Institute of Arctic Biology
311 Irving I Building
902 N. Koyukuk Drive
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7000
U.S.A.

Education

• Ph.D. in Plant Pathology and Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (2001-2004) Advisors: David M. Geiser and Donald D. Davis
• Ph.D. in Mycology, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary (1998-2005) Advisor: Imre Rimóczi
• BSc./MSc., University of Agricultural Sciences in Gödöllõ, Gödöllõ, Hungary (1991-1996)

Awards & Scholarships

• UA Presidential International Polar Year Postdoctoral Fellowship (2006-)
• 2nd International Conference on Arctic Research Planning Travel Award, Danish Polar Center (2005)
• Deep Hypha Travel Award, Deep Hypha Research Coordination Network (2005)
• 23rd Fungal Genetics Conference Travel Award, Genetics Society of America (2005)
• Alaska EPSCoR Faculty/Postdoc Travel Award, University of Alaska Fairbanks (2005)
• MSA Graduate Fellowship, The Mycological Society of America (2004)
• Howard E. Bigelow Mentor Student Travel Award, The Mycological Society of America (2004)
• Graduate Research Prize, The Mycological Society of America (2003)
• Graduate Student Competitive Grant, College of Agricultural Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University (2003)
• James M. Trappe Mentor Student Travel Award, The Mycological Society of America (2003)
• Graduate Student Travel Award, College of Agricultural Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University (2003)
• 3rd place, Health & Life Sciences section, 17th Annual Graduate Exhibition, The Pennsylvania State University (2001)
• Visiting Fulbright-Soros Researcher, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (2000-2001)
• Exchange Student Scholarship, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (1995)
• Visiting Student Scholarship, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt (1996)
• Visiting Student Scholarship, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany (1993)

Research Interests

• Phylogeography, speciation and molecular systematics of fungi
• Biodiversity assessment and comparison of fungal communities based on DNA sequence data from environmental samples
• Evolution of ecologically important traits as inferred from phylogenies

Selected Publications

• Geml, J., Laursen, G.A., Timling, I., McFarland, J.M., Booth, M.G., Lennon, N., Nusbaum, H.C. & Taylor, D.L. (2009) Molecular phylogenetic biodiversity assessment of arctic and boreal Lactarius Pers. (Russulales; Basidiomycota) in Alaska, based on soil and sporocarp DNA. Molecular Ecology, 18, 2213–2227 (pdf)
• Geml, J., Tulloss, R.E., Laursen, G.A., Sazanova, N.A., Taylor, D.L. Phylogeographic analyses of a boreal-temperate ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete, Amanita muscaria, suggest forest refugia in Alaska during the Last Glacial Maximum. In: Surviving on Changing Climate – Phylogeography and Conservation of Postglacial Relicts. Springer (in press)
• Geml, J., Tulloss, R.E., Laursen, G.A., Sazanova, N.A., Taylor, D.L. Evidence for strong inter- and intracontinental phylogeographic structure in Amanita muscaria, a wind-dispersed ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48:694-701 (pdf)
• Geml, J., Laursen, G.A., Taylor, D.L. Molecular phylogenetic diversity assessment of arctic and boreal Agaricus taxa. Mycologia 100:577-589 (pdf)
• Geml, J., Laursen, G.A., Nusbaum, H.C., Taylor, D.L. 2007. Two new species of Agaricus from the Subantarctic . Mycotaxon 100:193-208 (pdf)
• Hosaka, K., Bates, S., Beever, R., Castellano, M., Colgan, W., Dominguez, L., Nouhra, E., Geml, J., Giachini, A., Kenney, S., Simpson, N., Trappe, J. 2006. Molecular phylogenetics of the gomphoid-phalloid fungi with an establishment of the new subclass Phallomycetidae and two new orders. Mycologia 98:949-959 (pdf).
• Geml, J., Laursen, G.A., O'Neill, K., Nusbaum, H.C., Taylor, D.L. 2006. Beringian origins and cryptic speciation events in the Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria). Molecular Ecology 15:225-239 (pdf).
• Geml, J., Davis, D.D., Geiser, D.M. 2005. Systematics of the genus Sphaerobolus based on molecular and morphological data, with the description of Sphaerobolus ingoldii sp. nov. Mycologia 97:680-694. (pdf)
• Geml, J., Davis, D.D., Geiser, D.M. 2005. Influence of selected fungicides on in vitro growth of artillery fungi (Sphaerobolus spp.). Journal of Environmental Horticulture 23:63-66. (pdf)
• Geml, J., Davis, D.D., Geiser, D.M. 2005. Phylogenetic analyses reveal deeply divergent species lineages in the genus Sphaerobolus (Phallales: Basidiomycota). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35:313-322. (pdf).
• Geml, J. 2004. Systematics, biogeography and control of artillery fungi (Sphaerobolus spp.). Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Plant Pathology, The Pennsylvania State University, 108 pp. (pdf)
• Geml, J., Geiser, D.M., Royse, D.J. 2004. Molecular evolution of Agaricus species based on ITS and LSU rDNA sequences. Mycological Progress 3:157-176. (pdf)
• Geml, J. 2004. Evolution in action: Molecular evidence for recent emergence of secotioid genera Endoptychum, Gyrophragmium and Longula from Agaricus ancestors. Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica 51:97-108.(pdf)
• Geml, J., Geiser, D.M., Royse, D.J. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of Agaricus species. Mushroom Science 16:165-173.