Botanical Society Graduate Student Research Awards
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the BOTANICAL SOCIETY
OF AMERICA'S GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARDS including the J. S. KARLING GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD. The purpose of this award group is
to support and promote graduate student research in the botanical sciences.
The award was originally made possible in 1997 by a gift from the late Dr. John Sidney Karling. Dr. Karling started his career at Columbia and moved to Purdue as a full professor; he was head of Biological Science there for more than a decade. His research interests were in cytology, marine fungi, and tropical biology. He was an active member of both the Torrey Botanical Club and the BSA. In 2004, acknowledging the importance of graduate student research, the BSA restructured the award to include nine BSA Graduate Student Research Awards in conjunction with one J. S. Karling Graduate Student Research Award.
2008 J. S. KARLING GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD Recipient
Samuel Brockington, University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL - Advisors, Drs. Pamela & Douglas Soltis,
Evolution and Development of Petals
within Aizoaceae (Caryophyllales)
2008 BSA GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD Recipients
Tatiana Arias, University of Missouri, Columbia,
MO - Advisor, Dr. M. Alejandra Jaramillo, Did
adaptation to different light environments facilitate the diversification
of neotropical Piper (Piperaceae)? Phylogeny and evolution
of plant architecture of Piper clade Radula
Mauricio Diazgranados, Saint Louis University
and Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO - Advisor, Dr. Janet
C. Barber, Phylogenetic and biogeographic
relationships between the frailejones (subtribe Espeletiinae,
family Asteraceae) of the South American páramos
Patrick Edger, University of Missouri, Columbia,
MO - Advisor, Dr. J. Chris Pires, Resolving
the Phylogeny of the Mustard Family (Brassicaceae) and its application
to date two ancestral whole genome duplication events and to reconstruct
the ancestral karyotype for phylogenomics
Kyra Krakos, Washington University, St. Louis,
MO, - Advisor, Dr. Peter H. Raven, Shifts
in Reproductive Biology Drive Diversification in Oenothera
Patrick McIntyre, University of California, Davis, CA - Advisor. Dr. Sharon Y Strauss, Polyploidy,
niche variation, and local adaptation in the Claytonia perfoliata
(Portulacaceae) complex
Amy Parachnowitsch, Cornell University, Ithaca,
NY - Advisor, Dr. Andre Kessler, Natural
Selection on Floral Traits by Mutualists and Antagonists
Olofron Plume, Cornell University, Ithaca,
NY - Advisor, Dr. Jeff Doyle, Molecular
Systematics of Genus Calendula (Asteraceae): Species
phylogeny, origins of hybrid and polyploid taxa, and the evolution
of terpene diversity across the genus
Stein Servick, University of Florida, Gainesville,
FL - Advisors, Drs. Pamela & Douglas Soltis, Genetic
Consequences of Autopolyploidy in Galax urceolata (Diapensiaceae)
Mackenzie Taylor, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, TN - Advisor, Dr. Joseph Williams, Comparative
Mating Systems in Cabombaceae (Nymphaeales)
2007 J. S. KARLING GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD Recipient
Pamela Steele, University of Texas at Austin
- Advisor, Robert K. Jansen, Systematics
and Biogeography of the Neotropical Genus Psiguria (Cucurbitaceae)
2007 BSA GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD Recipients
Rob Baker University of Colorado, Boulder,
Advisor, Dr. Pamela Diggle, The Microevolution
of Plant Architectural Development: Cloning and Sequencing Monkeyflower
Branching Genes Janelle Burke
Cornell University, Advisor, Melissa Luckow, The
systematics of the Neotropical genus Antigonon (Polygonaceae)
and its application to the study of invasiveness in Antigonon
leptopus
Laura Burkle Dartmouth College,Advisor, Dr.
