Manassas Campus Marion Blois Lobstein  Associate Professor of Biology  MC 314   (703)257-6643  mlobstein@nvcc.edu  mblobst@mnsinc.com
Office Hours	Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 11-12noon; 3-4:00pm     3:30-4:30pm  11:00am-12:30pm      3:30-4:30pm
Courses	BIO 101 General Biology I  BIO 102 General Biology II  BIO 205 General Microbiology BIO 110 Botany
Additional Course Information	Marion Lobstein's WebBoard site
General Information	32 years of teaching at NVCC; teaches Field Botany at Blandy Experimental Farm (UVA) and conducts tours for Smithsonian Associates Program; maintains NVCC-MA Nature Trail
Professional Interests/Projects	Professional Projects:  Member of Foundation of Flora of Virginia Project Board of Directors, a group spearheading the development of the Flora of Virginia, a manual to identify native and naturalized plants in Virginia. Professional Groups: Virginia Academy of Science (she is a Fellow of the Academy), Virginia Association for Biological Education, Foundation of the State Arboretum (VA), Virginia Native Plant Society. Volunteer Activities: Wildflower walks at Great Falls Park, VA, work on Flora of Virginia Project, involvement in projects and activities of professional groups listed above. Publications and Productions:  Coauthor of a Johns Hopkins Univ. Press book Finding Wildflowers in Washington-Baltimore Area and codeveloper of a video Spring Wildflowers of the Mid-Atlantic Region (winner of a 1998 Telly award)(both available at NVCC-MA Bookstore).  M. Lobstein and her NVCC students have developed an educational CD-ROM entitled Chesapeake Bay: an Introduction to an Ecosystem.  For more information on this resource or to obtain a copy, please contact her at mlobstein@nvcc.edu.

Last Update: September 2006
Comments/Questions: mlobstein@nvcc.edu