Rebecca Barak, Dissertation: Using trees to seed prairies: Incorporating phylogenetic information to guide tallgrass prairie restoration
Elliot Gardner, Dissertation: Evolutionary Transitions: Phylogenomics and Pollination of Artocarpus (Moraceae)
Kelly Ksiazek-Mikenas, Dissertation: The Potential of Green Roofs to Provide Habitat for Native Plant Conservation
Lauren Audi (MS Student) was awarded $2,500 for the 2017 GCA Summer Scholarship in Field Botany her project is “Genetic characterization of Caribbean Breadfruit: Advancing food security and local sustainable agriculture via germplasm conservation and collaboration with local growers.” Link to info about award: https://www.gcamerica.org/scholarships/winners?sid=9
Anita Cisternas-Fuentes (PhD Candidate) received a grant from the Alumni of NU grants for $4,344 for her research, “Role of permanent translocation Heterozygosity (PTH) in genetic diversity and reproduction of sexual and asexual related species nts”
Rebecca Barak (PhD 2017) selected as a Smith Post-Doctoral Fellow for her research “Effective seed mix design for ecological restoration” under the academic mentorship of Dr. Lars Brudvig at Michigan State University and in partnership with Dr. Kayri Havens at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
Jordan Wood (MS Student) received a $4500 award from The Catherine H. Beattie Fellowship in Conservation Horticulture awarded by the The Garden Club of America https://www.gcamerica.org/index.cfm/scholarships/winners?sid=16
Barak, Rebecca S.; Williams, Evelyn W.; Hipp, Andrew L.; et al. 2017. Restored tallgrass prairies have reduced phylogenetic diversity compared with remnants. Journal of Applied Ecology 54(4): 1080-1090.
Briscoe, L.R.E., N.J. C. Zerega, H.T. Lumbsch, M. Stech, E. Kraichak, M.J. von Konrat, J.J. Engel, and N. Wickett. 2017. Molecular, morphological, and biogeographic perspectives on the classification of Acrobolboideae (Acrobolbaceae, Marchantiophyta). Phytotaxa 319 (1): 056–070. http://mapress.com/j/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.319.1.2/12195
Brudvig, Lars A.; Barak, Rebecca S.; Bauer, Jonathan T.; et al. 2017. Interpreting variation to advance predictive restoration science. Journal of Applied Ecology 54(4): 1018-1027.
Craven et al. (including L. Umek). 2017. The unseen invaders: introduced earthworms as drivers of change in plant communities in North American forests (a meta-analysis). Global Change Biology. 23(3): 1065-1074DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13446
Gardner, E.M., P. Sarraf, and N.J.C. Zerega. Phylogeny and biogeography of Maclura (Moraceae) and the origin of an anachronistic fruit. 2017. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.021
Grusz, A.L., E. M. Sigel, and C. Witherup. Homeologous chromosome pairing across the eukaryote phylogeny. 2017. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.05.025
Morgan, B.S.T. et al. 2017. Barcoded NS31/AML2 Primers for Sequencing of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Communities in Environmental Samples. Applications in Plant Sciences. DOI: 10.3732/apps.1700017
Radosavljevic, Aleksandar; Mackinder, Barbara A.; Herendeen, Patrick S. 2017.Phylogeny of the Detarioid Legume Genera Cynometra and Maniltoa (Leguminosae)Systematic Botany 42(4).
Rhodes, Matthew K. , Jeremie B. Fant, Krissa A. Skogen (2017) Pollinator identity and spatial isolation influence multiple paternity in an annual plant. Molecular Ecology 26 (16) 4296–4308
Tandang, D.N., Tadiosa, E.R., Gardner, E.M. 2017. Sloetia (Moraceae): a new generic record for the Philippines. Telopea 20: 69-73.
Vander Stelt, Erin , Jeremie B. Fant, Susanne Masi and Daniel J. Larkin (2017) Assessing habitat requirements and genetic status of a rare ephemeral wetland plant species, Isoëtes butleri Engelm. Aquatic Botany 138; Pages 74-81
Widener, L. , & Fant, J.B. (2017) Genetic differentiation and diversity of two sympatric subspecies of Castilleja affinis; a comparison between the endangered serpentine endemic (spp. neglecta) and its widespread congener (ssp. affinis) Conservation Genetics.
Williams, E.W., E.M. Gardner, R. Harris III, A. Chaveerach, J.T. Pereira, and N.J.C. Zerega. 2017. Out of Borneo: Biogeography, phylogeny, and divergence date estimates of Artocarpus (Moraceae). Annals of Botany 119(4):611-627. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcw249
Elliot Gardner (PhD candidate) selected as an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow. Elliot will be studying “Convergent evolution of biotic pollination in wind pollinated angiosperm lineages: a functional and genomic exploration of a rare transition.” This is an exciting project he has developed, building off of the excellent research he has been doing for his PhD dissertation. He will be starting the research in 2018, and lucky for us he will be staying in the Chicago region and will be based at the Morton Arboretum.
Lauren Audi (MS Student) received a grant from the Alumni of NU grants for $2,165 for her research, "Characterizing Breadfruit Agroforestry for Restoration in Jamaica."
Katherine Wenzell (PhD student) received an NSF-GRFP for her research, "Evolutionary landscapes: Gene flow and phenotypic divergence in ecological speciation"
Mary Patterson (MS Student) received a $2,500 award from Garden Club of America: Joan K. and Rachael M. Hunt Summer Scholarship in Field Botany for her project “Monitoring protocol development for Packeria layneae: A federally threatened species”
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