Rebecca E. Irwin, The Effects of Nitrogen
on Plant-Pollinator Mutualisms Natalie Feliciano
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Advisor, Jill S. Miller,
Isolation of the Pollen SLF Self-Incompatibility
Gene in Lycium
Tracy Misiewicz Northwestern University,
Advisor, Nyree Zerega, Investigating the
Evolutionary History and Pollination Biology of the genus Dorstenia
(Moraceae) Gilberto Ocampo Rancho Santa Ana Botanic
Garden, Claremont CA, Advisor, J. Travis Columbus, Systematics
of Portulaca L. (Portulacaceae), including its position
within the higher Caryophyllales Patricia Ryberg
University of Kansas, Advisor, Edith L. Taylor, Permineralized
Glossopteris ovules and ovulate organs from the Permian
of Antarctica and Australia
Valerie Soza University of Washington, Advisor,
Richard Olmstead, Molecular Systematics
and Evolution of Breeding Systems in Galium (Rubiaceae) Cheng-Chiang Wu Harvard University, Dr. Elena
M. Kramer, Gene Duplication and Functional
Evolution of Floral Homeotic Genes in Eudicots
2006 J. S. KARLING GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH
AWARD Recipient
Joshua W. Clayton
University of Florida, Department of Botany, (Supervisor: Doug
Soltis) - "Molecular Phylogeny and Biogeography
of Simaroubaceae s.s. (Sapindales)"
2006 BSA GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD
Recipients
Monica Carlsen
University of Missouri – St. Louis, Department of Biology
and Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. (Supervisor: Dr. Peter
Stevens) “A Revision of the Sectional
Classification in Anthurium (Araceae) Integrating Morphology
and Molecular Phylogenetics”
Kate Hertweck
University of Missouri Columbia, Department of Biological Sciences
(Supervisor: Dr. J. Chris Pires) “Population
dynamics of polyploidy: Phylogenetics, cytogenetics, and hybridization
of Tradescantia”
Jamie H. Howard
Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences Graduate Program
(Supervisor: Dr. Martin F. Wojciechowski) “Symbiotic
Specificity of Irlc (Fabaceae) and Rhizobia with Unsaturated
Fatty Acid-type Nod Factors: An Evolutionary Perspective”
Gretchen M. Ionta University of Florida, Department of Botany
(Supervisor: Dr. Walter Judd) “A phylogenetic
analysis of Periplocoideae (Apocynaceae s.l.) and insights into the evolution
of pollinia”
Aaron Jenks University of California, Riverside, Department
of Botany and Plant Sciences, (Supervisor: Dr. Seung-Chul Kim) “Phylogeny
and Biogeography of Salvia L. subgenus Calosphace (Benth.)
Benth.”
Gabriel P. Johnson Southern Illinois University, Department
of Plant Biology (Supervisor: Dr. Karen S. Renzaglia) “Developmental
changes in the placental transfer cells of Ceratopteris richardii”
Suzanne Joneson Duke University, Biology Department (Supervisor:
Dr. François Lutzoni) “Differential
Gene Expression in Early Algal and Fungal Lichen Symbiosis”
Marcela Martínez Millán Cornell University,
L. H. Bailey Hortorium and Department of Plant Biology (Supervisor: Dr. William
L. Crepet) “A Revision of the Early Fossil
Record of Astridae”
Cynthia Skema Cornell University, L.H. Bailey Hortorium (Supervisor:
Dr. Melissa Luckow) “Systematics of Dombeya
(Malvaceae s.1.)”
2005 J. S. KARLING GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH
AWARD Recipient
Daniel Fulop Harvard University (Supervisor: Elena M. Kramer)
- "Integrating phylogeny, biomechanics and pollination
ecology in a study of the genus Catasetum (Orchidaceae)"
2005 BSA GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD
Recipients
Michelle Barthet Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University (Supervisor: Khidir W. Hilu) – “Molecular
and Genetic analysis of the matK gene”
Iju Judy Chen University of Florida (Supervisor: Steven R.
Manchester) – “Fossil records and phytogeography
of Vitaceae, the grape family”
Susan E. Elliott Dartmouth College, (Supervisor: Rebecca E.
Irwin) – “Distinguishing between pollen-limitation
and pollinator-limitation of seed production for the perennial bumblebee-pollinated
plant, Delphinium barbeyi (Ranunculaceae).”
Courtney C. Finch Saint Louis University (Supervisor: Janet
C. Barber) – “Pollination Biology and Evolution
of the Orchid Genus Thelymitra”
Nicole A. Hardiman University of Cincinnati, Department of
Biological Sciences (Supervisor: Theresa Culley) – “Intra-Specific
Hybridization as a Mechanism of Invasiveness in Pyrus calleryana”
Rebecca Hufft University of California, Santa Cruz, Department
of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Supervisor: Ingrid M. Parker) – “Mechanisms
maintaining coexistence of sympatric cytotypes of Arnica cordifolia
(Asteraceae)”
Daniel M. Johnson Wake Forest University, Department of Biology
(Supervisor: William K. Smith) – “Evaluation
of cloud emersion, acidic deposition, leaf wettability, and cuticle damage in
refugial populations of Fraser fir”
Shannon C. K. Straub Cornell University, Department of Plant
Biology and L.H. Bailey Hortorium (Supervisor: Jeff J. Doyle) – “Systematics
of Amorpha L. (Fabaceae): phylogenetics, evolution, ecology, and conservation”
Ping Zhou Duke University, Department of Biology (Supervisor:
Jonathan Shaw) – “Evolutionary history and
causation of Sphagnum cribrosum “wave form” in North Carolina”
2004 J. S. KARLING GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD Recipient
Krissa A. Skogen University of Connecticut (Supervisor: Kent
E. Holsinger) - "Understanding declines in Desmodium
cuspidatum (Fabaceae)"
2004 BSA
GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD Recipients
Orlando Alvarez-Fuentes Michigan State University (Supervisor:
Alan Prather) – “The Biogeography of Thelypteris
Subgenus Amauropelta”
Monica Arakaki University of Florida (Supervisor: Doug Soltis
& Pam Soltis) – “Systematics and population
genetics of the genus Haageocereus Cactaceae”
Heather Driscoll University of Vermont (Supervisor: David
S. Barrington) – “Evolutionary origins and
biogeographic relationships of Hawaiian Polystichum”
Cecile Gueidan Duke University (Supervisor: Francois Lutzoni)
– “Molecular phylogeny of the Verrucariales”
Christopher T. Martine University of Connecticut (Supervisor:
Gregory J. Anderson) – “The evolution and
natural history of sexual systems in the endangered nightshades”
