Edward McWilliams

Professor, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2133

Phone: 979-845-3614 FAX: 979-845-0627

E-mail: e-mcwilliams@tamu.edu

Ed McWilliams received his B.S. in Horticulture in 1963 from the University of Southwestern Louisiana. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Horticulture/Plant Taxonomy/Plant Ecology in 1965 and 1966, respectively from Iowa State University. Dr. McWilliams became a Member of the Graduate Faculty at Texas A&M University in December 1972, and can serve as Chair, Co-chair or Member of Graduate Advising Committees.

Dr. McWilliam's areas of research include looking at the response of plants to environmental change along sharp precipitation and thermal gradients. Climatic change and continued buildup of carbon dioxide will influence atmospheric chemistry and the geographical distribution of plants. Various plants are used, particularly Tillandsia spp., as indicators of environmental change in the southwest.

"Alfred Whitehead noted that the problem of education was new for each succeeding generation. Broad training in environmental horticulture and ecology will be needed by students who wish to deal with issues of global change." I am looking for a few highly motivated students who have an interest in comparative ecology, evolutionary ecology or horticultural systematics. My advice to each student is based on his or her unique background and academic interests.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

"Chronology of the natural range expansion of Tillandsia recurvata (BROMELIACEAE)." 1992. E.L. McWilliams. SIDA. 15:343-346.

"Selenium as a possible tracer of sulfur in an East Texas Spanish Moss grid system." 1991. E.L. McWilliams. A report to the Texas Air Control Board. pp. 41.

"Atmospheric chloride: its implication for foliar uptake and damage." 1987. E.L. McWilliams and R.L. Sealy. Atmospheric Environment 21:2661-2665.

"Water quality on growth of bromeliads." 1984. E.L. McWilliams. 1982 World Bromeliad Conference. Corpus Christi, TX. pp. 136-138.

"Carbon balance of Peperomia obtusifolia plants during acclimatization to low PPFD." 1983. B.N. Mbah, E.L. McWilliams and K.J. McCree. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 108:769-773.