Dr Conor Meade
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Senior Lecturer
Biological and Geographical Sciences Programme Co-ordinator
Biography
Associate Professor
Co-Director BSc Biological and Geographical Sciences
Career posts:
Associate Professor, Maynooth University (2021-)
Assistant Professor/ Lecturer, Maynooth University (2006)
International Research Officer, Marine Institute, Dublin (2006)
Senior Post-Doctoral Fellow/ PI, Maynooth University (2003-2005)
Post Doctoral Fellow/ PI, Maynooth University (2001-2003)
Academic Honours:
Fulbright EPA Climate Change Scholar, University of Colorado, Boulder (2017)
Education:
PhD Botany, Trinity College Dublin (1996-2000)
BSc Environmental Biology, University College Dublin (1989-1993)
Co-Director BSc Biological and Geographical Sciences
Career posts:
Associate Professor, Maynooth University (2021-)
Assistant Professor/ Lecturer, Maynooth University (2006)
International Research Officer, Marine Institute, Dublin (2006)
Senior Post-Doctoral Fellow/ PI, Maynooth University (2003-2005)
Post Doctoral Fellow/ PI, Maynooth University (2001-2003)
Academic Honours:
Fulbright EPA Climate Change Scholar, University of Colorado, Boulder (2017)
Education:
PhD Botany, Trinity College Dublin (1996-2000)
BSc Environmental Biology, University College Dublin (1989-1993)
Book Chapter
Year | Publication | |
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2013 | C. Meade (2013) 'Life in Ireland during the Ice Age' In: Secrets of the Irish Landscape. Dublin : RTE. | |
2011 | van Welzen, P.C., A. Madern, N. Raes, J.A.N. Parnell, D.A. Simpson, C. Byrne, T. Curtis, J. Macklin, A. Trias-Blasi, A. Prajaksood, P. Bygrave, S. Dransfield, D.W. Kirkup, J. Moat, P. Wilkin, C. Couch, P.C. Boyce, K. Chayamarit, P. Chantaranothai, H-J. Esser, M.H.P. Jebb, K. Larsen, S.S. Larsen, I. Nielsen, C. Meade, D.J. Middleton, C.A. Pendry, A.M. Muasya, N. Pattharahirantricin, R. Pooma, S. Suddee, G.W. Staples, S. Sungkaew and A. Teerawatananon. (2011) 'The Current and Future Status of Floristic Provinces in Thailand' In: Land Use, Climate Change and Biodiversity Modeling: Perspectives and Applications. Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA : IGI Global. [DOI] |
Peer Reviewed Journal
Year | Publication | |
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2022 | Meade, C. (2022) 'Flora of Thailand Annonaceae: Uvaria'. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany), . | |
2021 | Leeratiwong C.; Jornead S.; Meade C.V. (2021) 'Uvaria clementis (Annonaceae), a new record for Thailand'. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany), 49 :241-244. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2021 | Meade C.V.; Bueno de Mesquita C.P.; Schmidt S.K.; Suding K.N. (2021) 'The presence of a foreign microbial community promotes plant growth and reduces filtering of root fungi in the arctic-alpine plant Silene acaulis'. Plant Ecology and Diversity, . [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2020 | Meade C.; Ryan E.; Mullins E.; Downes M. (2020) 'Successful pollen dispersal modulates with flowering phase in field-hybridizing grasses'. Biology and Environment, 120B (1):51-60. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2018 | Abukrees, F., Kozlowski, G. and Meade, C. (2018) 'Characterization of diverse ploidy in the arctic-alpine Arenaria ciliata species complex (Caryophyllaceae) using shoot meristem staining and flow cytometry analysis of archived frozen tissue'. Plant Species Biology, 33 (2). [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2018 | Meade, CV; Parnell, JAN (2018) 'A revised taxonomy for Uvaria (Annonaceae) in continental Asia'. Australian Systematic Botany, 31 :311-356. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2015 | Phelan, S; Fitzgerald, T; Grant, J; Byrne, S; Meade, C; Mullins, E (2015) 'Propensity for seed-mediated gene flow from potato crops and potential consequences for the coexistence of GM and non-GM potato systems'. European Journal of Agronomy, 67 :52-60. