David Quist
 
Botany Department
The Field Museum of Natural History
Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496
Phone: 312-922-9410 X718
 
 
Education:
 
A.A., Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, WA, 1993.
B.Sc. Botany, University of Washington, Seattle, 1996.
 
Professional Appointments:
 
Research Assistant, Botany Department, The Field Museum, Chicago, 1997, 1998.
Orchid cultivator, private collection, 1995-1997.
Botany Greenhouse Weekend Manager, University of Washington, Seattle, 1996.
Teaching Assistant, Botany Department, University of Washington, Seattle,1996.
 
Awards:
 
NWOS Research Grant, 1995, 1996.
Award for Academic Excellence in Botany, University of Washington, 1996.
 
Research Interests:
 
Mycorrhizal ecology, biochemistry of fungi, ethnomycology, biogeography, conservation.
 
Selected Publications:
 
1996. (with J.F. Ammirati). Assessing the mycorrhizal potential of Xylaria sp. in epiphytic Orchidaceae. Abstact in: First International Conference on Mycorrhizae (ICOM I) Bulletin. Berkeley, CA. p.99.
 
1998. (with Q.-X. Wu, G.M. Mueller and Y.-Q. Huang). Preliminary assessment of macrofungal diversity in the temperate forests of Chang Bai Mountain, China. Abstract, MSA Annual Meeting, Inoculum 48(7).
 
1998. (with Q.-X. Wu and G.M. Mueller). Assessment of macrofungal diversity in the temperate forests of Chang Bai Mountain, Northeastern China. (in preparation).

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