Mary Ellard-Ivey

Professor of Biology

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Mary Ellard-Ivey

Phone: 253-535-7357

Email: ellardma@plu.edu

Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 144

Office Hours: (On Campus) Wed: 11:40 am - 1:30 pm (On Campus) Thu: 10:30 am - 11:30 am (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment

  • Professional

Education

  • Ph.D., Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, 1994
  • M.S., Botany, University College Dublin, 1988
  • B.S., Botany, University College Dublin, 1987

Areas of Emphasis or Expertise

  • Plant responses to the environment

Selected Presentations

  • Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, A Passion for Pedagogy, University of Oregon (February 22, 2018)
  • Biology Department Seminar, Adventures in signaling: Plants, phosphate, phenylpropanoids, phosphatases, and phenolics, Pacific Lutheran University (2015)

Accolades

  • PLU Women’s Center. (r)Evolution!: Celebration of Inspirational Women, 2016
  • Best Undergraduate Research Paper in Cell and Molecular Biology awarded to Raelynn Endicott (undergraduate student) and M.J. Ellard-Ivey at Thirtieth Annual West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference 2005
  • PLU Center for Teaching and Learning Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2003