Past ASPT Graduate Student Research Grant Recipients

Jennifer AckerfieldA prickly puzzle: Phylogeny and evolution of the Carduus-Cirsium group (Compositae)

Jennifer Ackerfield

A prickly puzzle: Phylogeny and evolution of the Carduus-Cirsium group (Compositae)

Jesse AdamsSystematics of three endemic and one widespread species of Polyscias (Araliaceae) from Kaua'i

Jesse Adams

Systematics of three endemic and one widespread species of Polyscias (Araliaceae) from Kaua'i

Prabha AmarasingheAn integrated approach for understanding the drivers of diversification in Memecylon (Melastomataceae)

Prabha Amarasinghe

An integrated approach for understanding the drivers of diversification in Memecylon (Melastomataceae)

 
Nicolas BardThe diversity of adaptation: A population genomic study of two disjunct conspecific plant taxa

Nicolas Bard

The diversity of adaptation: A population genomic study of two disjunct conspecific plant taxa

Betsy CollinsUsing phylogeography of American palo santo trees (Bursera graveolens; Burseraceae) to reveal evolutionary patterns in American seasonally dry tropical forests

Betsy Collins

Using phylogeography of American palo santo trees (Bursera graveolens; Burseraceae) to reveal evolutionary patterns in American seasonally dry tropical forests

Alexa DiNicolaEvolution of the Potentilla breweri complex: adaptation, hybridization, and radiation in the Great Basin sky islands

Alexa DiNicola

Evolution of the Potentilla breweri complex: adaptation, hybridization, and radiation in the Great Basin sky islands

 
Evan EiflerSpatial and temporal patterns of diversification in Geissorhiza (Iridaceae): Phylogeny, biogeography, and vulnerability in the Cape Floristic Province

Evan Eifler

Spatial and temporal patterns of diversification in Geissorhiza (Iridaceae): Phylogeny, biogeography, and vulnerability in the Cape Floristic Province

Julie HermanA phylogenetic approach to plant chemical defense

Julie Herman

A phylogenetic approach to plant chemical defense

Rebeca Hernández-GutiérrezA genus-level phylogeny of the family Malvaceae s.l. (Malvales) from nuclear single-copy sequence data

Rebeca Hernández-Gutiérrez

A genus-level phylogeny of the family Malvaceae s.l. (Malvales) from nuclear single-copy sequence data

 
Matias KöhlerSystematics and evolution of Opuntia Mill. (Cactaceae Juss.) clade Elatae, a southern South America group of species: is polyploidy correlated with species boundaries and taxon distributions?

Matias Köhler

Systematics and evolution of Opuntia Mill. (Cactaceae Juss.) clade Elatae, a southern South America group of species: is polyploidy correlated with species boundaries and taxon distributions?

Jayne LampleyTracing the effects of river watersheds on dispersal and diversification in native plant species: a phylogeographic and taxonomic study of Trillium lancifolium

Jayne Lampley

Tracing the effects of river watersheds on dispersal and diversification in native plant species: a phylogeographic and taxonomic study of Trillium lancifolium

Xiaoxian LiuEvolutionary impact of genome duplication on alternative splicing: Genome-wide assessment in a polyploid plant (Tragopogon)

Xiaoxian Liu

Evolutionary impact of genome duplication on alternative splicing: Genome-wide assessment in a polyploid plant (Tragopogon)

 
Nicolas MedinaUntangling stranglers: testing the significance of hybridization in Ficus sect. Americanae

Nicolas Medina

Untangling stranglers: testing the significance of hybridization in Ficus sect. Americanae

Eduardo NeryAn integrative taxonomic approach to the Neotropical complex Hydrocotyle quinqueloba Ruiz & Pav. (Araliaceae)

Eduardo Nery

An integrative taxonomic approach to the Neotropical complex Hydrocotyle quinqueloba Ruiz & Pav. (Araliaceae)

Ricardo de Oliveira PerdizSpecies delimitation and phylogeography of the Protium aracouchini (Aubl.) Marchand species complex

Ricardo de Oliveira Perdiz

Species delimitation and phylogeography of the Protium aracouchini (Aubl.) Marchand species complex

 
Peter SchafranUnraveling the evolutionary relationships of allotetraploid species of Isoetes in eastern North America

Peter Schafran

Unraveling the evolutionary relationships of allotetraploid species of Isoetes in eastern North America

Mathew SharplesInferring the phylogenetic and biogeographical history of the cosmopolitan genus Stellaria L.

Mathew Sharples

Inferring the phylogenetic and biogeographical history of the cosmopolitan genus Stellaria L.