Abraham J. Miller-Rushing Boston University (Supervisor: Richard
B. Primack) – “Is Thoreau's Data Still Hot?”
Darin S. Penneys University of Florida (Supervisor: Walter
S. Judd) – “Phlogeny and Character Evolution
in the Neotropical, Epiphytic Blakeeae”
Joey Shaw University of Tennessee (Supervisor: Edward E. Schilling
& Randall Small) – “Toward an Understanding
of the North American Plums”
Juan Carlos Villarreal Southern Illinois University (Supervisor:
Karen Renzaglia) – “Contributions of the Resolution
of the Phylogeny of Hornworts”
2003 J. S. KARLING GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD Recipients
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2002 J. S. KARLING GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD Recipients
Aida Alvarez New York Botanical Garden – “Phylogeny
of Prescottinae and systematics of Gomphichis (Orchidaceae)”
Anthony Baumert University of Pittsburgh – “Application
of resource competition theory to ecosystem succession”
John Bell University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee – “The
effect of interspecific competition for pollinator service on the mating patterns
and pollen dispersal in Mimulus ringens”
Helen Cortes-Burns University of Texas – “Phylogenetic
and biogeographic study of Bell-flowers (Walhlenbergia) in the sourth ern hemisphere
of Oceanic Islands”
Aurea Cortes-Palomec Ohio University – “Reproductive
systems and population genetics of a Mexican Viola species”
James Cronin University of Pittsburgh – “Herbivory
and the top-down regulation of terrestrial plant communities: A test of two
prominent theoretical lineages”
Michael Dunn Ohio University – “The
Mid-Carboniferous Floral Break: a crucial and enigmatic episode in the evolution
of the terrestrial ecosystem”
Felix Forest Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – “A
molecular systematic study of the South African endemic genus Muraltia (Polygalaceae)”
Genaro Hernandez-Castillo University of Alberta – “Taxonomic
reevaluation and systematics of primative conifers from Euramerica”
Lisa Karst Portland State University – “Phylogeny
of Sysrinchium (Iridaceae), genetic and morphological”
Michael Moody University of Connecticut – “Phylogenetics,
hybridity and aquatic origins in the angiosperm family Haloragaceae”
Michael Moore University of Texas – “The
roles of edaphic shifts and long distance dispersal in the evolution of the
American desert genus Tiquilia (Boraginaceae)”
Ashley Morris University of Florida – “Exploring
the biogeographic history of eastern North American trees: a comparative phylogeographic
approach”
Julissa Roncal Florida International University – “Evolution
of the Geonoma macrostachys (Palmae) complex”
Carla Rydholm Duke University – “Lichenicolours
fungi systematics and the transition from mutualism to parasitism in Asomycetes”
Chelsea Specht New York Botanical Garden – “Systematics
and evolution of the tropical plant family Costaceae”
Janette Steets University of Pittsburgh – “Ecological
correlates of Pollen Limitation”
James Thompson University of Florida – “Phylogeny
and the evolution of breeding systems in the moss Pohlia Cruda”
Stacey Thompson University of British Columbia – “Transmission
of apomixis in a Townsendia hybrid zone”
Carrie Wu University of California – “Ecophysiological
variation among natural hybrids in an Ipomopsis (Polemoniacae) hybrid zone”
2001 J. S. KARLING GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH
AWARD Recipients
Fan Chuanzhu North Carolina State University (Supervisor:
Jenny Xiang) – “Molecular evolution of hybridization
and polyploidization in the dwarf dogwoods complex”
Maryam Farzad Georgetown University (Supervisor: Martha Weiss)
– “Regulation of anthocyanin expression in
Viola”
David Hearn University of Arizona (Supervisor: Lucinda McDade)
– “Evolution of growth form and phytochemical
consequences in Adenia (Passifloraceae)”
Michelle McMahon Washington State University (Supervisor:
Larry Hufford) – “Morphological diversification
in Amorpheae (Papilionoideae, Fabaceae)”
Allison Miller Washington University (Supervisor: Barbara
Schaal) – “Domestication in a tropical fruit
tree, jocote (Spondias purpurea L., Anacardiaceae)”
Elizabeth Powell Wake Forest University (Supervisor: Kathleen
A. Kron) – “Peruvian species of Satyria
_ Critical to understanding species limits in Satyria and biogeography
in Neotropical Vaccinieae”
David Tank University of Washington (Supervisor: Richard Olmstead)
– “Phylogenetic analysis of subtribe Castillejinae
(Orobanchaceae _ Tribe Rhinantheae)”
Alexandru Tomescu Ohio University (Supervisor: Gar Rothwell)
