Current Students:

Morgan Gostel - Ph.D. student

Dissertation project: Evolution of Malagasy Commiphora

Mohamoud Osman - Ph.D. student

Dissertation project: Floristics of Puntland, Somalia.

Former Students:

Matthew Smith - MS student (graduated 2011)

Thesis project: Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Crow's Nest Natural Area Preserve (Stafford Co., Virginia).

Jamie Minnaert-Grote - undergrad (2011, transferred to University of Northern Illinois )

Project: Mapping the exotic and invasive species housed in the Ted R. Bradley herbarium. She single-handedly added over 5000 records to our Specify database and we'll miss her!

Sara Nazanin Alexander - MS student (graduated 2010)

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

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; now: MS student, Appalachian State)

Drew 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.