M.S. project: Systematics of a ring-species from a genomics perspective
Guilherme Medeiros Antar
University of São Paulo
Ph.D. project: Systematics of Hyptidendron Harley (Hyptidinae - Lamiaceae)
Fernando Cuéllar
Claremont Graduate University
Ph.D. project: Phylogenetics and inflorescence/sexual system diversification of Bouteloua and relatives based on transcriptomic data
Katherine Culatta
North Carolina State University
M.S. project: Taxonomy, Population Genetics, and Status Assessment of Cape Fear Spatterdock (Nuphar sagittifolia; Nymphaeaceae)
Nicolas Diaz
Portland State University
Ph.D. project: Ecological and genomic consequences of polyploidy in Oregon sunshine (Eriophyllum lanatum; Asteraceae)
Augusto Giaretta
Universidade de São Paulo
Ph.D. project: Systematics of the hyper-diverse genus Eugenia (Myrtaceae): insights on flower and inflorescence evolution
Stephen Gottschalk
Fordham University and the New York Botanical Garden
Ph.D. project: Phylogeography and evolution in Chara subsection Willdenowia
Kelsey Huisman
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Ph.D. project: Plant-microbial interactions in Teagueia: a rapidly evolving and understudied lineage of orchids within the Andean biodiversity hotspot
Isaac Marck
University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D. project: Speciation in the Perityle emoryi species complex (Perityleae; Asteraceae)
Ana Gabriela Martínez-Becerril
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Ph.D. Project: Phylogenetics and taxonomy of the Elaphoglossum petiolatum complex (Dryopterydaceae)
Jesus Martinez-Gomez
Cornell University
Ph.D. project: Umbel-ivable Plant Architecture: Investigating the Macroevolutionary and Developmental Origins of the Amaryllidaceae umbel
María José Monteverde-Suárez
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
M.S. project: Systematics of a ring-species from a genomics perspective
Juan Isaac Moreira-Hernández
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Ph.D. project: Diversifying while sharing pollinators: interspecific pollen transfer, gene flow, and speciation during the rapid radiation of bat-pollinated bellflowers (Burmeistera; Campanulaceae)
Luciana Pereira da Silva
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Ph.D. project: Integrative studies on the diverse genus Cyperus s.l.(Cyperaceae): diversity in Central Brazil, molecular phylogeny, and lineage diversification
Daniel Raudabaugh
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Ph.D. project: Phylogenetic Community Analyses of Temperate Bog and Stream Fungi
Michael Song
University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D. Project: Investigating the secret potentials of the N2-fixing, climate cooling fern genus Azolla
Karla Sosa
Duke University
Ph.D. project: The role of ploidy and reproductive mode in the dispersal of Australasian Cheilanthes(Pteridaceae)
Jacob Suissa
Harvard University
Ph.D. Project: Using molecules and morphology to resolve the cryptic species in the Central American quillwort (Isoëtes L.) complex
Ramhari Thapa
University of Memphis
Ph.D. project: The Development and Use of Microsatellite Markers for Understanding Parental Origins in Complex Polyploid Species (Antennaria rosea; Asteraceae)
Nichole Tiernan
Florida International University
Ph.D. project: Taxonomy and Systematics of Endemic Plumeria (Apocynaceae) in Cuba
