Land plant evolution, morphology and developmental genetics
About
I am plant biologist interested in the developmental and genetic basis of plant shape and size. My research focuses on understanding how key innovations in plant morphology drove the evolution of plant diversity. My projects have included many plant lineages and have encompassed methods ranging from morphology, microscopy, genetics and molecular biology. Currently, I am a post-doctoral fellow in the Kramer Lab in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University where I use the model plant Aquilegia to investigate various developmental and genetic aspects of floral evolution.
Previously, I was a postdoc in Veronica Di Stilio‘s lab in the Department of Biology at The University of Washington, where I was focused on investigating a role of the LEAFY homolog in the model fern Ceratopteris richardii. |