Department of Biological Sciences

John W. Thieret Herbarium

Contact information:

Dr. Maggie Whitson

Associate Professor of Botany
Director of the Herbarium
whitsonma at nku.edu
859-572-1411

 

Mailing address:

Northern Kentucky University,

Biological Sciences Department,

Herbarium/Dr. Whitson, SC 204D
Natural Science Center,
Highland Heigts, KY 41076

 

 

Dr. Whitson's Homepage

Greetings!!!

 

You've found Dr. Whitson's homepage. I can reliably be reached by e-mail if you have questions or need to set up an appointment. For those who want to drop by, my office hours and schedule appear below.

 

My office (SC 101B) is located in the Herbarium/Museum complex on the first floor

of the Natural Science Center. The door is by the fish tanks, and if it's unlocked, then I'm probably nearby.

Who: Dr. Mary Kathryn (Maggie) Whitson, Associate Professor of Botany & Director of the John W. Thieret Herbarium

 

Office: SC 101B

 

Office hours for Spring 2020:

    Monday 2:30 - 4:00  pm 

    Tuesday 10:00 - 11:30 am,

    or by appointment

 

Phone: 859-572-1411 [*3/25/20 Currently working from home. Voicemails forward to e-mail. E-mailing directly is probably faster.]  

 

E-mail: whitsonma at nku.edu

 

 

Dr. Whitson among Gunner foliage in Costa Rica.

Courses I teach:

 

SPRING 2020:

 

Bio 150L: Majors Biology Lab

Bio 313&L: General Botany & Lab

 

 

FALL 2020:

 

Bio 312&L:Dendrology (Tree ID)

Bio 202L: Clinical Microbiology Lab

 

 

Research Interests: Kentucky flora. Databasing the specimens of the NKU herbarium. Plant systematics & evolution. The Solanaceae (tomato family), the genus Physalis (tomatillos).

Dr. Whitson's SPRING 2020 SCHEDULE

 

MONDAY: BIO 313&L, Room SC168, 9-11:50 am

Office hours, Room SC101B, 2:30-4 pm 


TUESDAY: Office hours, Room SC101B, 10-11:30 am

Faculty meeting, 12-1 pm

 

WEDNESDAY: BIO 313&L, Room SC168, 9-11:50 am

BIO 150L 005, Room SC265, 2-4:50 pm

 

 

THURSDAY: BIO 150L 005, Room SC265, 11 am - 1:50 pm

1st & 3rd Thurs. of month: PCC meeting, 3:15-5 pm 

 

FRIDAY: Research (Herbarium), Room SC101, or in the field