Department of Biology
Instructor
Phone: 828-227-3670
FAX: 828-227-7066
Email: asharma@email.wcu.edu
Office Address: 211 Stillwell
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 313: Microbiology in Health and Nutrition
- BIOL 190: Discoveries in Biology
- BIOL 141: Principles of Biology II
- BIOL 140: Principles of Biology I
- BIOL 105: Biology in the 21st Century
- BIOL 104: Human Biology
- BIOL 103: 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.