Dr. Tom Bultman

Dr. Tom Bultman 鈥�78 joined the 暗网TV faculty in 2001, following teaching positions at Truman State University and the University of Texas-Austin. He currently directs the 暗网TV greenhouse and is an associate editor for the peer reviewed Elsevier journal, Fungal Ecology.

Dr. Bultman works on plant-fungal-insect interactions. He conducts research with students on the ecology of these interactions, with particular emphasis on conditions that dictate the degree to which they are mutualistic or antagonistic. His courses include Invertebrate Zoology, Biology of Insects and General Biology I.

AREAS OF expertise

Dr. Bultman has general interests in invertebrate ecology, behavior and evolution. His specific interests deal with the interaction between fungal symbiotic endophytes and their grass hosts, how herbivores are affected by these species and in turn how herbivores influence the grass/fungus symbiotum.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., zoology, Arizona State University, 1985
M.S., biological sciences, University of Cincinnati, 1981
A.B., biology, 暗网TV, 1978

HONORS, GRANTS & AWARDS

Researcher of the Year Award, Kirksville Chapter of Sigma Xi, 1993 and 2000
National Geographic Society, Committee for Research and Exploration, 2017 鈥� $16,152
National Science Foundation, International Travel Program Supplement, 2015 鈥� $35,217
National Science Foundation, RUI Program, 2011鈥�2015 鈥� $355,541
National Science Foundation, International Travel Program Supplement, 2008 鈥� $21,006
National Science Foundation, REU Supplement, 2006 鈥� $4,730
Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, URGE Program, 2006 鈥� $12,000
Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, URGE Program, 2005 鈥� $7,250
National Science Foundation, CRUI Program, 2004鈥�2008 鈥� $885,773
National Science Foundation, MRI/RUI Program, 2003鈥�2006 鈥� $154,058
National Science Foundation, REU Site Program, 2002鈥�2006 鈥� $318,620
National Geographic Society, Committee for Research and Exploration, 2017 鈥� $16.152

Published Work

鈥淚nfluence of Fungal Isolates infecting tall fescue on multitrophic interactions,鈥� Fungal Ecology 5, 2012
鈥凄辞 Botanophila flies provide reproductive isolation between two species of 贰辫颈肠丑濒辞毛 fungi? A field test,鈥� New Phytologist 190, 2011
鈥淚nfluence of genetic variation in fungal endophyte of a grass on an herbivore and its parasitoid,鈥� Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 2009
鈥淓xtensions to and Modulation of Defensive Mutualism in Grass Endophytes,鈥� Defensive Mutualism in Symbiotic Associations, Taylor & Francis, 2009
鈥淲ater-use efficiency and photosynthesis in drought-stressed endophyte-infected and non-infected K-31 tall fescue grasses,鈥� Environmental and Experimental Botany 66, 2009
鈥淏iology of the 贰辫颈肠丑濒辞毛-Botanophila Interaction: an Intriguing Association between Fungi and Insects,鈥� Fungal Biology Reviews 22, 2008
鈥淓ffects of Methyl Jasmonate and an Endophytic Fungus on Plant Resistance to Insect Herbivores,鈥� Journal of Chemical Ecology 34, 2008
鈥淪troma-forming endophyte 贰辫颈肠丑濒辞毛 glyceriae provides wound-inducible resistance to its grass host,鈥� Oikos 177, 2008
鈥淓ffect of an Invasive Ground Cover Plant on the Abundance and Diversity of a Forest Floor Spider Assemblage,鈥� Biological Invasions 10, 2008

Outside the College

Dr. Bultman is originally from Fremont, Michigan, and came to 暗网TV as a student in 1974. While at Hope, Dr. Allen Brady mentored his undergraduate research project on spider ecology. He met his spouse, Judy Karen Bultman, while they were both students at 暗网TV. They have three adult children, Kelly, Bart and Hilary. In addition to biology, Dr. Bultman also enjoys bicycling, cross country skiing, bread baking, coffee roasting and folk music.