2013年麦克阿瑟“天才奖”获得者Charles Kevin Boyce

An American paleobotanist, Charles Kevin Boyce completed his Ph.D. thesis in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University in 2001. Dr. C. Kevin Boyce is a Fellow of MacArthur Foundation (2013-2018). He is currently an associate professor of School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University.

∮1 Education Background  

Ph.D.,Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 2001;

B.S., Literature,California Institute of Technology, 1995;

B.S., Biology,California Institute of Technology, 1995.

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The basic information of Charles Kevin Boyce’s Ph.D. thesis is as follows:

• Title: Leaves, lignin, and the     evolution of novel organ and cell types in early land plants

• Attribution:     a thesis     presented by Charles Kevin Boyce.

• Author     / Creator:Boyce, Charles Kevin.

• Published:     2001.

• Description:     ix, 313     leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

• Language:     English

• Notes:     Includes     bibliographical references.
  Thesis note: Thesis (Ph. D., Department of     Organismic and Evolutionary Biology)--Harvard University, 2001.

• Subject:Leaves -- Development.;
  Plant morphology.;
  Plants -- Evolution.;
  Tracheary cells.

• HOLLIS     Number: 009340510

• Creation     Date: 2001

• Permalink:     http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/009340510/catalog

• Source:     HVD ALEPH

∮2 Teaching

 Courses Taught at Stanford University (2015-16)

• DepartmentalSeminar in Geological Sciences
  GS 290 (Aut, Win, Spr)

• EvolutionaryHistory of Terrestrial Ecosystems
  EARTHSYS 128, GS 128, GS 228 (Win)

• Topicsin Organismal Paleobiology
  GS 206 (Aut)

∮3 Research interests

“The biologicaland environmental impacts of the evolution of plant structure, development, andphysiology from the Paleozoic colonization of land through the subsequentradiations of land plant form up to and including the Cretaceous radiation offlowering plants.”

∮4 Service for BSA

Dr. Charles Kevin Boyce served as chairperson for the paleobotanical section of the Botanical Society of America (BSA) during 2006—2007.

Year-2007

http://www.botany.org/paleo/officers.html#Former

FormerSection Officers, Paleobotanical Section, Botanical Society of America

∮5 Publications (see Appendix 1)

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Qigao Sun: Umbrella of American Paleobotany(No.167)

Story of Paleobotany Series (No.426) [The 427^thissue in total]

[January 31, 2016]

Further readings

Dr. Charles Kevin Boyce

https://earth.stanford.edu/kevin-boyce

http://www.macarthur.org/fellows/885/

古植物学的故事372期[总第373期]

Story of Paleobotany Series (No.372) [The 373rd issue intotal]

尊重自然历史尊重学术历史

铁打的营盘VS流水的兵:Paleobotany vs Paleobotanist

http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-225931-903352.html

2015-7-6 22:06

古植物学的故事228期[总第229期]

Story of Palaeobotany Series (No.228) [The 229thissue in total]

Umbrella ofAmerican palaeobotany--1: An unfinished list of American palaeobotanists

http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-225931-826366.html

2014-9-10 05:45

古植物学的故事370期[总第371期]

Story of Paleobotany Series (No.370) [The 371^stissue in total]

Umbrella of American paleobotany-129-

Open the Umbrella of American paleobotany--撑开美国古植物学之伞

http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-225931-901814.html

2015-7-1 00:02

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Appendix 1:Some publications of Charles Kevin Boyce

Zwieniecki, M.A., Boyce, C. K. 2014. THE ROLE OF CELLULOSE FIBERS IN GNETUM GNEMON LEAFHYDRAULICS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES 175 (9): 1054-1061

Zwieniecki, M.A., Boyce, C. K. 2014. Evolution of a unique anatomical precision in angiospermleaf venation lifts constraints on vascular plant ecology PROCEEDINGS OF THEROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 281 (1779)

