| Institution | Degree | Graduation Date |
|---|---|---|
| University of Missouri-Columbia | Ph.D., Biological Sciences | 1988 |
| Central Washington University | M.S., Biology | 1984 |
| University of Washington | B.S., cum laude, Forest Resources | 1977 |
| Employer | Position | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midwestern State University | Professor and Chair, Department of Biology | 09/01/2005 | |
| Midwestern State University | Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Biology | 09/01/1999 | 08/31/2005 |
| Midwestern State University | Assistant Professor, Department of Biology | 09/01/1991 | 08/31/1999 |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | National Science Foundation Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Plant Biology | 05/01/1989 | 08/01/1991 |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | Post-doctoral Research Associate | 10/01/1988 | 04/30/1989 |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | USDA National Needs Graduate Fellow | 08/01/1985 | 09/30/1988 |
| Northcentral Washington Fieldman's Apple Maturity Program | Laboratory Director | 08/01/1983 | 07/31/1985 |
| Central Washington University | Graduate Staff Assistant, Biology Department | 09/01/1981 | 07/31/1983 |
Cook WB and JC Walker. 1992. Identification of a Mazie Nucleic Acid-Binding Protein (NBP) Belonging to a Family of Nuclear-Encoded Chloroplast Proteins. Nucleic Acids Research 20:359-364.
Bowen CJ, NV Horner, WB Cook. 2004. Pitfall trap survey of Gnaphosid spiders from Wichita County of North-Central Texas (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 77(3):181-192.
Spradling K, FB Stangl and WB Cook. 2004. Evidence for Multiple Paternity in the Red Bat (Laisiurus borealis) as Indicated by DNA Fingerprinting. Occasional Papers of the Texas Tech University No. 224.
<Wise RR and WB Cook. 1998. Development of Ultrastructural Damage to Cholorplasts in a Plastoquinone-Deficient Mutant of Maize. Environmental and Experimental Biology. 40:221-228.
Cook WB and D Miles. 1992. Nuclear Mutations Affecting Plastoquinone Accumulation in Maize. Photosynthesis Research 31:99-111.
<Cook WB and D Miles. 1988. Transposon Mutagenesis of Nuclear Photosynthetic Genes in Zea mays. Photosynthesis Research 18:33-59.
Moore TA and WB Cook. 1998. Two populations of Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav. F. albiflorum Cockll. (Solanaceae) are Blocked at Distinct Sites in the Anthocyanin Biosynthetic Pathway. Texas Journal of Science 50(4):305-314.
Cook, WB. 2003. Plant Names: Common to Scientific and Plant Names: Scientific to Common. In: Ness, B, editor. Magill's Encyclopedia of Science: Plants Life, Volume 4. Pasadena: Salem. p 1115-1198
Zhang D, WB Cook, NV Horner. 2004. ITS rDNA variation of two Black Widow species, Latrodectus mactans and Latrodectus hesperus (Araneae: Theridiidae). Journal of Arachnology 32(2):349-352.
Cook WB and D Miles. 1990. Anomalous Electron Transport in a Photosystem I Deficient Maize Mutant. Photosynthesis Research 24:81-88.