Kuo-Tan Li's resume


address	Department of Horticultural Sciences, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva, New York, USA

telephone	315-7872601
fax	928-8337519
E-mail	kl46@cornell.edu


	To search for an interesting job opportunity and to build professional expreience for personal academice career


2001	Ph.D. Pomology field, Cornell University, New York, USA.
1992	Master of Science in Agirculture (M.S.A.) Department of Horticulture, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

1989	Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Department of Horticulture, National Chung Hsing University, Taichuang, Taiwan.


1999	Perrine Scholarship New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, New York, USA.
1999	Graduate Research Assistantship New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, New York, USA.
1999	Matthias Prager Homan Graduate Research Travel Award Department of Fruit and Vegetable Science, Cornell University, New York, USA.
1999	Graduate Student Transportation Award Cornell University, New York, USA.
1997	Fellowship Department of Fruit and Vegetable Science, Cornell University, New York, USA.
1989~1992	Fellowship Ministry of Education, Taiwan
1989	Golden Key Medal National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
1988~1989,1991	Scholarship Wu Sheng Charity Foundation, Hsinchuang, Taiwan


2002	Postdoctoral research associate Department of Horticultural Sciences, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station Programs: Carbon balance modeling approaches to integrating the effects of foliar pests, environment, and cultural practices in apples
2001	Postdoctoral research associate Department of Horticulture, Cornell University Programs: Nitrogen and irrigation managements to improve N and water status and reduce atypical aging of Riesling Nitrogen and carbohydrate reserves in growth and development of Concord grapevines
1999~2000	Graduate research assistant Department of Horticultural Sciences, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station

1994~1996

Research assistant
Department of Horticulture, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Programs:
Local mango industry related to the microclimate affected by Chiaho Railroad tunnel, Fangshan, Pingtung, Taiwan
Improvement of cultural practices and enhancement of fruit quality in mango
Variety and quality improvement of fruit crops--mango, waxapple, and citrus

1987

Summer intern
Landscape Office, Department of Horticulture, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
Program:
Landscape design and construction

1986~1989

Part-time assistant
Department of Horticulture, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
Responsibilities:
Nursery management
Hydroponics system management
Plant nutrient and mineral element analysis



Dissertation	Kuo-Tan Li, 2001. Physiological Effects of Summer Pruning in Apple Trees, Ph.D. dissertation, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Theses	Studies on Flowering Habit, Pollen Morphology and Activity of Irwin Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Morphological Studies on Anther and Pollen Grains and in vitro Pollen Germination of Lichi chinensis Sonn.

Journals

Kuo-Tan Li, Alan Lakso, Rick Piccioni, and Terence Robinson. 2002. Summer pruning: the good, the bad and the ugly. New York Fruit Quarterly 10(4):29-31.
Kuo-Tan Li and Alan N. Lakso. 2003. Photosynthetic ability of apple spur leaves after re-exposure by summer pruning. HortScience (in press)
Kuo-Tan Li, Alan N. Lakso, Richard Piccioni, and Terence Robinson. 2003.Summer pruning reduces whole-canopy gas exchange and transpiration in apple trees. The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology 78(6) (in press )
Kuo-Tan Li, Alan N. Lakso, Richard Piccioni, and Terence Robinson. 2003. Summer pruning effects on fruit quality,return bloom, and root growth in apple. The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology 78(6) (in press)
Kuo-Tan Li, Tzong-Shyan Lin, and Ching-Lung Lee. 2003. Anthesis, anther dehiscence pollen morphology, and pollen viability of 'Irwin' mango. Scientia Hroticulturae (in press)
Kuo-Tan Li, Jan P. Nyrop, and Alan N. Lakso. 2003. Virtual and simulated spotted tentiform leafminer injuries have little effect on photosynthesis in apple. (in prep for New York Fruit Quaterly)
Kuo-Tan Li, Jan P. Nyrop, and Alan N. Lakso. 2003. Modeling photosynthetic response of apple leaves infested by virtual and simulated leafminer. (in prep for Economical Entomology)
Kuo-Tan Li, Tzong-Shyan Lin, and Ching-Lung Lee. 2003. Anther morphologyand pollen viability in Litchi. (in prep for Journal of the American Society forHorticultural Science)

Conference abstracts	Li, K-T., and A.N. Lakso. 1999. Summer pruning effects on leaf and whole canopy gas exchange in apple trees. HortScience 34(3): 548 (Abstr. 589). K.-T. Li, A.N. Lakso and R. Piccioni. 2000. Summer pruning and re-exposure effects on leaf and whole canopy gas exchange in apple trees. Kuo-Tan Li, Alan N. Lakso, and Jan P. Nyrop. 2003. Accessing the effect of spotted tentiform leafminer injury to apples. HortScience 38(5):768.
Proceedings	Lakso A.N., R.M. Pool, L. Cheng, T. Martinson, and K.-T. Li. 2002. Drought and water stress in New York vineyards and the potential for atypical aging of New York wines, pp. 94-98. In: Henick-Kling T. (ed.). Proceedings of the 31st Annual New York Wine Industry Workshop and 2002 Annual Meeting of the New York Wine & Grape Foundation, April 3-5 2002, Geneva, New York. Tzong-Shyan Lin and Kuo-Tan Li. 1997. Leaf number affects fruit quality inMango, pp. 73-84. In: Chang L.J and Chen R.W. (eds.). Special report:Proceedings of the third symposium on fruit industry competition enhancement.Taichung District Agricultural Improvement Station, Chunghua, Taiwan. (In Chinese).


2003~	Membership Sigma Xi - The Scientific Research Society
2002~	Reviewer Journal of American Society for Horticultural Science
2001~2002	Editorial Review Board Tree Physiology
2000~	Membership International Society for Horticultural Science
201999~00	Membership American Society for Horticultural Science


	Mandarin, Taiwanese, English, Japanese


	Minizhizotron and image analysis Phytomonitoring and information management system Photosynthesis gas exchange system Canopy analysis High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) Fluorescence microscope and scanning electron microscope Histological microtechniques Hydroponics system Nutrient and element analysis Photographic dark room manipulation


	Basic microcomputer hardware and applications Personal computer assembling and troubleshooting Microsoft disk operating system, Windows, spreadsheets, word processing, Database management, graphics, and publisher Web site construction and management Digital image creation and manipulation


1992~1994	Lieutenant Infantry and coast guard, Taiwan


1990~1996	Membership Japan Succulent Society
1989	General editor Yearbook, Department of Horticulture, National Chung Hsin University, Taichung, Taiwan
1987~1988	Art director Student society for Horticulture, National Chung Hsin University, Taichung, Taiwan
1985~1987	Membership Student Society for Chinese Calligraphy, National Chung Hsin University, Taichung, Taiwan


	Swimming, skiing, bike riding, hiking, bird-watching


	Photography, drawing, orchids, gardening, travel


	Available upon request

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