Dr. Jules Bruck
Dr. Jules Bruck
Assistant Professor
Education
  • Ph.D. 1997 Agricultural Education, Texas A&M University – College Station
    Dissertation: The Influence of Field Dependence on College Students’ Leadership Attitudes and Self-Perceptions Committee: Christine Townsend, Ph.D. (chair), Gary Briers, Ph.D., Glen Shinn, Ph.D., Jayne Zajicek, Ph.D., Richard Cummins, Ph.D Department
    Major: Leadership Education
  • M. Agr. 1993 Horticulture, Pennsylvania State University – State College
    Thesis: Evaluation of High School Textbook, Landscape Design Committee: Larry Kuhns, Ph.D. (chair), Dan Stearns, MLA, Perry Morgan, MLA
  • Certificate 1993 Agricultural Education Teaching Certificate, High School Horticulture and General Sciences, Pennsylvania State University – State College
  • B.S. 1991 Landscape Contracting, Pennsylvania State University – State College
Teaching Experience
  • 2006-present
    Assistant Professor of Landscape Design, University of Delaware, Newark, DE Core faculty for undergraduate major and minor in Landscape Horticulture, actively creating, developing, and teaching courses in landscape design, construction, technology, and business. Advisor for undergraduates and for independent study students.
  • 1998 - present
    Instructor, Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA Develop and deliver continuing education courses focused on landscape design, landscape graphics, and creativity. S98, F98, S99, F99, S00: Kindergardening S01, S02, S03: Garden Design: Putting your Thoughts on Paper S01, F02, F03, S04, F04, S05, F05: Garden Design Studio I S04, F04, S06: Independent Garden Design Studio and S04, F04, S05, F05: Garden Design Graphics
  • 2003-2006
    Instructor, The Barnes Foundation Horticultural School, Merion, PA Core faculty for diverse intensive two-year horticultural program teaching herbaceous plant materials and design.
  • 1995 – 1997
    Teaching Assistant, Department of Leadership Education, Texas A&M University, College Station. Developed and taught lessons in introductory leadership courses; lectured to groups for ongoing community outreach; and collaborated with faculty on a variety of projects including a landscape design for a campus site.
  • 1993
    Student Teacher, Abraham Lincoln High School, Philadelphia, PA Department of Agricultural Education, Pennsylvania State University, Teacher Training Certification. Developed and taught courses in landscape design to high school students at an inner city high school.
  • 1992 – 1993
    Teaching Assistant, Department of Landscape Contracting, Pennsylvania State University, State College Developed and taught lessons in landscape design and construction courses, graded work and collaborated with faculty on projects.
Current Courses
  • Field Sketching
  • History of Landscape Design
  • Landscape Construction Materials and Methods
  • Basic Landscape Design
  • Technology for Landscape Designers
  • Estimating and Bidding
Research
  • I am interested in public opinion concerning the aesthetics of sustainable gardens.  There are obvious reasons to design and plant in a sustainable fashion, but will the public accept a new aesthetic paradigm?  My research will build on the work of Dr. Sue Barton, who has compiled data on the aesthetic tolerance of sustainable highway landscapes.

    I am currently working with UD faculty and the Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA) to develop a certification program for corporate “livable” landscapes in the state of Delaware. 

Professional Activities
  • Evolution Landscape Design, Owner
  • Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD), Certified Member
  • Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College, Member
  • Society of Garden Designers, Member
Study Abroad Experiences

Brazil – Winter, 2008.  (Co-Directors, Dr. Sue Barton and Chad Nelson, RLA)

This study experience is a month-long journey of contrasts.  From the busy and bustling city of Rio de Janeiro, to the serene Pantanal Region, and the exotic Amazon Rain Forest, students will study Brazilian culture, nature and design and compare it to their North America paradigm.

Stockholm/Paris/Barcelona – Winter, 2009.  (Co-Director, Dr. Tony Middlebrooks, University of Delaware Leadership Program). 

An individual who aspires to become a leader in any creative field will want to join us on this study experience focused on design and leadership in creativity-based organizations.  We will delve into innovation in advertising, fashion, garden design, architecture, textiles and product design.  Students will gain an understanding of the design processes and influences unique to individual creative fields.

 

Borner GHH, Sherrier DJ, Weimar T, Michaelson L, MacAskill A, Napier JA, Beale M, Lilley KS, Dupree P (2005) Analysis of detergent-resistant membranes in Arabidopsis: evidence for plasma membrane lipid rafts. Plant Physiol. 137: 104-116

Veereshlingam H, Haynes JG, Penmetsa RV, Cook DR, Sherrier DJ, Dickstein R. (2004) nip, a symbiotic Medicago truncatula mutant that forms root nodules with aberrant infection threads and plant defense-like response. Plant Physiol. 136: 3692-3702

Haynes JG, Czymmek KJ, Carlson CA, Veereshlingam H, Dickstein R, Sherrier DJ (2004) A novel method for rapid analysis of legume root nodule development using confocal microscopy. New Phytologist. 163: 661-668

