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Julia Kuzovkina, Assistant Professor of Horticulture
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Taxonomy, selection and evaluation of woody ornamental plants. Plant biology with emphasis on physiological ecology. Development of new crops and value-added products. Phytoremediation.
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS AND EDUCATION

August 2005 -     Assistant Professor of Ornamental Horticulture, University of Connecticut

present: 
2005:                   Research Scientist, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York.
2004:                   Postdoctoral Associate, Plant Science Research Center, University of Toledo.
1999 - 2003:       Graduate Teaching Assistant, Horticulture and Crop Science Department, The Ohio State University.
1996-1998:         Horticulturist, Toledo Botanical Garden.
1990-1996:         Researcher at the Moscow Botanical Garden of Russian Academy of Sciences.

 

1999 - 2003        Ohio State University, Ph.D. in Horticulture
1988 - 1990        Moscow State University, M.S. Botany
1985 - 1988        Moscow State University, B.S. Botany

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES
American Society for Horticultural Sciences
The American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta
Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers
Perennial Plant Association

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TEACHING PROGRAM
Herbaceous Ornamental Plants (PLSC 231 & SAPL 31)
Urban Horticulture (PLSC 298)
RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journals

Kuzovkina Y.A., Quigley M.F. 2005. Willows beyond wetlands: uses of Salix L. species for environmental projects.
Water, Air and Soil Pollution. 162: 183-204.   Article

Kuzovkina Y.A., Knee M., Quigley M.F. 2004. Cadmium and copper uptake and translocation of five Salix L. species. International Journal of Phytoremediation, V.6(3): 269-287.   Article

Kuzovkina Y.A., Knee M., Quigley M.F. 2004. Soil compaction and flooding effects on the growth of twelve Salix L. species.
Journal of Environmental Horticulture, 22(3): 155-160.   Article

Kuzovkina Y.A. and Quigley M.F. 2004. Ornamental Salix L. species for alpine and small urban gardens.
Journal of Arboriculture 30(2): 127-131.  Article

Kuzovkina Y.A., Quigley M.F. 2004. Evaluation of Salix L. species for florist cut stem production. HortTechnology, 14(3): 415-419.   Article


Non-refereed publications

Kuzovkina Y.A., Quigley M.F. 2004. Pussy willows on parade. American Nurserymen, June 1: 45-48.

Kuzovkina Y.A., Quigley M.F. 2004. Pussy willows on parade. Reprint in The Cut Flower Quarterly, October 2004.

Kuzovkina Y.A., Quigley M.F. 2004. Big world, small plants. American Nurserymen, October 15: 28-31.


Abstracts

Kuzovkina Y.A., Quigley M.F. 2004. Metal resistance and accumulation in North American willow (Salix L.) species. Proceedings of the "22nd Session of the International Poplar Commission", FAO, Rome, Rome, p. 151.

Kuzovkina Y.A., Quigley M.F. 2004. Differential response of willow (Salix L.) species to acute ozone exposure. Proceedings of the "22nd Session of the International Poplar Commission", FAO, p. 31.


Seminars/Invited Presentations:


"Stress tolerance and horticultural evaluation of the genus Salix", Montreal Botanical Garden, October 2005.

"Metal resistance and accumulation in North American willow (Salix L.) species", 22nd Session of the International Poplar Commission, Santiago, November 2004.

"The Big World of Petite Willows". The CENT Show, Columbus, January 2004. "Re-discovering Salix: Willows for Environmental and Ornamental Horticulture." Invited speaker for International Society of Arboriculture, Columbus, February 2002.

"The Implications and Ramifications of the Convention on Biological Diversity as they apply to Botanical Gardens and Arboreta." AABGA 2001 Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado, July 2001.

"Willows For Small Gardens" 2000 Master Gardener Conference, Columbus, December 2000.

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  Julia Kuzovkina
Assistant Professor
University of Connecticut


1376 Storrs Rd., Unit 4067
Department of Plant Science
Storrs, Connecticut 0626
9

Telephone: (860) 486-3438
fax: (860) 486-0682
email: jkuzovkina@uconn.edu 
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