Asst. Professor, Plant Systematics

George Mason University

 

 

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Current Students:

Sara Nazanin Alexander - MS student

Thesis Project: Taxonomic revision of Kosteletzkya pentacarpos (Virginia Sea-mallow; Malvaceae).

Matthew Smith - MS student

Thesis project: Flora of Crow's Nest Natural Area Preserve (Stafford Co., Virginia).

Jamie Minnaert-Grote - Undergraduate Intern

Project: Mapping the exotic and invasive species housed in the Ted R. Bradley herbarium

Former Students:

Kristen Baird - MS student (graduated 2009)

Thesis Project: The Molecular Systematics and Historical Biogeography of Leibnitzia lyrata (Asteraceae: Mutisieae): an American Species in an Asian Genus?

read a cool article about her former undergraduate research experience in the lab!

Drew Jenkins - undergrad (graduated 2008)

Drew has managed GMU's greenhouse, volunteered in the herbarium, and worked as an assistant in the lab. He was also the first recipient of the Meadowlark Botanical Garden Turnage Trust Internship. Drew will be starting the Biology Master's program at Appalachian State University Fall 2008, where he'll likely work on a floristics project. Good luck, Drew!

 

 

 
 

 

Read a recent paper:
Weeks, A., 2009. Evolution of the pili nut genus (Canarium L., Burseraceae) and its cultivated species. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 56: 765-781.

View plants from my most recent trip:
Shenandoah class trip, October 2009

Opportunites for GMU student researchers are available:
Two-year research assistantship available for incoming MS graduate student for Fall 2010.