Education

• 1986  Ph.D. in Botany, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
• 1981  B.A. in Botany with Honors, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
• 1981  B.S. in Forestry with Honors, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
• 1977  Certificate in Horticulture, Merritt College, Oakland, California

Experience

• 2003 – present Curator/Lead Scientist/Acting Research Leader, Plant Genetic Resources Preservation Program, NCGRP, USDA-ARS, Fort Collins, CO
• 2000 - 2003 Director of Operations/Molecular Biology, CellFor Inc., Victoria, B.C.
• 1996 - 2000 Biotechnology Director, Forest Biotechnology Centre, BCRI, Vancouver, B.C.
• 1994 - 1995 Visiting Scientist, ForBio, Brisbane, Australia
• 1988 - 1995 Assistant/Associate Scientist, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
• 1987 - 1988 Scientist, Forest Biotechnology Centre, Agrogen Biotechnologies, Vancouver, B.C.

Professional Accomplishments

• Science Advisory Board Desert Legume Project
• 2 patents, 14 book chapters
• Over 20 years experience in plant biotechnology
• Patent for transformation of gymnosperms
• Founding scientist of three biotechnology companies
• Research experience with transformation, tissue culture, cryopreservation, plant conservation, carbohydrate metabolism, secondary metabolites and plant molecular biology

Publications

G.M. Volk, J. Wadell, R. Bonnart, L. Towill, D. Ellis and M. Luffman.  2008.  High viability of dormant Malus buds after 10 years of storage in liquid nitrogen vapour. CryoLetters 29:89-94.

Ji-Young Park, J-Y., T. Canam, K.-Y. Kang, D. D. Ellis and S. D. Mansfield.  2008.  Over-expression of an arabidopsis family A sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS) gene alters plant growth and fibre development.  Transgenic Research 17:181-192.

H.H. Coleman, T. Canam, K-Y Kang, D.D. Ellis and S.D. Mansfield.  2007.  Over-expression of UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase in hybrid poplar affects carbon allocation.  J Exp Botany 58:4257-4268.

Nass, L.L., P.A. Arraes Pereira and D. Ellis.  2007.  Biofuels in Brazil: An Overview.  Crop Science 47:2228-2237.

H.Y. Joung, M. Cantor, D. Ellis and K Kamo. 2007 Vitrification and cryopreservation of Gladiolus shoot tips from cormels. Korean Society for Hort Sci 48(4):251-257.

T. Canam, J-Y. Park, K.Y. Lu, M. C. Campbell, D.D. Ellis and S.D. Mansfield. 2006. Varied growth, biomass and cellulose content in tobacco expressing yeast-derived advertises. Planta. 244:1315-1327.

D.D. Ellis, D. Skogerboe, C. Andre, B. Hellier and G. Volk.  2006. Implementation of garlic cryopreservation techniques in the National Plant Germplasm System. CryoLetters 27(2):99-106. 

Coleman H.D., D.D. Ellis, M.O. Gilbert, and S.D. Mansfield.  2006. Up-regulation of Sucrose Synthase and UDP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase Impacts Plant Growth and Metabolism.  Plant Biotechnology Journal 4:87-101.

Robinson, A.R., R. Gheneim, R.A. Kozak, D.D. Ellis and S.D. Mansfield. 2005. The potential of metabolite profiling as a selection tool for genotype discrimination in Populus. Journal of Experimental Botany.  56(421):2807-2819.

Lippert, D., J. Zhuang, S. Ralph, D. Ellis, M. Gilbert, R. Olafson, K. Ritland B. Ellis, C. Douglas and J. Bohlmann. 2005. Proteome analysis of early somatic embryogenesis in Picea glauca.  Proteomics 5(2):461-473.

Huntley, S.K., D.D. Ellis, M. Gilbert, C. Chapple and S.D. Mansfield. 2003. Significant increases in pulping efficiency in C4H-F5H-transformed poplars: Improved chemical savings and reduced environmental toxins.  J Agric Food Chem 51(21):6173-6183.

Kleiner, K.W., K.F. Raffa, D.D. Ellis, B.H. McCown.  2003.  Leaf ontogeny influences leaf phenolics and the efficacy of the genetically expressed Bacillus thuringiensis cry1A(a) beta-endotoxin in hybrid poplar against gypsy moth. J of Chem Ecology  29(11): 2585-2602.