Curriculum Vitae

Meghann Jarchow

3403 Agronomy Hall

Ames, IA  50011

Office:  (515)294-7847

Cell:  (507)227-5859

E-mail: mjarchow@iastate.edu

Website: www.agroecologist.org

Education

Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Sustainable Agriculture (estimated completion 2011)

Dissertation:  Using prairies as a biomass feedstock

Advisor:  Dr. Matt Liebman

Department of Biological Sciences, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN

M.S. Biology (2005)

Thesis:  Allelopathy as a mechanism for the invasion of Typha angustifolia and biochemical differences among Typha angustifolia, Typha latifolia and Typha x glauca

Advisor:  Dr. Bradley Cook

Biology Department, Ripon College, Ripon, WI

B.A. Biology (2002)

Senior research project title:  Using the bacterial inhibition test as an alternative to the lethal dose 50 test

Work Experience

• Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (2007 – present)
• Adjunct Biology Instructor and Lab Coordinator, Department of Biology, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN (2005 – 2007)
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Biological Sciences, Mankato, MN (2003 – 2005)
• Cytology Laboratory Assistant, Physician’s Laboratory, Sioux Falls, SD (2003)

Peer Reviewed Publication

Jarchow, M.E. and B.J. Cook (2009) Allelopathy as a mechanism for the invasion of Typha angustifolia. Plant Ecology, DOI 10.1007/11259-009-9573-8

Teaching Experiences

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Iowa State University

• Principles of Agronomy (Agron 114)

Adjunct Biology Instructor, Gustavus Adolphus College

• Cell and Molecular Biology laboratory and laboratory lecture (Biol 201)
• Microbes and Human Health laboratory (Biol 118)
• Organismal Biology laboratory (Biol 102)
• Career Exploration faculty sponsor (Biol 268)
• Mayo Scholars Program faculty mentor

Adjunct Biology Instructor, Minnesota State University

• General Biology II lecture and laboratory (Biol 106)

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Minnesota State University

• Microbiology laboratory (Biol 270)
• General Biology laboratory and discussion (Biol 100)

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Ripon College

• Microbiology laboratory (Biol 314)

Contributed Papers, Posters, and Abstracts

• Jarchow, M. and M. Liebman (April 2009) Using diversity to increase productivity in fertilized and unfertilized prairie mixtures. Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture Research Symposium, Ames, IA
• Dietzel, R., M. Jarchow, D. Sundberg, and M. Liebman (April 2009) A comparison of biomass production in corn- and prairie-based biofuel cropping systems. Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture Research Symposium, Ames, IA
• Jarchow, M. and M. Liebman (April 2009) Using diversity to increase productivity in fertilized and unfertilized prairie mixtures. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Spring Symposium, Ames, IA
• Jarchow, M.E. and B.J. Cook (August 2008) Allelopathy as a mechanism for the invasion of Typha angustifolia. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI
• Cook, B.J. and M.E. Jarchow (June 2006) Allelopathy as a novel weapon for the invasion of Typha angustifolia. Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Meeting, Carnes, Australia
• Jarchow, M.E. and B.J. Cook (February 2006) Invasiveness of Typha angustifolia due to possession of a novel weapon. Society of Wetland Scientists North Central Chapter Annual Meeting, Madison, WI
• Kottschade, C.R., M.E. Jarchow, and B.J. Cook (February 2006) Possible allelopathic interactions of decomposing Typha angustifolia on native wetland species Bolboschoenus fluviatilis. Society of Wetland Scientists North Central Chapter Annual Meeting, Madison, WI
• Jarchow, M.E. and B.J. Cook (January 2006) Allelopathy as a mechanism of invasion in Typha angustifolia/El alelopatía como mechanism para la invasión del Typha angustifolia. Ecological Society of America International Conference, Merida, Mexico.
• Morrissey, M.E. and B.J. Cook (June 2005) Allelopathy as a mechanism for the invasion of Typha angustifolia. Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC
• Morrissey, M.E. (January 2005) Seasonal biomass and distribution of Stuckenia pectinata (sago pondweed) within the Heron Lake wetland system, Jackson County, Minnesota. Research report to the Heron Lake Watershed District, Heron Lake, MN
• Morrissey, M.E. (July 2004) Review of Stuckenia pectinata monitoring project on Heron Lake, MN. In North Heron Lake Game Producers Association Newsletter

Grants, Fellowships, and Scholarships Received

• Jarchow, M.E. and M. Liebman (September 2009) Incorporating native prairies into working farm landscapes. North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education graduate student grant, $9,965
• Jarchow, M.E. (January 2009) Travel scholarships for participation in Organization for Tropical Studies course Adaptive Management in Conservation Projects, Las Cruces, Costa Rica from Ecology and Evolutionary Biology program, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture professional development grant, Agronomy Department, and Wallace Chair for Sustainable Agriculture, $3,200
• Jarchow, M.E. (August 2008) Travel scholarship for participation in Ecological Society of America annual meeting from the Department of Defense Strategic Environmental Research grant and Development Program and Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture professional development grant, $640
• Jarchow, M.E. (August 2007 – May 2011) Research Training Fellowship, Department of Agronomy, $25,000/year for 2 years
• Jarchow, M.E. (August 2007 – May 2011) Plant Sciences Institute Fellowship, Plant Sciences Institute, $25,000/year for 2 years
• Jarchow, M.E. (June 2006) Research, Creativity, and Scholarship grant, Gustavus Adolphus College, $1,750
• Jarchow, M.E. (January 2006) Travel scholarship for participation in Ecological Society of America International Conference from Gustavus Adolphus College faculty development grant and the National Science Foundation travel grant, $1500
• Morrissey, M.E. (April 2004) Allelopathy as a mechanism for the invasiveness of Typha angustifolia. Department of Biological Sciences graduate student research grant, $600
• Morrissey, M.E. (August 2009) Pickard Scholarship, Ripon College, $12,500/year for 4 years

Professional Affiliations

• Ecological Society of America, member
• American Society of Agronomy, member
• Iowa State University Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture Student Association, co-chair
• Iowa State University Graduate Research in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, president
• Iowa State University Department of Agronomy Graduate Student Club, member
• Iowa State University Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium series, coordinator (August 2008 – May 2009)

Professional Volunteer Activities

• Women in Science and Engineering program leader (2009)
• Iowa Science Fair judge (2009)
• Buell/Braun oral presentation judge at Ecological Society of America annual meeting (2008)
• Minnesota Science Fair judge (2006, 2007)