Phone: 828-227-3662
FAX: 828-227-7066
Email: asharma@email.wcu.edu
Office Address: Natural Science Building 132

Education:

• Ph.D., Botany, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 2003
• M.S., Horticulture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 1999
• M.Sc., Botany, University of Bombay, Bombay, India, 1995
• B.Sc., Botany, University of Bombay, Bombay, India, 1993

Courses Taught:

• BIOL 104: “Human Biology”
• BIOL 141: “Principles of Biology II”
• BIOL 190: “Discoveries in Biology”
• BIOL 105: “Biology in the 21st Century”
• BIOL 140 lab: “Principles of Biology I”
• BIOL 103 lab: “Environmental Biology”

Publications:

• Sharma, A., S. Venkataraman, J. Cantu, A. Peacock, D. White, J. Dunlap, Y. Wang, B. Mullin, O. Schwaz (in preparation) Sphingomonas rhizogenes sp. nov., a novel root stimulating bacterium isolated from contaminated Pinus elliottii Engelm. Cultures.  Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.
• Sharma, A., R. N. Trigiano, W. T. Witte and O. J. Schwarz (2005) In Vitro Adventitious Rooting of Cornus florida Microshoots. Scientia Horticulturae. 103:381-385.
• Schwarz, O., A. R. Sharma and R. M. Beaty (2004) Propagation from Nonmeristematic Tissues: Organogenesis. p. 159-172. In: Trigiano, R. N. and D. J. Gray (Eds.) Plant Development and Biotechnology, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 358p.
• Sharma, A., R. N. Trigiano, W. T. Witte and O. J. Schwarz (1999) Rooting Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) Microshoots. Proc. of 44th South. Nur. Res. Conf. 376-377.

Research Presentations:

• Sharma A. (1999). Dogwood Micropropagation. Southern Nursery Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.