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plant evolutionary ecology

We study the processes that promote or hinder adaptation at various biological scales, including populations, species, and communities. We combine quantitative genetics, spatial and statistical models, and field and greenhouse experiments to tackle key questions in biogeography, ecology, and evolution.

We are based in the Department of Plant & Microbial Biology at North Carolina State University.

Lab news​
  • Kaleb received graduate student research awards from the Botanical Society of America, California Native Plant Society, Northern California Botanists, and the White Mountain Research Center for a total of $4500 for conducting field research for his dissertation work in the alpine. Congrats, Kaleb!
  • Our review paper on the ability of species distribution models to predict population parameters, led by Julie Lee-Law with co-authors Jenny McCune and Sam Pironon, won runner-up for Ecography's E4 award. Check out the video abstract here!
  • Seema had a blast during an in-person visit to the Department of Plant Biology at the University of Georgia, along with a virtual visit to the University of Toronto Mississauga's Biology Department. Thanks so much to the UGA Plant Biology and UTM graduate students for hosting!
  • Many congrats to Kaleb on receiving an Honorable Mention on his NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program application!
  • In May, Seema participated in the Evolution and Long-Term Ecology (Evo-LTER) working group at the beautiful Sevilleta Field Station in the high desert of New Mexico.
  • Undergrad Sophie Meng joined the lab this semester. Welcome, Sophie!
  • With co-PIs Chris Muir, Lluvia Flores-Rentería, Jay Sexton, and Jeff Diez, we received our very first National Science Foundation grant to study evolutionary rescue across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower. We are recruiting a graduate student to work on this NSF-funded project.
  • New paper led by former postdoc Rachel Wooliver, with co-authors Emma Vtipilthorpe and Mia Wiegmann, is out in AoB Plants.
  • New paper led by former M.S. student Aleah Querns, with co-authors Rachel Wooliver and Mario Vallejo-Marín, is out in Evolution Letters.
  • New paper resulting from a collaboration with Jill Preston is out in Molecular Ecology. 

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