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CURRICULUM VITAE
Dr. Brec
L. Clay, President/Treasurer
CH Diagnostic & Consulting
Service, Inc.
512 5th Street
Berthoud, CO 80513
Telephone: (970) 532-2078 Facsimile:
(970) 532-3358
email: bclay@chdiagnostic.com
website: www.chdiagnostic.com
EDUCATION
Ph.D.: 1999 Botany, Colorado State University
M.S.: 1995 Botany, Colorado State University
B.S.: 1993 Biology, Colorado State University
PROFESSIONAL/RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
President/Treasurer. July 2001 - present. CH Diagnostic & Consulting
Service, Inc. Loveland, CO 80537.
Curator, UTEX Culture Collection of Algae. June 2000 - June 2001.
University of Texas. Austin, TX 78713.
Senior Post-doctoral Research Associate. August 1999 - June 2000. Nuclear
structure and function. Dr. Chris Woodcock, Supervisor. University of
Massachusetts, Biology Department, Amherst, MA 01003.
Water Quality Analyst. October 1997 - August 1999. CH Diagnostic &
Consulting Service, Inc., 214 SE 19th Street, Loveland, CO 80537.
Doctoral Research. 1996 - August 1999. Colorado State University, Biology
Department. Systematics of kathablepharids and cryptomonads with particular
emphasis on the origin of blue-green cryptomonads.
Algal curator/Laboratory Assistant. 1995-1996. University of Georgia,
Botany Department. Isolation of freshwater algae with particular emphasis on
chytrid/algal associations.
Thesis Research. 1993-1995. Colorado State University. Biology
Department. Ultrastructural Variations within the genus Campylomonas (Cryptophyceae).
Research Assistant. 1993. Colorado State University, Biology Department.
Development of simple assays for screening freshwater phytoplankton for
toxin production.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Development of PCR-based methodologies related to the detection of
waterborne pathogens, namely, Cryptosporidium. Systematics and
ecology of aquatic algae, protozoa, and fungi.
PUBLISHED ARTICLES
Clay, B.L. and Kugrens, P. (1999). Systematics of the enigmatic
kathablepharids, including EM characterization of the type species,
Kathablepharis phoenikoston, and new information on K. remigera comb. nov.
Protist. 150: 43-59.
Clay, B.L., Kugrens, P., and Lee, R.E. (1999). A revised classification
of Cryptophyta. The Botanical Journal of the Linnaen Society. 131: 131-151.
Clay, B.L. and Kugrens, P. (1999). Characterization of Hemiselmis amylosa
sp. nov. and phylogenetic placement of the blue-green cryptomonads H.
amylosa and Falcomonas daucoides. Protist. 150: 297-310.
Clay, B.L. and Kugrens, P. (1999). Description and ultrastructure of
Kathablepharis tenuis sp. nov. and K. obesa sp. nov. - Two new freshwater
kathablepharids (Kathablepharididae) from Colorado and Wyoming. European
Journal of Protistology. 35: 435-447.
Kugrens, P., Clay, B.L., Meyer, C.J. and Lee, R.E. 1999. Ultrastructure
and description of Cyanophora biloba, sp. nov., with additional observations
on C. paradoxa. Journal of Phycology. 35: 844-854.
Kugrens, P., Clay, B.L., and Lee, R.E. 1999. Ultrastructure and
systematics of the freshwater red cryptomonads Pyrenomonas rhinosa sp. nov.
and Rhodomonas ovalis. Journal of Phycology.
Kugrens, P., Clay, B. L., Aguiar, R. (1999). Ultrastructure and
description of Lobocharacium coloradoensi gen. et sp. nov. (Chlorophyta,
Characiosiphonaceae)., an unusual coenocyte from Colorado. Journal of
Phycology. 36: 421-432.
Sturbaum,
GD, PT Klonicki, MM Marshall, BH Jost, BL Clay, and CR Sterling. 2002.
Immunomagnetic separation (IMS)-fluorescent antibody detection and IMS-PCR
detection of seeded Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in natural waters
and their limitations. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 68(6):
2991-6.
PUBLISHED BOOK CHAPTERS
Clay, B.L., Kugrens, P., and Lee, R.E. (1999). Cryptomonads. In:
Robertson S. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Macmillan Reference
Limited, Inc. London, UK.
Kugrens, P. and Clay, B.L. (2002). Cryptophyta. In: Wehr J.D. and Sheath,
R. G. (Eds.) Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Algae.
Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
COMMITTEES
Phycological Society of America Election Committee - 2000 - 2002
UTEX Culture Collection Advisory Committee - 2000
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2000 - National Science Foundation - Microbial Systematics
1999 - Phycological Society of America Hoshaw Travel Award
1998 - Phycological Society of America Grants in aid of Research
1998 - Phycological Society of America Hoshaw Travel Award
1997 - Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, Grants in aid of
Research
1997 - Phycological Society of America Hoshaw Travel Award
1992 - Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Scholarship
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Water Works Association
Phycological Society of America
International Phycological Society
NorthWest Algal Society
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