Matthew H. Hils, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Biology
Director of Academic Programs, J.H. Barrow Field Station
215 Gerstacker Hall
330.569.5265
hilsmh@hiram.edu
Education
Thomas More College (Biology), B.A.
Miami (OH) University (Botany), M.S.
University of Flordia (Botany), Ph.D.
Courses Taught
Introductory biology II: how life works
Systematics of nonvascular plants
Systematics of vascular plants
Plant anatomy
Beginning field botany (in Ohio and Michigan)
Culture & natural history of the Caribbean (in Trinidad & Tobago)
Natural history in the 21st century (in the Galapagos Islands and Michigan)
First-year colloquium: All flesh is grass
Research Interests
Systematics, morphology, anatomy, and ecology of vascular plants
Selected Publications
- Hils, M.H., and J.L. Vankat. 1982. Mechanisms of succession in an old-field plant community in southwest Ohio. Ecology 63: 705-711.
- Aldrich, H.C., R.J. Ferl, M.H. Hils, and D.E. Akin. 1985. Ultrastructural correlates of anaerobic stress in corn roots. Tissue and Cell 17: 341-348.
- Hils, M.H., W.C. Dickison, T.W. Lucansky, and W.L. Stern. 1988. Comparative anatomy and systematics of woody Saxifragaceae: Tetracarpaea. American J. Bot. 75: 1687-1700.
- Hils, M.H. Wood anatomy of Mespilus germanica, pp. 356-359, In: Baird, J.R. and J.W. Thieret. 1989. The medlar (Mespilus germanica, Rosaceae) from antiquity to obscurity. Economic Botany 43: 328-372.
- Hils, M.H. Taxaceae Gray - Yew Family, pp. 423-427, In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee. 1993. Flora of North America North of Mexico, Volume 2, Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms, Oxford University Press, New York.
- Dickison, W.C., M.H. Hils, T.W. Lucansky, and W.L. Stern. 1994. Comparative anatomy and systematics of woody Saxifragaceae. Aphanopetalum Endl. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 114: 167-182.
- Hils, M.H., J.W. Thieret, and J. Morefield. Sarcobatus. pp. 387-389, In: Flora of
North America Editorial Committee. 2003. Flora of North America North of Mexico, Volume 4, Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York.
- Michelangeli, F.A., D.S. Penneys, J. Giza, D. Soltis, M.H. Hils, and J.D. Skean, Jr. 2004. A
preliminary phylogeny of the tribe Miconieae (Melastomataceae) based on nrITS sequence data and its implications on inflorescence position. Taxon 53(2): 279-290.
- Salter, L.A., A.M. Kelly, M. Benninger-Truax, and M.H. Hils. Structure and composition of the Frohring Forest, an old-growth beech-maple forest at the James H. Barrow Field Station, Hiram Township, Ohio (Portage County). In Preparation.