Matthew Thomas Cimino
Curriculum Vitae – 3/9/00
Personal Information
Address: Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland at
College Park, College Park, MD 20742-5815
Telephone: (301) 405-8300
FAX: (301) 314-9082
Email: mtcimino@wam.umd.edu
Education
B.S. Salisbury State University, Biology, 1987-1991.
M.Ed. Salisbury State University, Science Education, 1992-1993.
Doctoral Student University of Maryland-College Park, Plant Biology, 1995-present.
Research Experience and Positions Held
Science Teacher, Worcester Country School, Berlin, MD; August 1992-June 1994.
Responsible for teaching math and science in grades 6-12.
Field Botanist, Maryland Heritage Program; summer 1994, 1995.
Conducted plant surveys and created data sets for rare plant community types in Maryland.
Instructor, Salisbury State University, August 1994-June 1995.
Responsible for teaching botany and zoology labs.
Contract Field Botanist, North Carolina Department of Agriculture, summer 1996.
Studied populations of Aeschynomene virginica (Fabaceae) in North Carolina.
Teaching Assistant, University of Maryland, August 1995-August 1999.
Research systematics of the Coleochaetales (Charophyceae)
Prepare and teach botany and plant taxonomy labs.
Research Assistant, University of Maryland, September 1999-present.
Research systematics of Coleochaetales (Charophyceae).
Herbarium Curation, Norton-Brown Herbarium, University of Maryland, 1995-present.
Increase and manage 70K+ collection of plant specimens from the Mid-Atlantic region.
Awards
Pritchard Award, Department of Plant Biology, University of Maryland, May 1997.
Recognition of excellence in teaching, award amount $200.
Green Plant Phylogeny Research Coordination Group Travel Award, March 1999.
Award to attend the 1999 International Botanical Conference, St. Louis, MO, award amount $500.
McHenry Fellowship, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, March 1999.
Award to conduct research at the Academy , award amount $1,175.
College Travel Award, Evolution Meeting, Madison, WI. June 1999.
Award to present systematics research on the Coleochaetales, award amount $500.
Papers
Cimino, M.T., Karol, K.G., and Delwiche, C.F., 2000. An artifact in the SSU rDNA sequence of
Chaetosphaeridium globosum (Charophyceae; Streptophyta). J. Phycol., (in press).
Terrell, E.E., Reveal, J.L., Spjut, R.S., Whitcomb, R.W., Kirkbride, J.H. Jr., Cimino, M.T., Strong,
M.T., 2000. Annotated list of the flora of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville,
Maryland. USDA publications, (in press).