Curriculum Vitae

Daniel A. Sims
Department of Biology
California State University
5151 State Univ. Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90032
email:  dsims3@calstatela.edu
phone: 323-343-4224
Fax: 323-343-6451
 

EDUCATION:

    PhD, Botany, University of California, Davis, Dec 1990. Advisor: Dr. Robert Pearcy.
    MS, Botany, University of California, Davis, June 1988.
    BA, Biology, Earlham College, June 1985.
 

HONORS:

 -National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship 1985-1989
 -National Merit Scholarship                    1981-1985
 -Phi Beta Kappa                                 1985
 

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:

-remote sensing of plant physiology and productivity
-plant acclimation responses to light and CO2
-carbon partitioning and photosynthetic modelling
 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

Post-doctoral research, 1998 to present. Remote sensing of vegetation physiology and
productivity
Post-doctoral research, 1994 to 1998. Plant responses to elevated CO2.
Post-doctoral research, 1991 to 1994. Interactive effects of plant virus infection, light environment and nutrient supply on plant physiology, growth and reproduction.
Doctoral research, UC Davis, 1985 to 1990. A cost/benefit analysis of light acclimation in Alocasia macrorrhiza.
 
 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Lab Instructor for Introductory Botany and Plant Physiological Ecology at UC Davis, 1986-1987.
 
 

PUBLICATIONS:

Sims DA and Gamon JA (2002) Relationships between leaf pigment content and spectral reflectance across a wide range of species, leaf structures and developmental stages. Remote Sensing of Environment (in press).

Rahman AF, Sims DA, Schmidts MJ and Gamon JA (2002) Optimum pixel size for hyperspectral remote sensing of ecosystem functions: A case study of Southern California grass and chaparral. Remote Sensing of Environment (in press).

Hui D, Sims DA, Johnson D, Cheng W, and Yiqi L (2002) Effects of gradual versus step increases in carbon dioxide on Plantago photosynthesis and growth in a microcosm study. Evironmental and Experimental Botany 47:51-66.

Fuentes DA, Gamon JA, Qiu H, Sims DA, Roberts DA (2001) Mapping Canadian boreal forest vegetation using pigment and water absorption features derived from the AVIRIS sensor. Journal of Geophysical Research 106:33565-33578.

Hui D, Cheng W, Sims DA, Yiqi L, Johnson D, and Coleman JS (2001) Canopy radiation- and water-use efficiencies as affected by elevated [CO2]. Global Change Biology 7:75-91.

Cheng W, Sims DA, Luo Y, Coleman JS and Johnson DW (2000) Photosynthesis, respiration, and net primary production of sunflower stands in ambient and elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations: an invariant NPP:GPP ratio? Global Change Biology 6:931-941.

Luo Y, Hui D, Cheng W, Coleman JS, Johnson DW, Sims DA (2000) Canopy quantum yield in a mesocosm study. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 100:35-48.

Cheng W, Sims DA, Yiqi L, Johnson D, Ball JT, and Coleman JS (2000) Carbon budgeting in plant-soil mesocosms under elevated CO2: Locally missing carbon? Global Change biology 6:99-110.

Moore BD, Cheng S-H, Sims DA and Seemann JR (1999) The biochemical and molecular basis for photosynthetic acclimation to elevated atmospheric CO2. Plant, Cell and Environment 22:567-582.

Sims DA, Cheng W, Luo Y and Seemann JR (1999) Photosynthetic acclimation to elevated CO2 in a sunflower canopy. Journal of Experimental Botany 50:645-654.

Griffin KL, Sims DA, Seemann JR (1999) Altered night-time CO2 concentration affects the growth, physiology and biochemistry of soybean. Plant, Cell and Environment 22:91-100.

Sims DA, Luo Y and Seemann JR (1998) Importance of leaf vs. whole plant CO2 environment for photosynthetic acclimation. Plant, Cell and Environment 21:1189-1196.

Sims DA, Luo Y and Seemann JR (1998) Comparison of photosynthetic acclimation to elevated CO2 and limited nitrogen supply in soybean. Plant, Cell and Environment 21:945-952.

Sims DA and Kelley S (1998) Somatic and genetic factors in sun/shade population differentiation in Plantago lanceolata and Anthoxanthum odoratum. New Phytologist 140:75-84.

Luo Y, Sims DA, Griffin KL (1998) Nonlinearity of photosynthetic responses to growth in rising atmospheric CO2: an experimental and modeling study. Global Change Biology 4:173-183.

Sims D.A., Seemann J.R., and Y. Luo (1998) Elevated CO2 concentration has independent effects on expansion rates and thickness of soybean leaves across light and nitrogen gradients. Journal of Experimental Botany 49:583-591.

Sims D.A., Seemann J.R., and Y. Luo (1998) The significance of differences in the mechanisms of photosynthetic acclimation to light, nitrogen and CO2 for return on investment in leaves. Functional Ecology 12:185-194.

Balachandran S., Hurry V.M., Kelley S.E., Osmond C.B., Robinson S.A., Rohozinski J., Seaton G.G.R., and D.A. Sims (1997) Concepts of plant biotic stress. Some insights into the stress physiology of virus-infected plants, from the perspective of photosynthesis. Physiologia Plantarum 100:203-213.

