Alyssa Cochran, University of North Carolina, Wilmington - Advisor, Dr. Eric Schuettpelz - for the Botany 2014 presentation: "Tryonia, a new taenitidoid fern genus segregated from Jamesonia and Eriosorus (Pteridaceae)" Co-authors: Jefferson Prado and Eric Schuettpelz
Jordan Metzgar , University of Alaska, Fairbanks - Advisor, Dr. Stefanie Ickert-Bond - for the Botany 2014 presentation: "From eastern Asia to North America: historical biogeography of the parsley ferns (Cryptogramma)" Co-author: Stefanie Ickert-Bond
Jerald Pinson, University of North Carolina, Wilmington - Advisor, Dr. Eric Schuettpelz - for the Botany 2014 presentation: "Origin of Vittaria appalachiana, the "Appalachian gametophyte"" Co-author: Eric Schuettpelz
Sally Stevens, Purdue University - Advisor, Dr. Nancy C. Emery - for the Botany 2014 presentation: "Home is Where the Heat Is? Temperature and Humidity Responses in a Fern Gametophytex" Co-author: Nancy C. Emery
2013
Anthony Baniaga, University of Arizona - Advisor, Dr. Mike Barker, for the paper “Genomics of Allopolyploidy and Hybridization in Selaginella subg. Tetragonostachys” Co-authors: Nils Arrigo and Michael Barker
Laura Klein, Saint Louis University - Advisor, Dr. R. James Hickey, for the paper “Morphology and Introgressive Hybridization in North American Diphasiastrum”
Fernando Matos, New York Botanical Garden - Advisor, Dr. Robbin C. Moran, for the paper “Systematic Studies of Elaphoglossum section Polytrichia (Dryopteridaceae)” Co-author: Robbin Moran
Tai-Chung Wu, National Taiwan University - Advisor, Dr. Wen-Yuan Kao, for the poster “Stomatal response in leaves of Marsilea crenata, an amphibious fern” Co-author: Wen-Yuan Kao
2012
Amanda Grusz, Duke University - Advisor, Dr. Kathleen Pryer - Botany 2012 presentation: “Using next generation sequencing to develop microsatellite markers in ferns ” Co-authors, Michael Windham and Kathleen Pryer
Stacy Jorgensen, University of Vermont - Advisor, Dr. David Barrington - Botany 2012 presentation: “New insights into the heritage of Pacific Northwestern polyploids in the genus Polystichum (Dryopteridaceae)” Co-author, David Barrington
Meghan McKeown, University of Vermont - Advisor, Dr. David Barrington - Botany 2012 presentation: “226” Co-authors, Michael Sundue and David Barrington
Weston Testo, Colgate University - Advisor, Dr. James E. Watkins - Botany 2012 presentation: “Comparative gametophyte ecology of the American hart's-tongue fern and associated fern taxa: evidence for recent population declines in New York State” Co-author, James E. Watkins
2011
Fernando Matos, New York Botanical Garden - Advisor, Dr. Robbin Moran - Botany 2011 presentation: “The ferns and lycophytes of a montane tropical forest in southern Bahia, Brazil.” Co-authors, Paulo Henrique Labiak and Andre, Amorim
Monique McHenry, University of Vermont - Advisor, Dr. David Barrington - Botany 2011 presentation: “Investigating morphological diversity of Andean Polystichum (Dryopteridaceae): seeking explanations for incongruence between sequence variation and morphological variation.” Co-author, Dr. David Barrington
2010
Christine Creese, University of California Los Angeles – Botany 2009 presentation: The coordination of structure and function in 15 fern species from Southern California. Co-author, Lawren Sack.
Emily Sessa, University of Wisconsin-Madison – Botany 2010 presentation: Relationships of New World Dryopteris (Dryopteridaceae). Co-authors, Thomas J. Givnish and Elizabeth Zimmer.
Susan Sprunt, Miami University of Ohio – Botany 2010 presentation: Of genes, scales and venation: Detecting patterns of variation in the Pleopeltis polypodioides species complex (Polypodiaceae). Co-authors, John A. Bailer, Linda E. Watson, Harald Schneider, and R. James Hickey.
