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Dr. Kimberly Sumner
478.471.2742
Professor of Biology
| Office Hours: | M 12:00-2:00 T 12:30-2:00 W 12:00-2:00, 3:30-4:30 R 12:30-2:00 |
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| Website: | /health-natural-sciences/natural-sciences/ |
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| Courses: | BIOL 1001 BIOL1002 BIOL 2107 BIOL 2108 BIOL 3360 BIOL 4120 BIOL 2999 BIOL 4894 |
| Education: (All institutions attended and degrees or credentials earned) | PhD., 2004 Plant Sciences The University of Tennessee. Knoxville, TN Dissertation: 鈥淚n vitro propagation and tetraploid formation of Euphorbia pulchurrima 鈥榃inter Rose鈥欌 M.S., 2000 Horticulture University of Georgia. Athens, GA Master鈥檚 Thesis: 鈥淚n vitro propagation of Tillandsia eizii鈥 B.S., 1997 Botany University of Georgia. Athens, GA |
| Professional Experience: | 8/2004 鈥 Present Professor 麻豆视频 Macon, GA 1/2001- 8/2004 Research Assistant Department of Plant Sciences The University of Tennessee. Knoxville, TN 1/1999-12/2000 Research Assistant Department of Horticulture University of Georgia. Athens, GA |
| Publications and Scholarships: (Last 5 Years) | Publications 鈥 Timyrial Johnson, Dakota Tharpe, and Kimberly A. Pickens. In Vitro Seed Germination and Axillary Bud Proliferation of Pinkneya pubens. HortScience (In Progress). 鈥 Kimberly A. Pickens, James M. Affolter, and Hazel Y. Wetzstein. (2003). Enhanced Seed Germination and Seedling Growth of Tillandsia Eizii in Vitro. HortScience. 38(1): 101-104. 鈥 Kimberly A. Pickens, Jan Wolf, James M. Affolter, and Hazel Y. Wetzstein. Adventitious Bud Development in Tillandsia Eizii. In Vitro Cell Developmental Biology 鈥 Plant. 42: 348-352. 鈥 Pickens, K.A., Z.M. Cheng , and R.N. Trigiano. 2005 Axillary Bud Proliferation and Organogenesis of Euphorbia Pulchurrima 'Winter Rose' 脭 . In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol.- Plant. 41:770-774. 鈥 Kimberly A. Pickens, (Max) Z.-M. Cheng and Stephen A. Kania. 2006. Effects of colchicine and oryzalin on callus and adventitious shoot formation of Euphorbia pulchurrima 'Winter Rose'鈩. HortScience 41:1651-1655. Book Chapters 鈥 Histological Techniques. In: Plant Tissue Culture, Development and Biotechnology. 2010. Robert N. Trigiano and Dennis J. Gray eds. CRC Press 鈥 Histological Techniques. In: Plant Development and Biotechnology. 2004. Robert N. Trigiano and Dennis J. Gray eds. CRC Press Abstracts 鈥 Pickens, KA, Affolter, JM, and Hazel Y. Wetzstein. (2000). Enhanced Seed Germination and Seedling Growth of Tillandsia Eizii in Vitro. HortScience. 35(3): 447. 鈥 Pickens, KA, Z.-M. Cheng. In vitro propagation and adventitious bud formation in Euphorbia pulchurrima 鈥榃inter Rose鈥. Hortscience 38(5): 718. Presentations and Posters 鈥 Poster: Colchicine-Induced Tetraploidy in鈥疨inckneya Pubens. MGA STEMposium. April 2025 鈥 Presentation: Root Proliferation and Outplanting of In vitro Grown Pinckneya pubens MGA STEMposium, Feb 2023 鈥 Presentation: 鈥淗igh-Impact Educational Practices鈥 at MGA鈥檚 Faculty Development Days in February of 2023, 鈥 Presentation: Our Campus LEAP Vision: Moving Forward; University System of Georgia Teaching and Learning Conference; April 2021 鈥 Presentation: Gardening in Our Community; Waddell Barnes Botanical Gardens Spring Symposium; February 2019 Grant Proposals 鈥 Grant Application: An American History Botanical Trail at the Waddell Barnes Botanical Garden. NIH. October 2025 鈥 Grant Application: In vitro propagation and Seed Sterilization of Spigelia marylandica. Georgia Native Plant Society Jane Reeves Research Grant. June 2018 鈥 Grant Application: In vitro propagation of Pinkneya pubens. Natural Sciences STEM Gran |
| Professional Affiliations: | 鈥 American Society for Horticultural Sciences 鈥 Gamma Sigma Delta, The Honor Society of Agriculture 鈥 Georgia Native Plant Society |
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