2009
Cara J. Giaimo ’11
Barcoding utility of chloroplast regions in Lycium (Solanaceae)
2007
Jamie L. Kostyun ‘09
Allele specific amplification of the self-incompatibility gene (S-RNase) in two species of Lycium (Solanaceae)
Wen Zhang ‘10
Variation in noncoding chloroplast regions of Lycium
2006
Mukta Dhond ‘09
Lycium cestroides: extraction and isolation of the S-RNase gene controlling gametophytic self-incompatibility (GSI)
2005
Alan C. Kwan ‘08
Lycium phylogenies: a study of the utility of nuclear and chloroplast gene regions
Shannon K. Rush ‘07
Estimation of plant size in Sagittaria species
2004
Denise A. Twum ‘06
The utility of chloroplast and nuclear gene regions for inferring phylogenetic relationships among Lycium (Solanaceae)
2003
Allison R. Schroder ‘06
The biogeography of Lycium (Wolfberry) based upon two chloroplast and one nuclear gene region
2008
Ambika Kamath ‘11
S-RNase diversity in Chinese Lycium
Ambika is also part of the Schupf Scholars Program at Amherst College.
Carolyn Whiting, Smith College ‘10
Does phylogenetic evidence support three species in Grabowskia?
Research opportunities...
Students with interests in the research described on this site can apply to work in my lab through the departmental Honors program (limited to rising Seniors) or various Summer Fellowship programs. The Amherst Summer Science Program runs for 10 weeks during the summer and is open to first and second year students from Amherst, Smith, and Mount Holyoke Colleges.
I also often hire students as semester research assistants in both the laboratory and the greenhouse. Browse our research interests page for more information and contact me directly with questions.
2011
Anna Rasmussen ’13
Pollen tube growth in self-compatible and self-incompatible Solanaceae
S-RNase diversity in Lycium carolinianum
2012
Caitlin Niesen-Blank ’14