Vedam V, Haynes JG, Kannenberg EL, Carlson RW, Sherrier DJ (2004) A Rhizobium leguminosarum lipopolysaccharide lipid-A mutant induces nitrogen-fixing nodules with delayed and defective bacteroid formation. Molec. Plant-Microbe Interact. 17: 283-291

Catalano CM, Lane WS, Sherrier DJ (2004) Biochemical characterization of symbiosome membrane proteins from Medicago truncatula root nodules. Electrophoresis. 25:519-531

Vedam V, Kannenberg EL, Haynes JG, Sherrier DJ, Datta A, Carlson RW (2003) A Rhizobium leguminosarum Acp-XL mutant produces lipopolysaccharide lacking 27 hydroxyoctacosanoic acid. J. Bacteriol. 185: 1841-1850

Borner GHH, Sherrier DJ, Stevens TJ, Dupree P (2002) Identification of GPI-anchored proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana: A genomic analysis. Plant Physiol. 129: 486-499

Borner GHH, Sherrier DJ, Stevens TJ, Arkin IT, DuPree P (2002) Prediction of glycosylphosphatidylinositol – anchored proteins in Arabidopsis. A genomic analysis. Plant Physiol. 129: 486-499

Prime TA, Sherrier DJ, Mahon P, Packman LC, Dupree P (2000) A proteomic analysis of organelles from Arabidopsis thaliana. Electrophoresis. 21: 3488-3499 

Sherrier DJ, Prime TA, Dupree P (1999) Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored cell surface proteins from Arabidopsis. Electrophoresis 20: 2027-2035

Santoni V, Rouquié D, Doumas P, Mansion M, Boutry M, Degand H, Dupree P, Packman L, Sherrier J, Prime T, Bauw G, Posada E, Rouzé P, Dehais P, Sahnoun I, Barlier I, Rossignol M (1998) Use of a proteome strategy for tagging proteins present at the plasma membrane. Plant J. 16: 633-641

Wee EGT, Sherrier DJ, Dupree P (1998) Targeting of active sialyltransferase to the plant Golgi apparatus. Plant Cell 10: 1759-1768

Dupree P, Sherrier DJ (1998) The plant Golgi. Biochim Biophys Acta.- Mol. Cell. Res. 1404: 259-270.

Dahiya P, Sherrier DJ, Kardailsky IV, Borisov AY, Brewin NJ (1998) Symbiotic gene Sym31 controls the presence of a lectin-like glycoprotein in the symbiosome compartment of nitrogen fixing pea nodules. Molec. Plant Microbe Interact. 11: 915-923

Sherrier DJ, Borisov AY, Tikhonovich IA, Brewin NJ (1997) Immunocytological evidence for abnormal symbiosome development in nodules of the pea mutant Sprint2Fix- (sym31). Protoplasma 199: 57-68

Gardner CD, Sherrier DJ, Kardailsky IV, Brewin NJ (1996) Localization of lipoxygenase proteins and mRNA in pea nodules: identification of lipoxygenase in the lumen of infection threads. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact. 9: 282-289

Kardailsky IV, Sherrier DJ, Brewin NJ (1996) Identification of a new pea gene, PsNlec1, encoding a lectin-like glycoprotein isolated for the symbiosomes of root nodules. Plant Physiol. 111: 49-60

Sherrier DJ, Gardner CD, Wisniewski J-P, Brewin NJ (1996) Localization of lipoxygenase mRNA and protein in legume root nodules. Scanning Micros. 19: 100-105

Sherrier DJ, VandenBosch KA (1994) Localization of repetitive proline-rich proteins in the extracellular matrix of pea root nodules. Protoplasma 183: 148-161

VandenBosch KA, Rodgers LR, Sherrier DJ, Kishinevsky BD (1994) A peanut nodule lectin in infected cells and in vacuoles and the extracellular matrix of nodule parenchyma. Plant Physiol. 104: 327-337

Brewin NJ, Bolanos L, Dahiya P, Gardner CD, Hernandez L, Kardailsky IV, Rathbun EA, Sherrier DJ (1995) Differentiation of the symbiosome compartment in pea nodule cells. In: Nitrogen Fixation: Fundamentals and Applications, Proceeding of the 10th International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation. Eds, Tikhonovich IA, Provorov NA, Romanov IV, and Newton WE. Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Brewin NJ, Sherrier DJ, Kardailsky IV, Rathbun EA, Bolanos L, Lucas MM, Gardner CD (1995) Host cell responses to invasion by Rhizobium during pea nodule development. J Cell Biochem. 521A: 441-475

VandenBosch KA, Sherrier DJ, Dreyer DA (1994) Light Microscopic Applications of Immunocytochemistry. In: Plant Molecular Biology Manual. Kluwer Academic Publishers, suppl. 1994

Sherrier DJ, VandenBosch KA (1994) Secretion of cell wall polysaccharides in Vicia root hairs. Plant J 5: 185-195

 

Contact Information:
Dr. Jules Bruck, APLD
Assistant Professor of Landscape Design
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
141 Townsend Hall (office)
103 Worrilow Hall (studio)
University of Delaware
Newark, DE  19716

phone: (302)-831-1373
e-mail: jbruck@udel.edu
link: Full Curriculum Vitae

 

 

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