Griffin K.L., Ross P.D., Sims D.A., Luo Y., Seemann J.R., Fox C.A., & Ball J.T. (1996) EcoCELLs: Tools for mesocosm scale measurements of gas exchange. Plant, Cell and Enviroment 19:1210-1221.

Luo Y., Sims D.A., Thomas R.B., Tissue D.T., & Ball J.T. (1996) Sensitivity of leaf photosynthesis to CO2 concentration is an invariant function for C3 plants: A test with experimental data and global applications. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 10:209-222.

Sims D.A. & R.W. Pearcy (1994) Scaling sun and shade photosynthetic acclimation in Alocasia macrorrhiza to whole-plant performance-I. Carbon balance and allocation at different daily photon flux densities. Plant, Cell and Environment 17:881-887.

Sims D.A., Gebauer R. & R.W. Pearcy (1994) Scaling sun and shade photosynthetic acclimation of Alocasia macrorrhiza to whole-plant performance-II. Simulation of carbon balance and growth at different photon flux densities. Plant, Cell and Environment 17:889-900.

Pearcy R.W. & D.A. Sims (1994) Photosynthetic acclimation to changing light environments: scaling from the leaf to the whole plant. In: Exploitation of environmental heterogeneity by plants: Ecophysiological processes above and below ground. (M.M. Caldwell and R.W. Pearcy, eds.), Academic Press, p 145-174.

Sims D.A. & R.W. Pearcy (1993) Sunfleck frequency and duration affects growth rate of the understory plant, Alocasia macrorrhiza (L.) G. Don. Functional Ecology 7: 683-689.

Sims D.A. & R.W. Pearcy (1992) Response of leaf anatomy and photosynthetic capacity in Alocasia macrorrhiza (Araceae) to a transfer from low to high light. American Journal of Botany 79:449-455.

Sims D.A. & R.W. Pearcy (1991) Photosynthesis and respiration in Alocasia macrorrhiza following transfers to high and low light. Oecologia 86:447-453.

Sims D.A. & R.W. Pearcy (1989) Photosynthetic characteristics of a tropical forest understory herb, Alocasia macrorrhiza, and a related crop species, Colocasia esculenta grown in contrasting light environments. Oecologia 79:53-59.
 
 
 

 PAPERS PRESENTED:

Sims, D.A. & J Gamon. Estimating chlorophyll, carotenoid, and anthocyanin concentration using hyperspectral reflectance. Ecological Society of America meetings, Spokane, WA 1999.

Sims, D. A. & J. R. Seemann. Effect of elevated CO2 on distribution of photosynthetic capacity within a sunflower canopy. Ecological Society of America meetings, Baltimore, MD 1998.

Sims, D. A., J. R. Seemann & Y. Luo. Distinguishing leaf from whole plant level effects of CO2 concentration on leaf acclimation. Ecological Society of America meetings, Albuquerque, NM 1997.

Sims D.A. & Y. Luo. Comparative studies of photosynthetic acclimation to CO2, light and nitrogen. Ecological Society of America meetings, 1996.

Sims D.A., Y. Luo & J.T. Ball. Mechanisms of photosynthetic acclimation to CO2. Ecological Society of America meetings, 1995.

Sims D.A. & S.E. Kelley. Interactive effects of viral infection, light and nutrient supply on photosynthesis and growth of Plantago lanceolata and Anthoxanthum odoratum. Ecological Society of America meetings, 1994.

Sims D.A. & S.E. Kelley. Consequences of natural and introduced viral infection in sun and shade populations of Plantago lanceolata and Anthoxanthum odoratum. Ecological Society of America meetings, 1993.

Sims D.A. & S.E. Kelley. Physiological and morphological variation between sun and shade genotypes of Plantago lanceolata and Anthoxanthum odoratum. Ecological Society of America meetings, 1992.

Sims D.A. & R.W. Pearcy. Relative growth rates of Alocasia macrorrhiza grown under uniform and fluctuating light. Ecological Society of America meetings, 1991.

Sims D.A. & R.W. Pearcy. The costs and benefits of photosynthetic acclimation to light environment. Ecological Society of America meetings, 1990.

Sims D.A. & R.W. Pearcy. Photosynthesis and respiration in Alocasia macrorrhiza following transfers to high and low light. Ecological Society of America meetings, 1989.

Sims D.A. & R.W. Pearcy. Photosynthetic acclimation in two tropical aroids. Ecological Society of America meetings, 1988.

REFERENCES:

   Dr. Jeffrey Seemann    Phone: (702) 784-6031
   Biochemistry Dept., MS 330  Fax:      (702) 784-1419
   University of Nevada   email:  seemann@scs.unr.edu
   Reno, NV 89557

   Dr. Robert Pearcy    Phone: (530) 752-1288
   Department of Evolution and Ecology Fax:
   UC Davis     email:  rwpearcy@ucdavis.edu
   Davis, CA 95616

   Dr. C. Barry Osmond   Phone:  011-616-249-3841
   Australian National University  Fax:  011-616-249-0758
   Box 475     email:  osmond@rsbs-central.anu.edu.au
   Canberra 2601,  Australia

   Dr. Steven Kelley    Phone: (404) 727-3787
   Department of Biology   Fax: (404) 727-2880
   Emory University    email:  skelley@biology.emory.edu
   Atlanta, GA 30322