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2015 | Parnell J.; Pilla F.; Simpson C.; Van Welzen P.; Chayamarit K.; Chantaranothai P.; Boyce P.; Bygrave P.; Byrne C.; Chen S.; Couch C.; Curtis T.; Dransfield S.; Duyfjes B.; Eianthong W.; Esser H.; Grote P.; Hua Z.; Jebb M.; Kirkup D.; Loc P.; Larsen S.; Macklin J.; Madern A.; Meade C.; Merklinger F.; Middleton D.; Moat J.; Muasya A.; Nakmuenwai P.; Pederson H.; Pendry C.; Prajaksood A.; Pooma R.; Preusapan K.; Puglisi C.; Sathapattayanon A.; Sukkharak P.; Staples G.; Strijk J.; Suddee S.; Sungkaew S.; Tangjitman K.; Teerwatananon A.; Tovaranonte J.; Ung T.; Blasi A.; De Wilde W.; Wilkin P.; Yahara T. (2015) 'A re-examination of the life and work of A.F.G. Kerr and of his colleagues and friends'. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany), (43):111-131. [Full-Text] | |
2013 | Walker, K, Howard-Williams, E, Meade, C (2013) '(2013). The distribution and ecology of Arenaria norvegica Gunn. in Ireland'. Irish Naturalists Journal, 32 (1):1-13. [Full-Text] | |
2012 | Dang, XD; Kelleher, CT; Howard-Williams, E; Meade, CV (2012) 'Rapid identification of chloroplast haplotypes using High Resolution Melting analysis'. Molecular Ecology Resources, 12 :894-908. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2009 | Petti, C; Wendt, T; Meade, C; Mullins, E (2009) 'Evidence of genotype dependency within Agrobacterium tumefaciens in relation to the integration of vector backbone sequence in transgenic Phytophthora infestans-tolerant potato'. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 107 :301-306. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2009 | Rolston, A; Meade, C; Boyle, S; Kakouli-Duarte, T; Downes, M (2009) 'Intraspecific variation among isolates of the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema feltiae from Bull Island, Ireland'. Nematology, 11 :439-451. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2008 | O'Brien M.; Spillane C.; Meade C.; Mullins E. (2008) 'An insight into the impact of arable farming on Irish biodiversity: A scarcity of studies hinders a rigorous assessment'. Biology and Environment, 108 (2):97-108. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2008 | Dillon, A.B., C. Meade, A. Rolston, M.J. Downes and C.T. Griffin (2008) 'Establishment, persistence and introgression of exotic entomopathogenic nematodes in a forest ecosystem –mesocosm and post release field studies'. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, 18 :735-747. [Full-Text] | |
2006 | Mullins, E; Milbourne, D; Petti, C; Doyle-Prestwich, BM; Meade, C (2006) 'Potato in the age of biotechnology'. Trends in Plant Science, 11 :254-260. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2006 | Rolston, AN; Meade, C; Downes, MJ (2006) 'Analysis of populations of Steinernema feltiae and Heterorhabditis downesi from Bull Island, Ireland, using AFLP'. Nematology, 38 :290-290. | |
2006 | Ryan E.; Mullins E.; Burke J.; Downes M.; Meade C. (2006) 'Tracing field hybridization in Ryegrass species using microsatellite and morphological markers'. Environmental Biosafety Research, 5 (2):111-117. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2005 | Meade C.; Mullins E. (2005) 'GM crop cultivation in Ireland: Ecological and economic considerations'. Biology and Environment, 105 (1):33-52. [Full-Text] | |
2005 | Meade C. (2005) 'A new species of Uvaria (Annonaceae) from Southeast Asia'. Adansonia, 27 (1):17-20. [Full-Text] | |
2003 | Parnell, JAN; Simpson, DA; Moat, J; Kirkup, DW; Chantaranothai, P; Boyce, PC; Bygrave, P; Dransfield, S; Jebb, MHP; Macklin, J; Meade, C; Middleton, DJ; Muasya, AM; Prajaksood, A; Pendry, CA; Pooma, R; Suddee, S; Wilkin, P (2003) 'Plant collecting spread and densities: their potential impact on biogeographical studies in Thailand'. Journal of Biogeography, 30 :193-209. [Full-Text] | |
2003 | Meade, C; Parnell, J (2003) 'Multivariate analysis of leaf shape patterns in Asian species of the Uvaria group (Annonaceae)'. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 143 :231-242. [Full-Text] | |
