Systematics of Nolana (Solanaceae) and Biogeographic Implications for the Atacama and Peruvian Deserts” with J. Wen (Co-PI) DEB-0415573 (Funded: $300,000; 2004-2007)

3) National Science Foundation: “Floristic Inventory of the Jalca Formations of Northern Peru” DEB-BSI-0071506 (Funded: $73,558, 2000-2003).

4) National Science Foundation: “Small Grants for Experimental Research (SGER): Botanical Collecting and Ecological Observations in Coastal South American Deserts during the 1997/98 ENSO Event” (Funded: $50,000 1997-1999).

5) National Geographic Society: Floristic Inventory of the Bosque de Protección del Río Alto Mayo. (Funded: 1997-1999).

6) National Geographic Society: Floristic Inventory of Humid Upper Montane Forests of Northern Peru. (Funded: 1991-1993).

7) Fellowship Visit supported by Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan (1-16 May 1994).

8) National Science Foundation:  Biogeography and Evolution of the Lomas Formations of Peru and Chile. BSR‑8513205. (Funded:1986‑1989).

9) National Science Foundation:  Scientific Visit for Research Participation on Flora of Peru Project, 1985. INT‑8512104. (Funded: 1985‑1986).

10) National Geographic Society: The Botanical Response of Andean Desert Lomas Formations to the 1982‑83 El Niño Meteorological Perturbation. (Funded:1983‑84).

11) National Science Foundation: Flora of Peru Project, 1979‑1981 (Researcher).

12) National Endowment to the Arts: Collection Curation and Maintenance, Missouri Botanical Garden, 1977-1978.

13) National Science Foundation: Predoctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, 1973‑1974.

 

Facility Grants (PI):

1) Mellon Foundation: Digitization of Field Museum Type Collections.

2) Chicago Community Trust/Searle Family Foundation: Compactorization of Field Museum’s Flowering Plant Herbarium. (Funded: 2004-2006)

3) National Science Foundation: Collection Service Activities for the Field Museum Herbarium. (Funded: 1994-1999)

4) American Orchid Society: Microscope for Illustration of the Orchids of Northern Peru (Funded: Jun 1999)

 

Memberships in Professional Societies:    

            American Society of Plant Taxonomy

            Botanical Society of America

            International Association of Plant Taxonomy

International Bromeliaceae Society

            Asociación Latinoamericana de Botánica

            Phi Kappa Phi

 

Field Work:

 

Since 1972, conducted over 50 expeditions to Central and South America:  Peru (35), Chile (12), Mexico, Bolivia, Ecuador, Argentina, Panama, Guatemala