Robert Slocum Explained

Robert Slocum
Birth Name:	Robert Dale Slocum
Thesis Title:	Studies on the localization of phytochrome and calcium in light-and-gravity-stimulated plants
Thesis Url:	http://search.proquest.com/docview/302936207
Thesis Year:	1981

Robert Dale Slocum is an American biologist and botanist. He is a professor of biology in the Center for Natural Sciences at Goucher College. His research focuses on plant physiology, molecular biology, and biotechnology.

Education

Slocum completed a Bachelor of Arts at University of Maine.^[1] In 1977, Slocum earned a Master of Science from Ohio State University. His master's thesis was titled Effects of SO₂ and pH on the ultrastructure of the Trebouxia phycobiont of the pollution-sensitive lichen Parmelia caperata (L.) Ach.^[2] He earned a doctorate from University of Texas at Austin in 1981. His dissertation is titled Studies on the localization of phytochrome and calcium in light-and-gravity-stimulated plants.^[3]

Career

Slocum researches the physiology of plants, adaptation to environmental stresses, nitrogen metabolism, and the molecular biology and biotechnology of plants.^[4] Slocum was a professor in the Department of Botany at Williams College. In 1991, he published Biochemistry and Physiology of Polyamines in Plants.^[5] Slocum joined the faculty at Goucher College in 1992. He is a Professor of Biology in the Center for Natural Sciences at Goucher.^[6] In 2005, Slocum received a 3-year grant for $340,000 from the National Science Foundation. With the grant, Slocum and Christopher T. Brown of the National Human Genome Research Institute conducted research on the regulation of pyrimidine metabolism in plants with a team of undergraduates.^[7] From 2011 to 2012, Slocum was a rotating program director of the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems.^[8]

Selected works

Books

• Book: Biochemistry and physiology of polyamines in plants. 1991. CRC Press. Slocum, Robert D., Flores, Hector E.. 0849368650. Boca Raton. 24794433.

Articles

• Slocum. Robert D.. Kaur-Sawhney. Ravindar. Galston. Arthur W.. Arthur Galston. December 1984. The physiology and biochemistry of polyamines in plants. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. en. 235. 2. 283–303. 10.1016/0003-9861(84)90201-7. 6393877. 0003-9861.
• Slocum. Robert D.. Galston. Arthur. Arthur Galston. October 1985. Changes in Polyamine Biosynthesis Associated with Postfertilization Growth and Development in Tobacco Ovary Tissues. Plant Physiology. en. 79. 2. 336–343. 10.1104/pp.79.2.336. 0032-0889. 11540835. 1074885.
• Slocum. Robert D.. August 2005. Genes, enzymes and regulation of arginine biosynthesis in plants. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. en. 43. 8. 729–745. 10.1016/j.plaphy.2005.06.007. 16122935. 0981-9428.
• Slocum. Robert D.. Scholl. Jacob D.. Fall 2013. NSF Support of Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs). Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly. 34. 1. 31–40. 1072-5830.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Goucher College 2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalogue. Goucher College.
2. Slocum. Robert Dale. Effects of SO₂ and pH on the ultrastructure of the Trebouxia phycobiont of the pollution-sensitive lichen Parmelia caperata (L.) Ach.. 1977. en. 3815640.
3. Slocum. Robert Dale. Studies on the localization of phytochrome and calcium in light-and-gravity-stimulated plants. 1981. en. 8489965.
4. Web site: Robert Slocum. Goucher College. 2018-05-10.
5. Book: Biochemistry and physiology of polyamines in plants. 1991. CRC Press. Slocum, Robert D., Flores, Hector E.. 0849368650. Boca Raton. 24794433.
6. Web site: Center for Natural Sciences Faculty. Goucher College. en. 2018-05-10.
7. News: Robert D. Slocum. 2005-10-28. The Baltimore Sun. 2018-05-10. en. Newspapers.com.
8. Slocum. Robert D.. Scholl. Jacob D.. Fall 2013. NSF Support of Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs). Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly.