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Anna Whipkey
awhipkey@purdue.edu
www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/people/anna.html

Education:

Purdue University; West Lafayette, Indiana
Bachelor of Science in General Biology, 1980
Master of Science in Genetics, 1982

Work Experience:

Department of Horticulture, Purdue University, West Lafayette IN

Web Master (1996–present)

• Developed course websites, instructional materials, and assessments for distance education horticulture courses
• Designed, developed, and maintained NewCROP website (www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/)
• Designed, developed and maintained Midwest Apple Improvement Association website (www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/maia/default.html)
• Designed, developed and maintained Mint Virtual Library web site (www.hort.purdue.edu/mintlib)
• Developed and maintained relational databases used to deliver web content

Field work (1995–present)

• Developed and maintained database of scab-resistant apple germplasm
• Maintained orchard-plantings of scab-resistant apple germplasm
• Fulfill orders for scab-resistant apple germplasm
• Evaluated apple selections for disease resistance and fruit quality
• Carried out crosses of apple selections for development of new varieties

Laboratory work (1980–1996)

• Maintained plant tissue culture lab
• Supervised graduate students
• Maintained plant shoot, organ, callus, and embryo cultures
• Instructed tissue culture lab for the International Training Course in Aromatic and Medicinal Plants
• Chemical extraction and analysis of secondary plant products
• Lipid extraction
• HPLC/GC

Women in the Arts

Web Master (1996–present)

• Designed, developed, and maintained Women In the Arts/National Women’s Music Festival website (wiaonline.org)

Publications

Co-editor:

• Trends in New Crops and New Uses. Jules Janick and Anna Whipkey (eds.). 2002. ASHS Press, Alexandria, VA.
• New Crop Compendium. Jules Janick and Anna Whipkey (eds.). 1998. Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN., USA, FAO, Rome, Italy. (CD-ROM).

Contributing Editor:

• Muscadine Grapes. Fouad M. Basiouny and David G. Himelrick (eds.). 2001. ASHS Press, Alexandria, VA.

Copyeditor:

• ISHS Acta Horticulturae 622. XXVI International Horticultural Congress: Genetics and Breeding of Tree Fruits and Nuts. 2003
• Horticulture Reviews. Volumes 29 to 32. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York.
• Plant Breeding Reviews. Volumes 24 to 26. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York.
• Perspectives on New Crops and New Uses. Jules Janick (ed.). 1999. ASHS Press, Alexandria, VA.
• Progress in New Crops. Jules Janick (ed.). 1996. ASHS Press, Alexandria, VA.
• New Crops. Jules Janick and J.E. Simon (eds.). 1993. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York.
• Program and abstract books (and other materials, brochures, registration forms etc.) for 2 national New Crop symposia
• ASHS Presidential Addresses. Compiled by Jules Janick. 1994. Purdue University, Department of Horticulture, West Lafayette, IN. (Revised in 2003).
• New Crops News (6 issues)

Software Knowledge

Microsoft XP Suite, Adobe PageMaker, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Dreamweaver, FileMaker Pro, OCR software

References available upon request

Complete bibliography