UNM Herbarium - Research

Research Interests: The main focus of my research is on biosystematic and molecular studies of the Asteraceae, particulary on Tetramolopium and related genera in Australasia and the Pacific. Currently, I am involved in the following studies:

Evolutionary genetics of adaptive radiation in Tetramolopium (with R. Whitkus, Sonoma State University)
Molecular systematics of Tetramolopium and Vittadinia (with C. Quinn, RBG Sydney)
Genetic diversity of Larrea in the Chihuahuan Desert
Biosystematic Revision of Pteronia (Asteraceae) in Southern Africa (with P. Herman, NBI, Pretoria)

David T. Hanson, Assistant Professor and Associated Curator of Bryophytes

Research Interests:

Evolution of photosynthetic CO2 concentrating mechanisms and the role of pyrenoids
evolution of the photosynthetic enzyme Rubisco and of isoprene synthase
physiological ecology of Sphagnum moss and general bryophyte biology
molecular and whole plant physiology.