Boo Yeon Won
Boo Yeon Won
Education:
Ph. D. student in Environmental Biology and Evolution. University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA 70504; Specialization: Marine Phycology: systematics and evolution: Spring 2003-current
B.S. in Biology, Chungnam National University (South Korea), 1995.
Professional Experience:
Research Assistant: RNA extraction and sequencing of myosin in plants in Microscopy Center, UL Lafayette: Spring 2003
High school Biology Teacher, Daejon, South Korea: 1995-1997
Principal: Lafayette Korean language school: spring 2007-current
Professional affiliations:
Phycological Society of America
Publications
Cho T. O , B.Y. Won & S. Fredericq. 2005. Antithamnion nipponicum Yamada & Inagaki (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) is a recent introduction along the coast of North Carolina and Pacific North America and the correct name of the species known as A. pectinatum in Western Europe. European Journal of Phycology. 40: 323-335.
Papers presented at phycological meetings:
Won B.Y., T.O. Cho & S. Fredericq. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships within Centroceras Kützing (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta). Annual Meeting Phycological Society of America, Gleneden Beach, OR, June 14-19, ABSTRACT #133 pp. 81-82 in book of abstracts. (Oral)
Fredericq S., T.O. Cho, B. Gavio, C.F. Gurgel, D. Krayesky, S.M. Lin, J. López-Bautista, N. Phillips, W. Schmidt, B.Y. Won & B. Wysor. 2003. Characterization of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico macroalgae. Annual Meeting Phycological Society of America, Gleneden Beach, OR, June 14-19, ABSTRACT #148 p. 87 in book of abstracts. (Poster)
Won B.Y., T.O. Cho & S. Fredericq 2003. Centroceras clavulatum (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta); a cosmopolitan species? 25th Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Duke University Marine Lab, Beaufort NC, Oct. 24-26. (Oral).
Cho T.O., B.Y. Won, C.F. Gurgel, S. Fredericq & K. Yates. 2003. Comparative DNA sequence analyses and morphological evidence reveal a diverse marine red algal flora in Tampa Bay, Florida. BASIS 4 Conference, St. Petersburg, FL, Oct. 27-30. ABSTRACT p. 34 in booklet of abstracts. (Poster)
Won B.Y.. 2004. Is Centroceras clavulatum (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) a cosmopolitan species? Annual Meeting,American Society of Plant Biologists Southern Section Hotel Acadiana, Lafayette, LA. March 7th. ABSTRACT (Oral).
Won B.Y. 2004. Is Centroceras clavulatum (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) a cosmopolitan species? Southwestern Louisiana Chapter. Sigma Xi presentation. Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette, March 9th. ABSTRACT. (Oral).
Won B.Y 2004 Centroceras clavulatum ( Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) A cosmopolitan species? Annual Meeting Phycological Society of America, Williamsburg, Virginia, August 7-12, ABSTRACT #24 p 31 (Oral)
Cho T. O , B.Y. Won & S. Fredericq 2004 North Carolina and the correct name of the species known as A. hubbsii in Pacific North America and A. pectinatum in Western Europe. Annual Meeting Phycological Society of America, Williamsburg, Virginia, August 7-12, ABSTRACT #25 p 31 (Poster)
Won B.Y , Cho T.O & S. Fredericq, 2004 Centroceras clavulatum ( Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) A cosmopolitan species? Fifth Biennial Conference, PEET V, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, September 20-23, ABSTRACT p 50 (Poster)
Cho T. O , B.Y. Won & S. Fredericq. 2004. Anthithamnion nipponicum (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) is a recent invader along the coast of North Carolina, Fifth Biennial Conference, PEET V, September 20-23, ABSTRACT p 48 (Poster)
Won B.Y , Cho T.O & S. Fredericq, 2004 Morphological and phylogenetic investigation in Ceramiaceae (Centroceras clavulatum , Spyridia filamentosa) 26th Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Dauphin Island, Alabama, Oct. 22-24. (Oral).
Won B.Y., Cho T.O., Fredericq S. & Yates K. 2005. New insights in the diversity of red algae belonging to the Ceramiaceae (Ceramiales) growing epiphytically on sea grasses in Tampa Bay. Gulf of Mexico Integrated Science-Tampa Bay Study 4th Annual Science Conference, Feb 8-9, Gulfport, FL. ABSTRACT p. 16 in booklet. (Poster)
Won B.Y. 2005 Morphological and phylogenetic investigation in Ceramiaceae (Centroceras clavulatum , Spyridia filamentosa) Southwestern Louisiana Chapter. Sigma Xi presentation. Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette, March 14th. ABSTRACT. (Oral).
Won B.Y., Cho T.O. & Fredericq S. 2005. Spyridia filamentosa (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta): A cosmopolitan red algal species?. 8th International Phycological Congress, Aug. 13-19, Durban, South Africa. ABSTRACT #269, p. 112. (Poster)
Won B.Y., Cho T.O. & Fredericq S. 2005. Are Antithamnion pectinatum, Centroceras clavulatum and Spyridia filamentosa (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) cosmopolitan red algal species?. 27th Annual Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Fort Pierce, Florida, Nov. 4-6. (Poster)
Won B.Y., Cho T.O. & Fredericq S. 2005. Are Antithamnion pectinatum, Centroceras clavulatum and Spyridia filamentosa (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) cosmopolitan red algal species? NSF-DFG Biodiversity conference, AAUS, Washington D.C, Nov. 6-9. ABSTRACT. (Poster)
Won B.Y.2005 Are Antithamnion pectinatum, Centroceras clavulatum and Spyridia filamentosa (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) cosmopolitan red algal species? UL at Lafayette Graduate Student Symposium,Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette, Sep. 15. ABSTRACT. (Oral)
Won B.Y.2007 Are Antithamnion pectinatum, Centroceras clavulatum and Spyridia filamentosa (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) cosmopolitan red algal species? sixth Biennial Conference, PEET VI, University of Georgia Athens, GA, March 2007, ABSTRACT p 45 (Poster)
Won B.Y.2007 Are Antithamnion pectinatum, Centroceras clavulatum and Spyridia filamentosa (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) cosmopolitan red algal species? Joint meeting of Phycological Society of America and International Society of Protistologists, Providence, RI, August 2007, ABSTRACT p 37 (Oral)
Grants:
2003. Phycological Society of America Hoshaw Travel Award: $230.00
2003: Graduate Student Organization, UL Lafayette: Spring, Summer, Fall
total Travel: $480.00 total Supplies: $480.00
2004: Sigma Xi Student Award, Southwestern Louisiana Chapter: $25.00
2004: Phycological Society of America Hoshaw Travel Award : $400.00
2004: Graduate Student Organization, UL Lafayette: Spring, Summer, Fall
total Travel: $480.00
2005 Sigma Xi Student Award, Southwestern Louisiana Chapter: $75.00
2005: Graduate Student Symposium, UL Lafayette: $50.00
2005: Graduate Student Organization, UL Lafayette: Spring, Summer, Fall
total Travel: $160+204
2007: Phycological Society of America Hoshaw Travel Award : $653.00
Fieldwork:
Yaeyeon Island, S. Korea: 1993.
Korea: 1993-2001.
Florida, E. and W: Spring, Summer 2003;
Washington, Oregon and California: May-July 2003;
Texas: May; August 2003
Florida, E. and W: November 2005
Maine, Rhode Island, New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut: August 2007