Where to Find Me:

Mailing Address: Dept. of Biology  Virginia Commonwealth Univ.  P.O. Box 842012  Richmond, VA 23284-2012 Phones:  Tel#:  (804) 828-0778  Fax#:  (804) 828-0503	Office Location:  Room 332  Trani Life Science Center 1000 W. Cary Street (Academic Campus) E-mail: gmplunke#vcu.edu [change # to @]

Affiliated Positions:

• Research Associate, Missouri Botanical Garden
• Graduate Faculty, Molecular Biology and Genetics Program,VCU School of Medicine
• Affiliated Faculty, VCU Center for Environmental Studies
• Curator, Herbarium of Virginia Commonwealth University

Teaching:

• BIO 151:  'Intro. to Biological Sciences' [BIO 151 Homepage]
• BIO 410:  'Systematic Botany'  [BIO 410 Homepage]
• BIO 512:  'Plant Diversity & Evolution'
• BIO 591:  'Evolution and Molecular Markers'

        My research focuses on elucidating the evolutionary and biogeographic histories of flowering plants, especially Araliaceae (the ginseng family) and Apiaceae (the carrot family), on a global basis.  On a more local scale, I also study the population genetics of plants found here in Virginia.  For all of these studies, I employ molecular (DNA-based) techniques such as DNA sequencing, restriction site analysis, and RAPDs (random amplified polymorphic DNAs).  To learn more about my research activities, visit the homepage for the Molecular Plant Systematics Lab.

The Herbarium of Virginia Commonwealth Univ.:

        The Herbarium of Virginia Commonwealth Univ. (VCU) is a small collection (~17,000 specimens) of vascular and non-vascular plants representing the flora of Virginia and surrounding states.  In the near future, the collection will be housed at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond.

Want to learn more?

• Learn about my research by visiting the Molecular Plant Systematics Lab homepage.
• For more detailed information about my educational background, publications, and professional interests, please refer to my Curriculum Vitae.
• I've also assembled several pages of Other Links that are of more personal interest to me.

View of Baie de Dumbea from Monts Koghis:

Greg looking lost (as usual) in the Maquis at the Plaine des Lacs:

Pressing plants and preserving tissue samples after returning
from a hard day in the field at the Plateau de Dogny:

Greg and Pete find something interesting in forests of the Dumbea River valley: