گلسنگ ها=Lichens

Contact:
Dr. Harrie J. M. SIPMAN,
Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straكe 6-8, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
Phone: (+4930) 838-50XXX, Fax: (+4930) 84 17 29-49, E-mail: h.sipman at) bgbm.org.

Functions:

• Volunteer at the Herbarium.

Curriculum:

1972-1976: Assistant at the herbarium of the Institute of Systematic Botany, State University, Utrecht, The Netherlands; 1976-1982: Research Associate at the Institute of Systematic Botany in Utrecht; 1983: PhD degree at Utrecht State University, Utrecht, The Netherlands; 1983-now: Curator of Lichens at the Botanischer Garten & Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem; from 1995-1998 also Deputy Curator of Bryophytes and since September 1996 collaborator of the Department of Biodiversity Informatics and Laboratories; retired January 2010.

Committee memberships:

• member of Comité de lecture Bulletin de la Société linnéenne de Provence, since 1990.
• member of editorial board International Lichenological Newsletter, since 1997.
• member of advisory board Acta Botanica Fennica, since 1997.
• member of the Consejo Editorial of Caldasia, since 1998.

Research interests:

• Lichen flora of Colombia; a preliminary checklist is published.
• Lichen flora of the Guianas; currently in preparation are treatments of Parmeliaceae and Cladonia, the latter with T. Ahti, Helsinki (draft key available); also available on server of Smithsonian Institution in Washington: key to genera and checklist. Meeting in Berlin, August 2006
• Lichens of New Guinea, in collaboration with A. Aptroot (Baarn, The Netherlands), E. Sérusiaux (Liège, Belgium) and others); currently in preparation are treatments of Graphidales.
• Guide to, and placement of lichen determination keys, lichen illustrations and ZSCHACKIA in the Internet.
• Maintaining of pre-1949 lichen literature database in the Internet: Mattick's Literature Index.
• Key to the lichen genera of the Neotropics; web version available.
• The lichen flora of selected Aegean islands (Greece) and their phytogeographical and historical significance, in collaboration with Dr. Raus; current: inventory of Karpathos supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft; illustrated web-catalog in preparation.
• The lichen flora of Costa Rica. Participation in the Ticolichen Programm of Robert Lücking, and the Inventario National de Biodiversidad of INBio.
• The lichen flora of Iran, in collaboration with Iranian and foreign scientists.
• Participant in the Plants and Lichens of Saba project, in cooperation with Conservation International and the New York Botanical Garden.

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