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   - Bruce Bugbee

RESEARCH
  ASSOCIATES
   - Steve Klassen
   - Julie Chard

PhD CANDIDATES
   - Jonathan Frantz

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  CANDIDATES
   - Derek Pinnock
   - Amelia Henry
   - Jason Tew
   - Brandon Chard
   - Tim Hudelson

LAB ASSISTANTS
   - Justin Robinson
   - Dan Dallon
   - Giri Akula
   - Emily Mills
   - Allison Czerniak
   - Nick Knighton
   - Priscila Palmer

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   - Susan Frantz

 

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JONATHAN FRANTZ
slvyt@cc.usu.edu

PhD Candidate
   - RESPIRATION EFFICIENCY
   - DWARF CROP EVALUATION
   - LETTUCE STUDIES

Curriculum Vitae in PDF format
  
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
AWARDS
MEMBERSHIPS
HONORS
INVITED
TALKS
PUBLICATIONS
PRESENTATIONS
 
 
EDUCATION
PhD
 * 2003
  Utah State University
     Plant Science (major area of study: Crop Physiology)
 
MS
 1999
  Purdue University
     Horticulture
 
BS
 1996
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
     Biochemistry (minors in Biology and Chemistry)
     
   
* expected
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
   - UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY
  • Greenhouse Management / Crop Production     Spring 2002
       Guest lecture for Craig Aston in PLSC 3050
       Topic: Plant lighting needs and measurement
     
  • Plant Nutrition     Fall 2001
       Taught half a semester of PSB 5430/6430
       Topics: Root growth, rhizosphere environment, symbiosis,
             and biochemical role of each mineral nutrient

  • Crop Physiology     Spring 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
       Guest lecture for Dr. Bruce Bugbee in PSB 5210/6210
       Topics: Energy balance models, growth analysis, and crop respiration

  • Crop Physiology Laboratory     Spring 1999, 2000, 2001
       Graduate teaching assistant for Dr. Bruce Bugbee in PSB 5210/6210
       Topics: Measuring radiation, photobiology, growth analysis,
             transpiration, open and closed system gas-exchange
   - PURDUE UNIVERSITY
  • Horticultural Production Technologies     Fall 1997
       Guest lecture for Dr. Steve Weller in HORT 401
       Topic: Controlled environment agriculture

  • Horticultural Production Technologies     Fall 1997
       Graduate teaching assistant for Dr. Steve Weller in HORT 401
       Topic: Growth structures, growth media, irrigation,
             supplemental lighting, pruning, fertilization, crop production,
             mechanization, and post-harvest handling
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AWARDS, MEMBERSHIPS AND AWARDS
   - AWARDS
  • American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology meeting;  November 2001
       Third Place: Graduate Poster Competition

  • NCR-101 / UK Controlled Environment Users Group meeting;  September 2001
       Graduate Student Travel Award
     
  • NASA Graduate Student Research Program Fellowship;  July 2000 to present

  • Vice-Presidential Fellowship at Utah State University; Spring 1999

  • American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology meeting; 1998
       Honorable Mention: Graduate Poster Competition

   - MEMBERSHIPS
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science: 2001 to present
  • American Agronomy and Crop Science Society of America: 1999 to present
  • American Society of Horticultural Science: 1996 to present

   - HONORS
  • Graduated Cum Laude from VT, May, 1996
  • Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award in the Biochemistry Department at VT, May, 1996
  • Dean's List all semesters at VT: 1992 to 1996
  • Phi Kappa Phi: 1994 to present
  • Alpha Phi Omega: 1993 to 1996
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INVITED TALKS
  • National Onion Growers Association summer meeting in Ogden, UT, July 18, 2002
       - "What's Next?...Onions in Space"
                In place of B. Bugbee

  • Space Botany Meeting in Beijing, China, March 21 to 31, 2002
       - "Breeding and Selecting Plants for Use in Space"
       - "NASA funded research at Utah State University"
                Part of seminar with B. Bugbee

