Research Interests
- wetland plant ecology
- wetland bioassessment
- plant taxonomy
- floristics
Research Description
Education
Ph.D. Regulatory Biology, Cleveland State University 2004
MSc. Botany (Cytogenetics and Plant Breeding), University of Mumabi, 1997
BSc. Botany University of Mumbai, 1995
Courses Taught
UIUC
- Study Abroad - Conservation, Climate, and Culture of India (NRES 285)
- Graduate Seminar (NRES 512/IB 546)
- Spring Local Flora (NRES 285/499)
Murray State University, Kentucky
- Dendrology and Forest Conservation (BIO 554/654)
- Botany: Plant Form and Function (BIO 222)
Northeastern State University, Oklahoma
- Evolution and Diversity (BIOL 1123)
- Introductory Biology II (BIOL 1023)
- Investigative Lab (BIOL 1131)
- Plant Biology (BIOL 3003 and BIOL 3003L)
- Evolution of Land Plants (BIOL 3133 and BIOL 3133L)
- Oklahoma Flora (BIOL 3213 and BIOL 3213L)
- Forest Botany (BIOL 3433 and BIOL 3433L)
- Field Botany (BIOL 3464 and BIOL 3464L) also at KU
- Systematic Botany (BIOL 4114/5114 and BIOL 4114L/5114L)
- Senior Seminar (BIOL 4621)
- Graduate Seminar (BIOL 5511)
- Plants and People (BIOL 4503/5503)
University of Texas at Tyler
- Plant Taxonomy (BIOL 3147 and 3188)
- Plant Morphology (BIOL 3345 and 3348)
- Biogeography (BIOL 4304/5304)
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academic positions
- Assistant Professor and Herbarium Curator, Biological Sciences, Murray State University
- Associate Professor and Curator, Natural Sciences, Notheastern State University
- Assistant Professor and Curator, Natural Sciences, Northeastern State University
- Assistant Professor and Herbarium Curator, Biology, University of Texas at Tyler
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Kansas Biological Survey, University of Kansas
selected publications
Jog, S. K. and J. T. Bried. 2024. The"full species list" fallacy in Floristic Quality Assessment. Ecosphere DOI: 10.1002/ECS2.70062
Crisfield, V. E., C. D. Ficken, B. A. Allen, S. K. Jog, and J. T. Bried. 2023. The potential of trait data to increase the availability of bioindicators: A case study using plant conservatism values. Ecological Applications 33(5) https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2866
Bried, J. T and S. K. Jog. 2022. Nonnative species limitation of floristic quality scores in wetland mitigation performance and multimetric health assessment. Wetlands 42(1): 3.
Bried, J. T., T. S Fouts, and S. K. Jog. 2021. Searching for indicator species of high floristic quality depressional wetlands in the U.S. southern plains. Wetlands 41(7): 96.
Jog, S. K and J. T. Bried. 2021. Taxonomic distinctness poorly reflects floristic quality in a wetland study system. Ecological Indicators 121: 107086.
Bried, J. T., T. S Fouts, and S. K. Jog. 2019. Enhanced indicator species performance with increasing contexualization. Conservation Science and Practice 1(12): e127.
Jog, S. K, J. T. Bried, X. Feng, A. Dzialowski, C. Davis, and M. Papes. 2017. Can land use indicate wetland floristic quality and taxonomic distinctness? Ecological Indicators 78: 331-339.
Bried, J. T, S. K. Jog, C. A. Davis, and A. R. Dzialowski. 2016. Rapid buffer assessment fails to predict and classify wetland floristic quality in Oklahoma. Wetlands 36: 799-805.
Bried, J. T, S. K. Jog, A. R. Dzialowski and C. A. Davis. 2014. Vegetation criteria for identifying potential reference-quality wetlands in the south-central United States. Wetlands 34: 1159-1169.
Bried, J. T, S. K. Jog, and J. W. Matthews. 2013. Floristic quality assessment signals human disturbance over natural variability in a wetland system. Ecological Indicators 34: 260-267
professional affiliations
- Botanical Society of America
- Natural Areas Association
- Illinois Native Plant Society