Stephen Novak, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

Year arrived at BSU: 1993

Mailing Address:
Department of Biology
Boise State University
Boise, ID 83725-1515

Office Location: Science Building, Room 208
Office Number: 208-426-3548
Office Fax: 208-426-1040

E-Mail Address: snovak@boisestate.edu

ACADEMIC DEGREES

B.S. in Environmental Science, Johnson State College, 1978
M.S. Plant in Pathology, University of Massachusetts, 1981
Ph.D. in Botany, Washington State University, 1990 (under R.N. Mack),
Dissertation Title: Multiple Introduction and Founder Effects in Bromustectorum. An Analysis of Eurasian and North American Populations Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Botany, Washington State University (under P.S. Soltis) 1990-1992

TEACHING

BIOL 323 General Ecology
BIOL 401 Organic Evolution
BIOL 409/509 Molecular Ecology and Phylogeography
BIOL 422/522 Conservation Biology
BOT 424/524 Plant Community Ecology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Plant population ecology and evolutionary biology; investigations of the factors that influence the level and structure of genetic variation: introduction events, founder effects, gene flow, and mating systems; polyploid speciation and ecological consequences of polyploidy.