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3 unusual facts about Cornelius Herman Muller


Cornelius Herman Muller

In addition to his teaching duties during his years at UCSB, Muller conducted numerous research studies, funded partly by four National Science Foundation grants, on allelopathic mechanisms in California plant communities and systematics and evolution of the species Quercus.

During World War II, he worked for the Bureau of Plant Industry on the Special Guayule Research Project on a series of experiments on root development.

The library at UCSB's Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration is named in his honor.



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