Richard Mccourt
Professor
Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science
Drexel University
United States of America
Biography
Rick McCourt, PhD has worked at the Academy since 1997. Before that he was an Associate Professor at DePaul University in Chicago, where he taught algal biology, aquatic biology, ecology, evolution, and introductory biology. McCourt is Associate Curator of Botany at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia.
Research Interest
Biodiversity; evolution; ecology; and, specifically charophyte and conjugating green algae.
Publications
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2015. Hall, J. D. and McCourt R. M. Conjugating green algae and desmids. pp. 429-457. In:Â Freshwater Algae of North America: Classification and Ecology, 2nd Edition. Eds.: Wehr, J. D., Sheath, R. G., and Kociolek, R. P. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
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2016. McCourt, R. M. Archaeplastida, esp. Viridiplantae and red algae, esp. streptophytes. Embryophyte origins. Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology. Online, Article 254. Elsevier Press.
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2015. Perez, W., Hall, J.D., McCourt, R.M., and Karol, K. G. Oospore dimensions and morphology in North American Tolypella (Charophyceae, Charophyta). Journal of Phycology. 51:310-320. Article first published online: 11 FEB 2015. DOI:10.1111/jpy.12275