– “Alexandru; In situ land plant fossils in
the Early Silurian (Llandoverian) Massanutten sandstone of Virginia”
Benjamin Torke Washington University (Supervisor: Barbara
Schaal) – “Phylogenetic relationships and
diversification in Swartzia (Fabaceae), based on DNA sequence data”
Justen Whittall University of California at Santa Barbara
(Supervisor: Scott Hodges) – “Phylogenetic
tests of ecological speciation in the North American columbines”
2000 J. S. KARLING GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH
AWARD Recipients
Nicole Andrus Florida International University, Department
of Biological Sciences
James S. Boyer State University of New York at Binghamton,
Department of Biological Sciences
Jutta Buschbom Field Museum of Natural History, Botany Department
Matthew H. Collier University of Cincinnati, Department of Biological Sciences
Jennifer Ott Geiger University of Colorado, Department of Environmental, Population, & Organismic Biology
Andrew Hipp University of Wisconsin - Madison, Department of Botany
Stefanie M. Ickert-Bond Arizona State University, Department of Plant Biology
Frank Landis University of Wisconsin - Madison, Department of Botany
Lucia Garcez Lohmann University of Missouri - St. Louis, Department of Biology
Kendra Millam University of Wisconsin - Madison, Department of Botany
David A. Moeller Cornell University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Sasa Stefanovic University of Washington, Department of Botany
Dorset W. Trapnell University of Georgia, Department of Botany
Brian Vanden Heuvel University of Texas at Austin, Section of Integrative Biology
Mark Vellend Cornell University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
1998 J. S. KARLING GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD Recipients
Sandra K. Floyd University of Colorado at Boulder (Supervisor:
William Friedman) – “Reproductive character
evolution in basal angiosperms: endosperm development and embryogeny”
Janet C. Barber University of Texas at Austin (Supervisor:
Robert K. Jansen) – “Origin and evolution
of endemic Sideritis L. in Macaronesia”
Julie Beckstead University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(Supervisor: Carol K. Augspurger) – “Microhabitat
factors affecting variation in success of invading cheatgrass”
Jeff P. Castelli University of Pennsylvania (Supervisor: Brenda
B. Casper) – “Examining the functional significance
of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal diversity along a successional sequence
on serpentine soils”
Theresa M. Culley Ohio State University (Supervisor: Allison
Snow) – “Genetic variability using isozyme
and ISSR markers in Viola pubescens, a herbaceous species with both chasmogamous
and cleistogamous flowers”
Sandra K. Floyd University of Colorado at Boulder (Supervisor:
William Friedman) – “Reproductive character
evolution in basal angiosperms: endosperm development and embryogeny”
Leslie Goertzen University of Texas at Austin (Supervisor:
Robert K. Jansen) – “The role of hybridization
in the evolution of Argyranthemum in Macaronesia”
Douglas Goldman University of Texas at Austin (Supervisor:
Robert K. Jansen) – “Systematics of the orchid
genus Calopogon”
Susana Majallon-Puebla The Field Museum (Supervisor: Peter
R. Crane) – “Phylogenetic relationships and
evolution of floral pat- tern among basal eudicots”
Randall Small Iowa State University (Supervisor: Jonathan
F. Wendel) – “Nuclear-encoded genes for phylogeny
reconstruction in plants: alcohol dehydrogenase genes in Gossypium L. (Malvaceae)”
Anna Woodfill Michigan State University (Supervisor: Alan
Prather) – “Adaptation and the correlates
of intra-specific varia- tion in floral morphology among populations of Pedicularis
densiflora”
1997 J. S. KARLING GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD Recipients
This is the newest Botanical Society Award, and it was given for the first time this year. The award was made possible by a gift from the late John Sidney Karling. Dr. Karling started his career at Columbia and moved to Purdue as a full professor; he was head of Biological Science there for more than a decade. His research interests were in cytology, marine fungi, and tropical biology. He was an active member of both the Torrey Botanical Club and the BSA.
Justin Michael Ramsey University of Washington – "Processes
of polyploid evolution in the Achillea millefolium (Asteraceae) complex"
James P. Therrien University of Kansas – "Phylogeny
of the Selaginellaceae and related 'lycopsids'"
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