2009
Marian M. Chau, University of Hawai’i
at Manoa, Honolulu, HI – Dr. Thomas Ranker – Botany
2009 presentation: Restoration
genetics of the endangered fern Marsilea villosa: variation
among populations on two Hawaiian islands.
Jessica Sabo, Colgate University, Hamilton,
NY – Dr. James E. Watkins Jr. – Botany 2009 presentation:
Understanding
abiotic stress tolerance in fern gametophytes and sporophytes.
Erin Sigel, Duke University, Durham, NC –
Dr. Kathleen Pryer – Botany 2009 presentation: To
have or have not: using farina to delineate major clades within
the false cloak ferns (Argyrochosma).
Alejandra Vasco, The New York Botanical Garden,
Bronx, NY – Dr. Robbin Moran – Botany 2009 presentation:
Systematics
and phylogeny of Elaphoglossum section Lepidoglossum
H. Christ (Drypoteridaceae): search for natural groups.
2008
Jay Bolin, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA - Dr. Lytton J. Musselman - Botany 2008 presentation:
"Unraveling
the reticulate evolutionary history of the Isoetes hyemalis
complex."
Emily Butler, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI - Advisor, Dr. Thomas J. Givnish - Botany 2008 presentation:
"In
the Light of Evolution: A Proposal to Integrate Phylogeny and
Ecophysiology in New World Dryopteris."
Amber Churchill, Stonehill College, North Easton, MA - Advisor, Dr. J. Edward Watkins -
Botany 2008 presentation:
"
A Site for Sori: Consequences of Fertile/Sterile Leaf Dimorphism in Ferns."
Michael Sundue, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY - Advisor, Dr. Robbin Moran -
Botany 2008 presentation:
"
Systematics of grammitid ferns: Lellingeria,
Melpomene,
and Terpsichore."
2007
Ms. Melanie Link-Perez, Miami University,
Advisor: Dr. R. James Hickey
For her Botany 2007 presentation
entitled: "Morphological
Variation and Geographical Distribution of Adiantopsis radiata."
Mr. Carl Rothfels, Duke University, Advisor:
Dr. Kathleen Pryer
For his Botany 2007 presentation entitled:
"Making
Fronds in the Desert: Phylogenetics of Farinose Ferns (Notholaena:
Pteridaceae)."
Ms. Alejandra Vasco, New York Botanical Garden,
Advisor: Dr. Robbin C. Moran
For her Botany 2007 poster entitled:
"Taxonomic
Revision of the Elaphoglossum
ciliatum
group (Dryopteridaceae)."
2006
Michael S. Barker, Indiana University, Advisor: Dr. Loren
Rieseberg for his Botany 2006 presentation entitled: "Inferring
paleopolyploidy in homosporous ferns using duplicate gene age distributions"
Joshua Der, Utah State University, Advisor: Dr. Paul Wolf for his Botany 2006 presentation entitled: "A
global phylogeographic study of the chloroplast genome in bracken (Pteridium:
Dennstaedtiaceae)"
Amanda Grusz, University of North Carolina - Wilmington,
Advisor: Dr. Kathleen M. Pryer for her Botany 2006 presentation entitled: "Polyploids
and reticulate voids: the Cheilanthes fenderli complex revisited"
Chad E. Husby, Florida International University, Advisor:
Dr. Steven Oberbauer for his Botany 2006 presentation entitled: "Salinity
tolerance ecophysiology of the giant horsetail, Equisetum giganteum, in the
Atacoma Desert, Chile"
Annabelle Kleist, Carroll College, Advisor: Dr. Jennifer
Geiger for her Botany 2006 presentation entitled: "Alternate
pathways of fern dispersal to the Hawaiian Islands, Part 3: Cibotium"
Eric Shuettpelz, Duke University, Advisor: Dr. Kathleen
M. Pryer for his Botany 2006 presentation entitled; " Toward
a comprehensive phylogeny of extant ferns"
