Julien Bachelier
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, 2011-2013
Research area: plant morphology and evolution
Currently: Professor of Botany, Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin
Rob Baker
MORPH WEBMASTER, 2011
Research area: evolution of shoot architecture in Mimulus
Currently: NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Botany, University of Wyoming
Nelson Bittencourt
SABBATICAL VISITOR, 2007-2008
Research area: embryology and breeding systems of angiosperms
Currently: Professor, Department of Zoology and Botany, São Paulo State University
Jeff Carmichael
PHD, 1995
Research area: double fertilization in Gnetum
Currently: Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of North Dakota
Guan-Yue Chen
UNDERGRADUATE HONORS STUDENT, 2016-2017
Research area: seed development in Aquilegia caerulea
Stephanie Conway
VISITING SCHOLAR, 2013
Research area: role of shoot apical meristem in the evolution of shoot architecture in gymnosperms
Currently: Research Associate, Department of Biology, University of Washington
Martha Cook
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, 1996-1998
Research area: early diversification of water conducting tissues in vascular plants
Currently: Associate Professor of Botany, School of Biological Science, Illinois State University
Reed Crook
MS, BOTANY/PLANT BIOLOGY, 1991
Research area: reproductive biology of conifers
Currently: Substitute Teacher, Snake River School District, Blackfoot, Idaho
Andrew Drinnan
SABBATICAL VISITOR, 1998
Research area: paleobotany and comparative plant morphology
Currently: Associate Professor of Botany, Department of BioSciences, University of Melbourne
Director, The University of Melbourne Herbarium
Dan Dvorkin
PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, 1997-1999
Research area: early diversification of angiosperm reproductive patterns
Tilly Eldridge
MORPH RESEARCH INTERN, 2010
Research area: plant evo-devo
Currently: Visiting Post-Doctoral Scientist, BecA-ILRI Hub, Nairobi, Kenya
Sandra Floyd
PHD, 2000
Research area: developmental evolution of endosperm in ancient angiosperm lineages
Currently: Affiliate, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado Denver
William Gallup
PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, 2000-2003
Research area: early diversification of angiosperm reproductive patterns
Noah Greenberg
MS, BIOLOGY, 2008
Research area: limnology
Currently: Wetland Scientist and Environmental Scientist, Wright Water Engineers, Inc., Denver, CO
Sam Holloway
PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, 2007-2009
Research area: early diversification of angiosperm reproductive patterns
Currently: Senior Fellow, Knowles Science Teaching Foundation
Inaki Hormaza
SABBATICAL VISITOR, 2011
Research area: reproductive biology, genetic diversity and germplasm conservation
Currently: Professor, La Mayora Research Station (CSIC), Malaga, Spain
Biao Jin
VISITING SCHOLAR, YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY (YANGZHOU, CHINA), 2013
Research area: evolution of reproductive biology from gymnosperms to angiosperms
Currently: Associate Professor, College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University
Amelia Keyser-Gibson
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Research area: reproductive development of conifers and plant morphology
Currently: Research Scientist/Engineer in the University of Washington Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Jonathan Krieger
MORPH WEBMASTER, 2006
Research area: morphometry and the evolution of leaf shape in ferns
Currently: Global Plants Initiative Project Coordinator, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Veronica Lerner
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, 1997-1998
Research area: early diversification of angiosperm reproductive patterns
Currently: MD, Gynecology, NYU Langone Medical Center
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Director, Ob/Gyn Simulation Program
Meng Li
VISITING FELLOW, 2016-2017
Research area: phylogenetics and biogeographic studies of the Rosaceae
Currently: PHD candidate, botany
Chinese Academy of Science
Juan Losada
POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 2011-2015
Research area: evolution of the nourishing behavior of the perisperm and endosperm
Currently: Research Associate, Holbrook Lab, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Ashton MacFarlane
UNDERGRADUATE HONORS STUDENT, 2017
Research area: molecular and developmental biology of Juglans regia
Eric Madrid
PHD, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, 2008
Research area: developmental evolution of the female gametophyte in Piperales
Currently: Teacher, Boerne Independent School District, Boerne, TX
Stephanie Mayer
LABORATORY COORDINATOR, 2011
Research area: plant systematics and evolution
Currently: Senior Instructor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder
Ekaterina (Kate) Morozova
RESEARCH ASSISTANT, 2014
Research area: characterization of the microscopic surface structure of Ginko biloba and its effect on the microorganisms that populate it
Currently: Laboratory Assistant, Willig Lab, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München
Noeline Morrissey
MS, 2012
Research area: trichome morphology and development in Humulus lupulus and related genra
Devin O’Connor
PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, 2003-2004
Research area: early diversification of angiosperm reproductive patterns
Currently: Career Development Fellow, Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Anny Garcés Palacio
DARIN BUTZ RESEARCH INTERN, 2018
Research area: double fertilization in conifers
Currently: Undergraduate student in Biology at Antioquia University, Colombia.
Rebecca Povilus
PHD, 2017
Research area: reproductive development in early angiosperms
Currently: Postdoctoral Associate, Ghering Lab, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Terri Reagin
PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, 1988-1990
Research area: early diversification of angiosperm reproductive patterns
Amanda Redford
PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, 2004-2006
Research area: early diversification of angiosperm reproductive patterns
Currently: Biologist/Taxonomist, USDA-APHIS
Kirsten Ryerson
PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, 2003-2007
Research area: early diversification of angiosperm reproductive patterns
Currently: Teacher, Cherry Creek School District, Greenwood Village, CO
Emily Scherbatskoy
DELAND AWARD STUDENT FELLOW, 2011
Research area: evolution of conifer reproductive patterns
Kristel Schoonderwoerd
PHD, ORGANISMIC AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, 2021
Research area: interspecific variation in resting bud morphologies and seasonal heteroblastic leaf sequences among temperate, woody plants
Currently: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Diggle Lab, University of Connecticut
Jack Smith
DARIN BUTZ RESEARCH INTERN, 2017
Research area: plant morphology
Currently: undergraduate student at Harvard University
Jacob Suissa
PHD, ORGANISMIC AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, 2022
Research area: fern vascular architecture and evolution of stelar morphology
Currently: NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University
Joe Williams
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, 2000-2003
Research area: early diversification of angiosperm reproductive patterns
Currently: Professor and Chair of Graduate Affairs, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Jennifer Winther
PHD, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, 2007
Research area: evolution of glomalean fungi in mycoheterotrophic plants
Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Grand Valley State University
Chi-Chih Wu
PHD, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, 2012
Research area: fertilization biology of maize and teosinte
Currently: Visiting Researcher, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Molecular tools, Uppsala University
Beth Yao
PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, 1990-1993
Research area: early diversification of angiosperm reproductive patterns
Grace Yu
LAB TECHNICIAN, 2014-2016
Research area: angiosperm reproductive and fertilization biology and embryology
Laura Clerx
RESEARCH ASSISTANT, 2016-2019
Research area: Darwinian and pre-Darwinian evolutionary theory, history of science
Currently: Ph.D. candidate (History), Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences, Boston College
Ellie Mendelson
RESEARCH ASSISTANT, 2019-2022
Research area: plant embryology and development, Nymphaeales and Austrobaileyales, plant morphology and ecology
Currently: Doctoral Student, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UCONN
