Vernon I. Cheadle Student Travel Awards

Allison Bronson, Humboldt State University - Advisor: Dr. Mihai Tomescu - Botany 2012 presentation: "A perithecial sordariomycete (Ascomycota) of diaporthalean affinity from the Early Cretaceous of Vancouver Island, British Columbia (Canada)." Co-authors, Ashley Klymiuk, Ruth Stockey and Alexandru Tomescu

David Duarte, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona - Advisor: Frank Ewers - Botany 2012 presentation: "Plastic responses of wood development in California black walnut (Juglans californica): effects of irrigation and post-firegrowth " Co-authors, Frank Ewers, Edward Bobich, Shawn Pham and Kristin Bozak

Rachel Hackett, Central Michigan University - Advisor: Dr. Anna Monfils - Botany 2012 presentation: "Prairie fen plant biodiversity: the influence of landscape factors on plant community assemblages ." Co-authors, Hillary Karbowski and Anna Monfils

Matthew Ogburn, Brown University - Advisor: Dr. Erika Edwards - Botany 2012 presentation: "Anatomy of leaf succulence in the clade Portulacineae + Molluginaceae: evolutionary jumps into novel phenotypic space" Co-author, Erika Edwards

Jessica Budke, University of Connecticut - Advisor: Dr. Cynthia S. Jones - Botany 2011 presentation: "Experimental Manipulation of the Moss Calyptra: The effect of cuticle removal and desiccation on sporophyte development in Funaria hygrometrica." Co-authors, Bernard Goffinet and Cynthia Jones

David Duarte, Cal Poly Pomona - Advisor: Frank Ewers - Botany 2011 presentation: "Seasonal changes in the vessel anatomy of adults and resprouts of California black walnut trees following wildfire" Co-authors, Edward Bobich, Sarah Pak, Shawn Pham, Yasuhiro Utsumi and Frank Ewers

Ari Novy, Rutgers University - Advisor: Dr. Jean Marie Hartman - Botany 2011 presentation: "Rapid evolution of phenology during invasion of the grass Microstegium vimineum in North America." Co-authors, Luke Flory and Jean Marie Hartman

Chi-Chih Wu, University of Colorado, Boulder - Advisor: Dr. Pamela Diggle - Botany 2011 presentation: "The impact of the lower genetic relatedness of endosperm to its compatriot embryo on maize seed development" Co-authors, Pamela Diggle and William Friedman

Chunmiao Feng, North Carolina State University - Advisor Jenny Xiang - Botany 2010 presentation: "Evolutionary developmental study of inflorescence in Cornus."

Christine Whitelock, Californai State University, Bakersfield - Advisor: Brandon Pratt - Botany 2010 presentation: "Are xylem traits in chaparral species phylogenetically conserved?"

Kerri Mocko, University of Connecticut - Advisor: Cynthia Jones - Botany 2010 presentation: "A phylogenetic analysis of stomatal evolution and leaf shape in Pelargonium."

Geraldine Boyden,  St. John's University - Advisor Dianella Howarth - Botany 2010 presentation: "Virus-induced gene silencing of Cycloidea-like genes in Fedia cornucopiae" and "Duplications in the floral symmetry gene RADIALIS in Dipsacales and Pentapetalae are similar to those of other floral transcription factors."

Courtney Traugh,  Californai State University, Bakersfield - Advisor: Brandon Pratt - Botany 2010 presentation: "Storage of non-structural carbohydrates in the xylem among chaparral shrub species may come at the cost of reduced stem mechanical strength."

Madelaine Bartlett - University of California, Berkeley, CA - Advisor, Dr. Chelsea Specht
Botany 2009 presentation: "CYCLOIDEA-like genes and the evolution of floral symmetry in the Zingiberales."

Brett A. Bergman - California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA - Advisor, Dr. Frank W. Ewers
Botany 2009 presentation: "Effect of Leaf Nodes on the Mechanical Properties of Stems."

Nathan Derieg - University of California, Santa Barbara, CA - Advisor, Dr. Scott Hodges
Botany 2009 presentation: "Molecular basis of an adaptive trait: floral anthocyanin production in Aquilegia."

Julia Nowak - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC - Advisor, Dr. Quentin Cronk
Botany 2009 presentation: "Morphological oddity of the Krishna Fig."

James Cohen - Cornell University, Ithaca, NY - Advisor, Dr. Jerrold Davis
Papers submitted for Botany 2008: "The World of Walled Marriages: Comparative Floral Development in Lithospermum."

Nathan Jud - Ohio University, Athens, OH - Advisor, Dr. Gar W. Rothwell
Papers submitted for Botany 2008: " Anatomy of an Upper Cretaceous bennettitalean stem."

Natalia Pabon Mora - New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY - Advisor, Dr. Amy Litt
Papers submitted for Botany 2007: "Functional evolution of the AP1/FUL gene lineage in non-core eudicot plants."

Renate Wuersig - Purdue University, West Lafayette. IN - Advisor, Dr. Michael Zanis
Papers submitted for Botany 2008: "The Natural History of C-class Genes: Independent Duplication Events in Diverse Angiosperm Lineages."

Madelaine Bartlett - University of California, Berkeley Advisor: Dr. Chelsea Specht
Papers submitted for Botany 2007: "The labellum of Costus (Zingiberales) and the ABC model of floral development."

Julia Nowak - University of Guelph, Advisor: Dr. Usher Posluszny
Papers submitted for Botany 2007: "The role of abscission during leaflet separation in Chamaedorea elegans."

Patricia Ryberg - University of Kansas, Advisor: Dr. Edith L. Taylor
Papers submitted for Botany 2007: "Buds and Branching in the Triassic sphenophyte Spaciinodum collinsonii."

John Snider - University of Central Arkansas, Advisor: Dr. John Choinski
Papers submitted for Botany 2007: "Differences in chlorophyll fluorescence temperature optima of young and mature leaflets of Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra L.) and
Gas exchange and leaf temperature changes in Smooth (Rhus glabra L.) and Winged (Rhus copallina L.) Sumac."

Tania Hernandez-Hernandez - Instituto de Biologia, UNAM, Advisor: Dr. Susana Magallon Puebla
Papers submitted for Botany 2006: "Functional diversification of B MADS-Box homeotic regulators of flower development: adaptive evolution in protein-protein interaction domains after major gene duplication events."

Purbasha Sarkar - Maiami University (Ohio), Advisor: Dr. Daniel Gladish
Papers submitted for Botany 2006: "Does Vascular Cavity Formation In Pea Primary Roots Involve Programmed Cell Death?"

Richard Tate - Humboldt State University, Advisor: Dr. Alexandru MF Tomescu
Papers submitted for Botany 2006: "Plant Fossil Diversity in the Late Eocene Clarno Chert of Oregon."

Ramona Walls - Stony Brook University, Advisor: Dr. R. Geeta
Papers submitted for Botany 2006: "Leaf venation and the relationship between form and function in Dioscorea."

Erin Bissell - University of Colorado, Advisor: Dr. Pamela Diggle
Papers submitted for Botany 2005: "Floral morphology in Nicotiana: Are character correlations lost in space and time?"

Erika Edwards - Yale University
Papers submitted for Botany 2005: "Pereskia water relations reflect deep ecophysiological conservatism in Cactaceae."

Anna Jacobsen - Michigan State University, Advisor: Dr. Frank Ewers
Papers submitted for Botany 2005: "Convergence of xylem structure and function: California chaparral and South African fynbos."

Cassandra Rogers - Southern Illinois University, Advisor: Dr. Karen Renzaglia
Papers submitted for Botany 2005: "Sperm cell architecture in two liverworts."