Academics > Majors and Areas of Study > Biology > Faculty > Fatimata A. Pale, PhD

Office: S212

Address:
   Thiel College
   75 College Ave.
   Greenville, PA 16125

Phone: 724-589-2114

FAX: 724-589-2021

E-Mail: fpale@thiel.edu

• Baccalauréat Science College de La Salle Ouagadougou. Upper Volta/ Burkina Faso. 1972
• CBBG (Chemistry Biology and General Biology) University of Dakar, Sénégal. 1974
• Master ès Science (Botany) University of Orléans/ Paris Jussieu II , France1979
• DEA (Plant Physiology) University of Paris Jussieu/Gift-Sur-Yvette/CNRST France.1982
• Doctorat (Ecology/Resource Management). University of Bordeaux III, France. 1986
• Master ès Science (Ecology/ Geography). University of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA 1994

• Propagules of Wetland Plants - Cyperaceae and Juncaceae of Northwestern Pennsylvania- An ELCA-supported project to support faculty in science

                                                                    Current Research Interest

• Contribution to the survey of Wild Fruits of Africa with an emphasis to wild fruits of Burkina Faso
• Investigation of Bioenergies in Burkina Faso with focus on non food crops

                                                                    Membership to Societies

• Botanical Society of America
• Ecological Society of America
• Society of Conservation Biology-North America and Africa

1. Palé F., 1982 Etude Expérimentale de la Germination de Semences Sahéliennes: Influence du Potentiel Hydrique. Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies de Biologie et Physiologie Végétale, 33 p., Université Paris VI (France)
2. Grouzis M., Legrand E., Palé F. 1984. Colloque sur les Végétaux en milieu aride, Tunisie(Jerba), 8-10 Septembre 1986. Aspects Ecophysiologiques de la Germination des Semences Saheliennes. Adaptation aux conditions d'aridite', 9 pages.
3. Palé F. 1986 Contribution à l' Etude Ecologique des Thérophytes ou Plantes annuelles de la Végétation du Burkina Faso. University de Bordeaux III. U.F.R. Aménagement et Resources Naturelles. Thèse de Troisième Cycle. Bordeaux III (France)
4. Palé F. 1988. Morphology des Semences Sahéliennes. Bull. IFAN, série A, Sciences Naturelles. Annales de La Faculte' des Sciences. Dakar, Sénégal.(West Africa)
5. Palé F. 1988. Germination des Semences Sahéliennes. Bull. IFAN, série A, Sciences Naturelles. Annales de La Faculte'. des Sciences. Dakar, Sénégal.(West Africa)
6. F. Palé. 1994. Use of Remote Sensing Data and field data to Interpret and Compare Land-Use Change in the Belhouro Region of Sahelian Burkina Faso. A thesis presented for the Master of Science degree. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. U.S.A.
7. Fatimata A. Pale’. 2005. Using Propagule Size to Identify the Cyperaceae of Northwestern Pennsylvania: Carex, Eleocharis, Cypaerus, Scirpus and Eriophorum. Ecological Restoration. Vol: 23:1 ISSN 1522-4740 E-ISSN 1543-4079

• Conservation
• Foreign Languages
• Ethnobotany

                                                               Language spoken

• French-spoken and writen
• English-spoken and writen
• Bambara-spoken
• More'-spoken

                                                              Courses taught in:

             Fall term:

• BIO 392 General ecology
• BIO 145 Fundamentals of Biology
• BIO 263 Plant Systematics
• INDS 210 Global Heritage: an Interdisciplary course on Sustainability
• BIO 462 Senior Seminar: a capstone course in Biology
• BIO 482 Independent Studies

            Spring term:

• BIO 394 Aquatic Ecology
• BIO 302 Plant Physiology
• INDS 200 Global Heritage
• BIO 482 Independent Studies
• INDS 111 Natural Sciences for Non-Majors

          Summer Sessions: June and July

• BIO.110. Ethnobotany:Plants,People, and Culture

Students interested in pursuing an undergraduate research related to plants, soil, water, seeds and conservation of wildlife are encouraged to contact me regarding possible supervision. For general information concerning graduate opportunities in the Biological Sciences, students are encouraged to contact any individual faculty member of the department.