2002 | Meade, CV; Parnelll, JAN (2002) 'Neotypification of Uvaria hirsuta Jack (Annonaceae)'. Taxon, 51 :767-768. [Full-Text] | |
2007 | Petti, C., Meade, C., Downes, M. and Mullins, E. (2007) 'Facilitating co-existence by tracking gene-dispersal in conventional potato systems with microsatellite markers'. Environmental Biosafety Research, 18 :1-13. [Full-Text] | |
2005 | Flannery, M., C. Meade and E. Mullins. (2005) 'Employing a composite gene flow index to numerically quantify a crops potential for gene flow: An Irish Perspective. '. Environmental Biosafety Research, 4 :29-43. [Full-Text] |
Other Journal
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | Živa Fišer, Giovanna Aronne, Tsipe Aavik, Meleksen Akin, Paraskevi Alizoti, Filippos Aravanopoulos, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Manica Balant, Dalibor Ballian, Oz Barazani, Andrea Francesca Bellia, Nadine Bernhardt, Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat, Adrian Bugeja Douglas, Michael Burkart, Dušica Ćalić, André Carapeto, Tor Carlsen, Sílvia Castro, Guy Colling, Joana Cursach, Sara Cvetanoska, Cvetanka Cvetkoska, Renata Ćušterevska, Laura Daco, Kalina Danova, Aida Dervishi, Gordana Djukanović, Snežana Dragićević, Andreas Ensslin, Marianne Evju, Giuseppe Fenu, Ana Francisco, Pedro Pablo Gallego, Marta Galloni, Anatolie Ganea, Birgit Gemeinholzer, Peter Glasnović, Sandrine Godefroid, Mette Goul Thomsen, Melinda Halassy, Aveliina Helm, Marko Hyvärinen, Jasmin Joshi, Amra Kazić, Michael Kiehn, Marcin Klisz, Anneleen Kool, Marcin Koprowski, Anna Kövendi-Jakó, Karel Kříž, Matthias Kropf, Tiiu Kull, Sandro Lanfranco, Predrag Lazarević, Maja Lazarević, Merav Lebel Vine, Ligita Liepina, João Loureiro, Diana Lukminė, Nathalie Machon, Conor Meade, Detlev Metzing, Đorđije Milanović, Luis Navarro, Saša Orlović, Bart Panis, Hana Pankova, Taras Parpan, Ondřej Pašek, Dhimiter Peci, Theodora Petanidou, Kristina Plenk, Radosław Puchałka, Ivan Radosavljević, Hassan Rankou, Valerijus Rašomavičius, Gabriela Romanciuc, Anna Ruotsalainen, Nina Šajna, Terezia Salaj, Carolina Sánchez-Romero, Murat Sarginci, Deborah Schäfer, Ole Seberg, Suzanne Sharrock, Jozef Šibík, Mária Šibíková, Olav Skarpaas, Milena Stanković Neđić, Srdjan Stojnic, Boštjan Surina, Katalin Szitár, Aco Teofilovski, Rannveig Thoroddsen, Ivaylo Tsvetkov, Domas Uogintas, Koenraad Van Meerbeek, Nils van Rooijen, Loukia Vassiliou, Rita Verbylaitė, Philippine Vergeer, Petr Vít, Margareta Walczak, Alex Widmer, Justyna Wiland-Szymańska, Goran Zdunić, Elke Zippel (2021) 'ConservePlants: An integrated approach to conservation of threatened plants for the 21st Century' RIO Research Ideas and Outcomes, . [DOI] | |
2002 | Meade, C., T. Hodkinson, P. Chalermglin, M Chase, and J. Parnell (2002) 'Revision of Uvaria L. in Continental Southeast Asia: 2 Floral character Evolution in the Uvaria L. Group' Annonaceae Newsletter, 13, :29-32. |
Conference Contribution
Reviews
Year | Publication | |
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2008 | O'Brien, M; Spillane, C; Meade, C; Mullins, E (2008) AN INSIGHT INTO THE IMPACT OF ARABLE FARMING ON IRISH BIODIVERSITY: A SCARCITY OF STUDIES HINDERS A RIGOROUS ASSESSMENT. DUBLIN: [Reviews] [DOI] [Full-Text] |
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Teaching Interests
I am academic lead on the 7 Skills Undergraduate Writing Programme, and co-ordinate the Turnitin online submission platform across Biology modules on Moodle.
I co-ordinate and teach the following modules within the Biology undergraduate programme:
I also contribute to teaching on the following modules:
I co-ordinate and teach the following modules within the Biology undergraduate programme:
- BI220 Environmental Field Skills
- BI305 Dissertation
- BI401 Environmental Field Studies
- BI435 Molecular Ecology and Biogeography
I also contribute to teaching on the following modules:
- BI207 Environmental Biology (Invasive Species Biology, Marine Biology)
- BI303 Ecology