Lee, J.,Frankenberg, C., van der Tol, C., Berry, J. A., Guanter, L., Boyce, C. K.,Fisher, J. B., Morrow, E., Worden, J. R., Asefi, S., Badgley, G., Saatchi, S.2013. Forest productivity and water stress in Amazonia: observations from GOSATchlorophyll fluorescence PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES280 (1761)

Lee, J.,Lintner, B. R., Neelin, J. D., Jiang, X., Gentine, P., Boyce, C. K., Fisher, J.B., Perron, J. T., Kubar, T. L., Lee, J., Worden, J. 2012. Reduction oftropical land region precipitation variability via transpiration GEOPHYSICALRESEARCH LETTERS  39

Leslie, A. B., Boyce, C. K. 2012. OVULE FUNCTION AND THE EVOLUTION OFANGIOSPERM REPRODUCTIVE INNOVATIONS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES 173(6): 640-648

Boyce, C. K., Leslie, A. B. 2012. THE PALEONTOLOGICAL CONTEXT OFANGIOSPERM VEGETATIVE EVOLUTION INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES 173(6): 561-568

Boyce, C. K., Zwieniecki, M. A. 2012. Leaf fossil record suggests limitedinfluence of atmospheric CO2 on terrestrial productivity prior to angiospermevolution PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATESOF AMERICA 109 (26): 10403-10408

Lee, J.,Lintner, B. R., Boyce, C. K., Lawrence, P. J. 2011. Land use change exacerbatestropical South American drought by sea surface temperature variabilityGEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 38

Boyce, C. K., Lee, J. 2011. Could land plant evolution have fedthe marine revolution? PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH 15 (2): 100-105

Nicotra, A. B.,Leigh, A., Boyce, C. K., Jones, C. S., Niklas, K. J., Royer, D. L., Tsukaya, H.2011. The evolution and functional significance of leaf shape in theangiosperms FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 38 (7): 535-552

Leigh, A.,Zwieniecki, M. A., Rockwell, F. E., Boyce, C. K., Nicotra, A. B., Holbrook, N.M. 2011. Structural and hydraulic correlates of heterophylly in Ginkgo bilobaNEW PHYTOLOGIST 189 (2): 459-470

Lee, J., Boyce,K. 2010. Impact of the hydraulic capacity of plants on water and carbon fluxesin tropical South America JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES 115

Boyce, C. K., Lee, J. 2010. An exceptional role for floweringplant physiology in the expansion of tropical rainforests and biodiversityPROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 277 (1699): 3437-3443

Boyce, C. K., Abrecht, M., Zhou, D., Gilbert, P. U. 2010.X-rayphotoelectron emission spectromicroscopic analysis of arborescent lycopsid cellwall composition and Carboniferous coal ball preservation INTERNATIONAL JOURNALOF COAL GEOLOGY 83 (2-3): 146-153

Hobbie, E. A., Boyce, C. K. 2010. Carbon sources for the Palaeozoicgiant fungus Prototaxites inferred from modern analogues PROCEEDINGS OF THEROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 277 (1691): 2149-2156

Boyce, C. K.,Hotton, C. L. 2010. "PROTOTAXITES WAS NOT A TAPHONOMIC ARTIFACT"AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 97 (7): 1073-1073

Boyce, C. K.2010. The evolution of plant development in a paleontological context CURRENTOPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 13 (1): 102-107

Boyce, C. K.,Lee, J., Feild, T. S., Brodribb, T. J., Zwieniecki, M. A. 2010. ANGIOSPERMSHELPED PUT THE RAIN IN THE RAINFORESTS: THE IMPACT OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGICALEVOLUTION ON TROPICAL BIODIVERSITY ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 97(4): 527-540

Boyce, C. K.,Brodribb, T. J., Feild, T. S., Zwieniecki, M. A. 2009. Angiosperm leaf veinevolution was physiologically and environmentally transformative PROCEEDINGS OFTHE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 276 (1663): 1771-1776