  • NASA Johnson Space Center, July 12, 2000
       - "Respiration and Carbon Use Efficiency in Crop Plants"
                Co-presenter with B. Bugbee
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PUBLICATIONS
   - REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
  • Real time imaging of ground cover: relationships with radiation capture, canopy photosynthesis, and relative growth rate.
       Steve Klassen, G. Ritchie, J. Frantz, D. Pinnock, and B. Bugbee
             - Crop Sci. Submitted 8-2-02

  • Anaerobic conditions improve germination of a gibberellic acid deficient rice.
       Jonathan Frantz and B. Bugbee - 2002
             - Crop Sci. 42:651-654

  • Intracanopy lighting reduces electrical energy utilization by closed cowpea stands.
       Jonathan Frantz, R. Joly, and C. Mitchell - 2001
             - Life Support and Biosphere Sci. 7:283-290

  • A comparison of the growth, establishment, and maturity of direct-seeded and transplanted sh2 sweet corn.
       Greg Welbaum, J. Frantz, M. Gunatilaka, and Z. Shen - 2001
             - HortSci. 36:687-690

  • Intracanopy lighting influences radiation capture, productivity, and leaf senescence in cowpea canopies.
       Jonathan Frantz, R. Joly, and C. Mitchell - 2000
             - J. of Am. Soc. Hort. Sci. 125:694-701

  • A solid-matrix / liquid hybrid hydroponic system for establishment of small-seeded crop species.
       Jonathan Frantz, J. Frick, and C. Mitchell - 1999
             - HortTech. 9:165-168

  • Intracanopy lighting of canopies in controlled environments.
       Jonathan Frantz, C. Chun, R. Joly, and C. Mitchell - 1998
             - Life Support and Biosphere Sci. 5:183-189

  • Producing horticultural crops using hydroponic tobacco transplant systems.
       Jonathan Frantz and G. Welbaum - 1998
             - HortTech. 8:392-395

  • Comparison of cabbage seedling growth in four transplant production systems.
       Jonathan Frantz and G. Welbaum - 1998
             - HortSci. 33:976-979
     
   - NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
  • Growing SH2 sweet corn from transplants.
       M. Gunatilaka, J. Frantz, and G. Welbaum - 1997
             - 5th International Symposium on Stand Establishment
              Conference Proceedings. June 1‑4, 1997 Columbus, Ohio. pp. 249‑253

  • A comparison of four cabbage transplant production systems.
       Jonathan Frantz, and G. Welbaum - 1995
             - 3rd International Symposium on Stand Establishment
              Conference Proceedings. April 23‑26
              Monterey, California. pp. 169‑174

  • Growing SH2 sweet corn from transplants.
       Jonathan Frantz, and G. Welbaum - 1995
             - 3rd International Symposium on Stand Establishment
              Conference Proceedings. April 23‑26
              Monterey, California. pp. 199‑202
COMPLETED MANUSCRIPTS IN INTERNAL REVIEW
  • Carbon use efficiency is influenced by altered night temperatures in lettuce, tomato, and soybean.
       Jonathan Frantz and B. Bugbee

  • Response of photosynthesis, respiration, and carbon use efficiency to shade in lettuce and tomato.
       Jonathan Frantz and B. Bugbee

  • Exploring the limits of crop productivity: quantum yield, radiation capture, and carbon use efficiency of lettuce in a high light, temperature, and CO2 environment.
       Jonathan Frantz, G. Ritchie, N. Cometti, J. Robinson and B. Bugbee

  • Characterizing the environmental response of a gibberellic acid deficient rice for use as a model crop.
       Jonathan Frantz, D. Pinnock,S. Klassen, and B. Bugbee

  • Acclimation of tomato to high and low temperature and light.
       Jonathan Frantz, N. Cometti, M. van Iersel, and B. Bugbee

  • Role of temperature in carbohydrate status, growth, development, and recovery from long-term darkness.
       Tracy Dougher, J. Frantz, and B. Bugbee
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PRESENTATIONS
  • First author: 7 oral and 8 poster presentations
     
  • Co-author: 6 oral and 4 poster presentations
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