Thomas Dickinson Bruns

Background

Bruns, Thomas Dickinson was born on April 13, 1953 in Blue Island, Illinois, United States. Son of Ralph Irving and Barbara Ann (Dickinson) Bruns.

Education

Student, University Illinois, 1971-1973; Bachelor of Science in Forest Science, University of Minnesota, 1978; Master of Science in Botany, University of Minnesota, 1982; Doctor of Philosophy in Botany, University of Michigan, 1987.

Career

Teaching assistant, College Forestry, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1977; teaching assistant, Department Botany, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1979-1982; teaching assistant, Department Botany, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1982-1985; Rackham predoctoral fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1985-1986; research assistant, Department Botany, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1986-1987; postdoctoral fellow, Department Botany, University of California, Berkeley, 1987-1989; assistant professor, Department Plant Pathology, University of California, Berkeley, since 1989. Lecturer in field.

Achievements

• Thomas Dickinson Bruns has been listed as a noteworthy Plant pathologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Phytopathol. Society, Mycological Society American, Society for Study of Evolution.

Connections

Married Barbara Jean Brown, March 31, 1979. Children: Emily Louise, Patricia Jeannine, Samuel Peter.

Father:

Ralph Irving Bruns

Mother:

Barbara Ann (Dickinson) Bruns

Spouse:

Barbara Jean Brown

child:

Samuel Peter Bruns

child:

Patricia Jeannine Bruns

child:

Emily Louise Bruns