John W. Heimke

• Associate Professor of Biology
• Office: Troy Campus, Science Hall
  Phone: (518) 244-2292
  heimkj@sage.edu

Current Research Interests

• Hybridization of irises (American Iris Society)
• Newborn screening
• Nutrigenomics
• 2006-07 Recipient of the Louis & Hortense Rubin Community Fellowship for "The Tomhannock Reservoir and Watershed" project

Publications

Heimke, J. and Lawrence, D., 1996. Development of a Biology/Mathematics Course. NSF Conference on Mathematics for Undergraduate Life Sciences Students, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

Heimke, J., 1994. Sexual reproductive strategies in the genus Chlamydomonas. The New York Natural History Conference III, Albany, NY.

Professional Activities / Affiliations

• Northeast Algal Society Executive Director
• National Judge for American Iris Society
• Research Volunteer in the Division of Molecular Medicine, Wadsworth Research Center
• Adirondack Research Consortium
• British Phycological Society
• Capital District Botanical Association
• George Landis Arboretum Association
• Hudson-Mohawk Association
• New York Academy of Science
• New York State Botanical Association
• Northeastern Phycological Association
• Phycological Society of America

Community Activities

• Officer, United States Army Reserves
• Advisor to the George Landis Arboretum
• Member of the College Consortium Choir at RSC
• Board Member, Rensselaer-Taconic Land Conservancy