Professor of Biology (Botany)
Department of Biology
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Ave
San Francisco, CA 94132
(415) 338-1237
patters@sfsu.edu

Education:

Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara, 1975
B.A. University of California, Santa Barbara, 1969

Additionally:

Visiting senior lecturer, Biology Department, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1985

Fellow and Research Associate, California Academy of Sciences, 1984 — present

Editorial Board, Jepson Manual Project, 1985 — present

President, California Botanical Society, 1989-1992

Editor-in-Chief, Madroño, 1993-1996

Trustee, Strbing Arboretum Society, 1989-1991

Publications and abstracts