My web page at RSABG is still under construction as I have only been here for 2.5 months and have been very busy.  You can read about my background and research on my still extant although somewhat dated page at the Academy of Natural Sciences . 

To download a PDF of my CV: click here

To download a PDF preprint of McDade & Tripp, A synopsis of Costa Rican Ruellia (Acanthaceae), with descriptions of four new species (Brittonia, in press). click here

To download a PDF of Kiel et al.  2006.  Phylogenetic delimitation of Isoglossinae (Acanthaceae:  Justicieae) and relationships among constituent genera (Taxon 55: 683-694):  click here

To download a PDF of McDade & Tripp, with Daniel.  2005.  Acanthaceae of La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica: click here

To download a PDF of McDade et al.  2005. Phylogenetic relationships among Acantheae (Acanthaceae):  major lineages present contrasting patterns of molecular evolution and morphological differentiation (Systematic Botany 30: 834-862): click here