Andy SiekkinenSystematics of the genus Hechtia (Bromeliaceae) in Northwest Mexico

Andy Siekkinen

Systematics of the genus Hechtia (Bromeliaceae) in Northwest Mexico

 
Carrie TribblePhylogeography and trait evolution of the ethnobotanically important Bomarea edulis

Carrie Tribble

Phylogeography and trait evolution of the ethnobotanically important Bomarea edulis

Kathryn UckeleInvestigating the link between genetic and phytochemical variation in a juniper hybrid zone

Kathryn Uckele

Investigating the link between genetic and phytochemical variation in a juniper hybrid zone

Colby WitherupInvestigating the evolutionary history of meiosis genes in genera with diploid and polyploid clades

Colby Witherup

Investigating the evolutionary history of meiosis genes in genera with diploid and polyploid clades

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Guilherme Medeiros Antar
2018
Guilherme Medeiros Antar
2018

University of São Paulo

Ph.D. project: Systematics of Hyptidendron Harley (Hyptidinae - Lamiaceae)

2018
Fernando Cuéllar
2018, William R. Anderson Graduate Student Research Grant
Fernando Cuéllar
2018, William R. Anderson Graduate Student Research Grant

Claremont Graduate University

Ph.D. project: Phylogenetics and inflorescence/sexual system diversification of Bouteloua and relatives based on transcriptomic data

2018, William R. Anderson Graduate Student Research Grant
Katherine Culatta
2018
Katherine Culatta
2018

North Carolina State University

M.S. project: Taxonomy, Population Genetics, and Status Assessment of Cape Fear Spatterdock (Nuphar sagittifolia; Nymphaeaceae)

2018
Nicolas Diaz
2018
Nicolas Diaz
2018

Portland State University

Ph.D. project: Ecological and genomic consequences of polyploidy in Oregon sunshine (Eriophyllum lanatum; Asteraceae)

2018
Augusto Giaretta
2018
Augusto Giaretta
2018

Universidade de São Paulo

Ph.D. project: Systematics of the hyper-diverse genus Eugenia (Myrtaceae): insights on flower and inflorescence evolution

2018
Stephen Gottschalk
2018
Stephen Gottschalk
2018

Fordham University and the New York Botanical Garden

Ph.D. project: Phylogeography and evolution in Chara subsection Willdenowia

2018
Kelsey Huisman
2018
Kelsey Huisman
2018

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Ph.D. project: Plant-microbial interactions in Teagueia: a rapidly evolving and understudied lineage of orchids within the Andean biodiversity hotspot

2018
Isaac Marck
2018
Isaac Marck
2018

University of California, Berkeley

Ph.D. project: Speciation in the Perityle emoryi species complex (Perityleae; Asteraceae)

2018
Ana Gabriela Martínez-Becerril
2018
Ana Gabriela Martínez-Becerril
2018

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Ph.D. Project: Phylogenetics and taxonomy of the Elaphoglossum petiolatum complex (Dryopterydaceae)

2018
Jesus Martinez-Gomez
2018
Jesus Martinez-Gomez
2018

Cornell University

Ph.D. project: Umbel-ivable Plant Architecture: Investigating the Macroevolutionary and Developmental Origins of the Amaryllidaceae umbel

2018
María José Monteverde-Suárez
2018, Rogers McVaugh Graduate Student Research Grant
María José Monteverde-Suárez
2018, Rogers McVaugh Graduate Student Research Grant

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

M.S. project: Systematics of a ring-species from a genomics perspective

2018, Rogers McVaugh Graduate Student Research Grant
Juan Isaac Moreira-Hernández
2018
Juan Isaac Moreira-Hernández
2018

University of Missouri-St. Louis

Ph.D. project: Diversifying while sharing pollinators: interspecific pollen transfer, gene flow, and speciation during the rapid radiation of bat-pollinated bellflowers (Burmeistera; Campanulaceae)

2018
Luciana Pereira da Silva
2018
Luciana Pereira da Silva
2018

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Ph.D. project: Integrative studies on the diverse genus Cyperus s.l.(Cyperaceae): diversity in Central Brazil, molecular phylogeny, and lineage diversification

2018
Daniel Raudabaugh
2018
Daniel Raudabaugh
2018

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Ph.D. project: Phylogenetic Community Analyses of Temperate Bog and Stream Fungi

2018
Michael Song
2018, W. Hardy Eshbaugh Graduate Student Research Grant
Michael Song
2018, W. Hardy Eshbaugh Graduate Student Research Grant

University of California, Berkeley

Ph.D. Project: Investigating the secret potentials of the N2-fixing, climate cooling fern genus Azolla

2018, W. Hardy Eshbaugh Graduate Student Research Grant
Karla Sosa
2018, Shirley and Alan Graham Graduate Student Research Grant
Karla Sosa
2018, Shirley and Alan Graham Graduate Student Research Grant

Duke University

Ph.D. project: The role of ploidy and reproductive mode in the dispersal of Australasian Cheilanthes(Pteridaceae)

2018, Shirley and Alan Graham Graduate Student Research Grant
Jacob Suissa
2018
Jacob Suissa
2018

Harvard University

Ph.D. Project: Using molecules and morphology to resolve the cryptic species in the Central American quillwort (Isoëtes L.) complex

2018
Ramhari Thapa
2018
Ramhari Thapa
2018

University of Memphis

Ph.D. project: The Development and Use of Microsatellite Markers for Understanding Parental Origins in Complex Polyploid Species (Antennaria rosea; Asteraceae)

2018
Nichole Tiernan
2018
Nichole Tiernan
2018

Florida International University

Ph.D. project: Taxonomy and Systematics of Endemic Plumeria (Apocynaceae) in Cuba

2018