Boyce, C. K.,2009. Seeing the forest with the leaves - clues to canopy placement from leaffossil size and venation characteristics GEOBIOLOGY 7 (2): 192-199

Boyce, C. K.2008. How green was Cooksonia? The importance of size in understanding theearly evolution of physiology in the vascular plant lineage PALEOBIOLOGY 34(2): 179-194

Boyce, C. K.2008. The fossil record of plant physiology and development—What leaves cantell us Paleontological Society Papers 14: 133-146

Boyce, C. K.2007. Mechanisms of laminar growth in morphologically convergent leaves andflower petals INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES 168 (8): 1151-1156

Boyce, C. K.,Hotton, C. L., Fogel, M. L., Cody, G. D., Hazen, R. M., Knoll, A. H., Hueber,F. M. 2007. Devonian landscape heterogeneity recorded by a giant fungus GEOLOGY35 (5): 399-402

Zwieniecki, M.A., Stone, H. A., Leigh, A., Boyce, C. K., Holbrook, N. M. 2006. Hydraulicdesign of pine needles: one-dimensional optimization for single-vein leavesPLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT 29 (5): 803-809

Boyce, C. K.2005. Patterns of segregation and convergence in the evolution of fern and seedplant leaf morphologies PALEOBIOLOGY 31 (1): 117-140

The evolutionaryhistory of roots and leaves Vascular transport in plants Boyce, C. K. edited byHolbrook, N. M., Zweiniecki, M. A. Elsevier Sciences/Academic Press. 2005:479-499

Boyce, C. K.,Zwieniecki, M. A., Cody, G. D., Jacobsen, C., Wirick, S., Knoll, A. H.,Holbrook, N. M. 2004. Evolution of xylem lignification and hydrogel transportregulation PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATESOF AMERICA 101 (50): 17555-17558

Zwieniecki, M.A., Boyce, C. K., Holbrook, N. M. 2004. Functional design space ofsingle-veined leaves: Role of tissue hydraulic properties in constraining leafsize and shape ANNALS OF BOTANY 94 (4): 507-513

Zwieniecki, M.A., Boyce, C. K., Holbrook, N. M. 2004. Hydraulic limitations imposed by crownplacement determine final size and shape of Quercus rubra L. leaves PLANT CELLAND ENVIRONMENT 27 (3): 357-365

Boyce, C. K.,Cody, G. D., Fogel, M. L., Hazen, R. M., Alexander, C. M., Knoll, A. H. 2003.Chemical evidence for cell wall lignification and the evolution of tracheids inearly Devonian plants INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES 164 (5): 691-702

Zwieniecki, M.A., Melcher, P. J., Boyce, C. K., Sack, L., Holbrook, N. M. 2002. Hydraulicarchitecture of leaf venation in Laurus nobilis L. PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT25 (11): 1445-1450

Boyce, C. K.,Cody, G. D., Feser, M., Jacobsen, C., Knoll, A. H., Wirick, S. 2002.Preservation of cell wall chemistry and microstructure in plant fossils as oldas 400 million years: detection by carbon X-ray absorption spectromicroscopyGeology 30: 1039-1042`

Boyce, C. K.,Knoll, A. H. 2002. Evolution of developmental potential and the multipleindependent origins of leaves in Paleozoic vascular plants PALEOBIOLOGY 28 (1):70-100

Boyce, C. K.,Hazen, R. M., Knoll, A. H. 2001. Nondestructive, in situ, cellular-scalemapping of elemental abundances including organic carbon in permineralizedfossils PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OFAMERICA 98 (11): 5970-5974

Kirschvink, J.L., Padmanabha, S., Boyce, C. K., Oglesby, J. 1997. Measurement of thethreshold sensitivity of honeybees to weak, extremely low-frequency magneticfields JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 200 (9): 1363-1368

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