Katherine R. Goodrich, Ph.D.
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Curriculum Vitae:
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
2008 Ph.D. Plant Biology University of South Carolina
1998 Bachelor of Arts Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2009 — present Assistant Professor of Biology, Widener University
2008 — 2009 Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Muhlenberg College
2008 Adjunct Professor, Cedar Crest College
2002 — 2007 Teaching Assistant & Research Assistant, University of South Carolina
PUBLICATIONS:
Goodrich KR, CM Ingersoll, N Howitz, & RA Niesenbaum. 2012. Reduced herbivory of spicebush in association with black walnut - a case for allelophily. Journal of Chemical Ecology. Submitted
Goodrich KR. 2012. Floral scent of Annonaceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 169: 262-279.
Goodrich KR & RA Raguso. 2009 The olfactory component of floral display in Asimina and Deeringothamnus (Annonaceae). New Phytologist. 183(2): 457-469. (PDF; the definitive version is available at http://www.newphytologist.com )
Goodrich KR. 2007. Does your pawpaw smell flowery or fermented? Palmetto. 24(4): 12-15.
Goodrich KR, ML Zjhra, CA Ley & RA Raguso. 2006. When flowers smell fermented: the chemistry and ontogeny of yeasty floral scent in pawpaw (Asimina triloba: Annonaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences. 167(1): 33-46.(PDF; © 2006 by the University of Chicago Press)
RECENT PRESENTATIONS: (* denotes student presenter)
Mercer*, E, B Griffin, J Steele, K Goodrich & C Bush. 2012. The phylogeny of Asimina and Deeringothamnus (Annonaceae) using ISSR and morphological data. BOTANY 2012. Columbus, OH.
Moir*, C, KE Fisher, MJ Colgan, LA Ortiz, KR Goodrich, JL Krumm. 2012. You are what you eat: Larval success of Epimecis hortaria due to host plant diet. Lehigh Valley Ecology & Evolution Symposium. DeSales University, Center Valley, PA.
Goodrich, KR. 2010. Floral scents, color and architecture: a look at the floral phenotypes of Pawpaws (Asimina: Annonaceae). Philadelphia Botanical Club. Philadelphia, PA. December 2010
Goodrich, KR. 2010. Patterns of floral phenotype in Asimina and Deeringothamnus (Annonaceae). BOTANY 2010, joint congress of the Botanical Society of America and the American Society of Plant Taxonomists. Providence, RI. August 2010
Goodrich, KR. 2009. Floral scents of the Annonaceae. Annonaceae Workshop of the European Union Systematics Association Conference. Leiden, the Netherlands. August 2009
RECENT POSTERS: (* denotes undergraduate co-author)
Colgan* MJ, KE Fisher*, CA Moir*, LA Ortiz*, KR Goodrich, JL Krumm. 2012. Hungry, hungry caterpillars: Food preference in the tulip tree beauty moth. Lehigh Valley Ecology & Evolution Symposium. DeSales University, Center Valley, PA.
Fisher* K, L Ortiz*, C Moir*, M Colgan*, K Hy*, J Krumm, K Goodrich. 2011. Impact of host plant species on larval success of Epimecis hortaria. Widener Arts & Sciences Summer Research Symposium.
Moir* C, M Colgan*, L Ortiz*, K Fisher*, J Krumm, K Goodrich. 2011. Impact of host plant species on food preference of Epimecis hortaria. Widener Arts & Sciences Summer Research Symposium.
Moir* C, K Fisher*, M Colgan*, L Ortiz*, KR Goodrich, J Krumm. 2011. Host plant choice and larval success of Epimecis hortaria. Ecological Society of America annual conference. Austin, TX.
Jones* A, K Fisher*, C Moir*, K Hy*, JL Krumm, KR Goodrich. 2011. Impact of host plant species on larval success in Epimecis hortaria. Mid-Atlantic Ecological Society of America Regional Conference. Montclair, NJ. - A. Jones awarded 1st prize for poster presentation
Hy* K, A Jones*, C Moir*, K Fisher*, JL Krumm, KR Goodrich. 2011. Impact of host plant species on larval success in Epimecis hortaria. The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Conference. Salt Lake City, UT.
Tiedeken* EJ, KR Goodrich, CM Ingersoll, RA Niesenbaum. 2010. Volatile specificity as an inducible defense: An investigation of volatile chemistry as a form of "top down regulation" of herbivory in Lindera benzoin. Ecological Society of America Annual Conference. Pittsburgh, PA.
Johnson* T, KR Goodrich. 2009. Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) mycorrhizal associations in varied environments. Lehigh Valley Ecology and Evolution Symposium. Cedar Crest College. Allentown, PA.
Caras* CA, CE Weigle*, N Howitz*, KR Goodrich, RA Niesenbaum, CM Ingersoll. 2009. Effect of soil juglone concentration on herbivory of Lindera benzoin growing near black walnut. Chemical Society of America. Washington, D.C.
Philosophy on Student Research and Teaching:I feel strongly that hands-on learning is crucial in fostering a student’s curiosity, creativity and personal ownership of his or her educational experience. I believe students should experience science as an active process. To this end, I work to incorporate active and hypothesis-driven learning activities in my teaching whenever possible. At the same time, I strive to incorporate effective teaching into student research carried out in my lab. I also believe that students should possess the ability to articulate scientific theories and concepts, and develop well-reasoned scientific arguments. Writing-intensive courses at Widener provide biology majors with course-related writing experience. I aim to extend this training in scientific writing to laboratory research by encouraging students to prepare research proposals, to seek outside grant support and to participate in the authorship of publishable results. My ultimate goal is to help train inquisitive and scientifically-literate individuals, and to inspire young scientists by engaging undergraduates |
Asimina obovata
For details of my work with Asimina, see "Research Interests"
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Guatteria sp.
For details of my collaborative studies of Neotropical Annonaceae, see "Research Interests"
Epimecis hortaria
photo courtesy of J. Krumm
For details of my collaborative studies of herbivore - host plant associations, see "Research Interests"
Lindera benzoin
For details on my work with plant chemical communication, see "Research Interests"