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Andrew is the lab's primary investigator. Active projects: systematics and molecular ecology of oaks, sedges, and elms; plant speciation and diversification; chromosome and genome size evolution; phylogenetic comparative methods; North American floristics. Contact |
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Jason manages the herbarium and conducts fieldwork and labwork for research projects. Active projects: floristics of the Chicago region; checklist of the native and naturalized flora of the Arboretum; taxonomy of black oaks in the Chicago region. Contact |
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Alka assisted in several targeted projects in the lab between 2007-8; from 2010 to the present, she has served as the Systematics Research Assistant. Active projects: phylogenetics, population genetics, and cytogenetics of oaks, sedges, and elms. Contact |
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A recent plant systematics graduate of University of Oklahoma, Kyong-Sook is conducting research into the systematics and evolution of genome rearrangements in Carex (position funded by NSF). Contact |
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A recent graduate of Benedictine University and previously a volunteer in our lab, Bethany assists in cytogenetic and molecular genetic labwork on the systematics of Carex and Ulmus (position funded by NSF and USDA). |
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A graduate of Pablo de Olavide University and a former visitor in our lab, Marcial will be working on various projects in the phylogenetics and population genetics of sedges (Carex). Contact |
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A PhD student at Institut Botanic de Barcelona and a participant in the Euphorbia PBI, Laia will be conducting AFLP analyses in our lab for her work on phylogeography of mediterranean and macaronesian Euphorbia. Contact |
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A Cobol programmer by day, Lee is conducting research on the nomenclature of cultivated elms (Ulmus). Her checklist will be available for review within the coming year. |
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A recent graduate of Eastern Illinois University, James is undertaking a morphometric study of genotyped black oak relatives from the Great Lakes region to address the question of whether morphological estimates of genetic introgression correlate with molecular genetic estimates. |
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Jaime managed the molecular lab; conducted fieldwork, labwork, and data analysis for research projects; and was an active herbarium staff member. She was particularly instrumental in our work on the systematics of North American black oaks and cytogenetics of sedges and has left a lasting impact on the lab and herbarium. |
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Research areas
- Phylogenetics and comparative analysis
- Plant taxonomy and floristics
- Molecular ecology
- Chromosome evolution
- Datasets and code
Current Projects
- Systematics and genome evolution in Carex subg. Vignea
- Interaction between gene flow and chromosome rearrangement in Carex scoparia
- Molecular genetic evidence of serpentine adaptation in Quercus ilex
- Patterns of hybridization in the Hill's oak group (Quercus ellipsoidalis and relatives)
- Systematics of elms (Ulmus)
- Reconstructing continuous character transitions on phylogenetic trees