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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
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Laura P. Lagomarsino
Ph.D., Harvard University, 2015 B.S., University of California- Berkeley, 2008 I'm an Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences and proud Director of the Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium at Louisiana State University. I'm also a botanist and evolutionary biologist— in that order.
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POSTDOCS
Laura A. Frost
Ph.D., University of Washington (2018)
B.S., University of Alabama (2012)
Laura is trained as a Neotropical biogeographer and plant systematist. She is a taxonomic expert of Citharexylum, which includes C. dentatum, which Laura (right) collected during fieldwork in the Peruvian Andes. Coming full circle to research she did as an undergraduate at University of Alabama, Laura will be studying the evolution of pollination syndromes in the Neotropics while being physically located in the US Gulf South. While she enjoyed her time in the Pacific Northwest, Laura is looking forward to being back in the region and hopes to bring evolution education to the Deep South during her career.
Ph.D., University of Washington (2018)
B.S., University of Alabama (2012)
Laura is trained as a Neotropical biogeographer and plant systematist. She is a taxonomic expert of Citharexylum, which includes C. dentatum, which Laura (right) collected during fieldwork in the Peruvian Andes. Coming full circle to research she did as an undergraduate at University of Alabama, Laura will be studying the evolution of pollination syndromes in the Neotropics while being physically located in the US Gulf South. While she enjoyed her time in the Pacific Northwest, Laura is looking forward to being back in the region and hopes to bring evolution education to the Deep South during her career.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
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Janet K. Mansaray
B.S., Howard University (2017) Janet has bravely signed on to be the lab's first PhD student! Janet comes to us with substantial experience in herbarium curation and plant systematics, hard earned via undergraduate research in Janelle Burke's lab and as the Flora of Pennsylvania intern at the Morris Arboretum. Janet will be supported by a Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship from LSU— Congrats, Janet! For her dissertation research, Janet will focus on systematics, evolution, and taxonomy of Centropogon subgenus Centropogon. |
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Laymon Ball (Starting in Fall 2019)
B.S., California State University- Long Beach (2019)
Laymon decided to pursue a PhD in botany after research experience in Dr. Amanda Fisher's lab at CSULB, where she investigated phylogenetic relationships in a group of chloridoid grasses and also studied the pollination biology of chuparosa (Justifica californica), a typically "hummingbird" flower in the deserts of southern California. In her dissertation research, Laymon will examine the patterns of morphological evolution involved in pollination shifts in a Neotropical plant group.
B.S., California State University- Long Beach (2019)
Laymon decided to pursue a PhD in botany after research experience in Dr. Amanda Fisher's lab at CSULB, where she investigated phylogenetic relationships in a group of chloridoid grasses and also studied the pollination biology of chuparosa (Justifica californica), a typically "hummingbird" flower in the deserts of southern California. In her dissertation research, Laymon will examine the patterns of morphological evolution involved in pollination shifts in a Neotropical plant group.
Diego Paredes-Burneo (Starting in Fall 2019)
B.S., Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (2010)
M.S., Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (2019)
Diego is passionate about the flora of his native Peru, and is especially interested in the Andean members of Melastomataceae. For his Masters research, which resulted in multiple publications, Diego focused on taxonomy and floristic patterns within this group. For his dissertation research, Diego will infer the phylogenetic relationships of the primarily Andean genus Brachyotum (Melastomataceae) and use this phylogeny to understand the impact of Andean uplift on patterns of diversification in this group.
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS
Ayah Ibrahim, expected graduation 2020
LAB ALUMNI
Lauren Frankel
BS, Grinnell College (2018)
Lauren was a visiting undergraduate from Grinnell College (Iowa) and was being co-mentored by Brant Faircloth. She analyzed phylogenomic data from across the centropogonid clade, including at a phylogeographic scale among three species of Bolivian Centropogon. She was busy making the cluster whirr and winning running races around Baton Rouge during the summer of 2017! She was supported by an internship from Grinnell College.
Lauren was the recipient of the 2019 Undergraduate Research Prize from the American Society of Plant Taxonomists! Congrats, Lauren!
BS, Grinnell College (2018)
Lauren was a visiting undergraduate from Grinnell College (Iowa) and was being co-mentored by Brant Faircloth. She analyzed phylogenomic data from across the centropogonid clade, including at a phylogeographic scale among three species of Bolivian Centropogon. She was busy making the cluster whirr and winning running races around Baton Rouge during the summer of 2017! She was supported by an internship from Grinnell College.
Lauren was the recipient of the 2019 Undergraduate Research Prize from the American Society of Plant Taxonomists! Congrats, Lauren!
Henry Crull
expected graduation, 2018
Henry generated images of pollen from herbarium specimens of Centropogon, as well as museum specimens of specialized hummingbird pollinators. He received an LSU Discover research grant to support his research. Congrats, Henry!
expected graduation, 2018
Henry generated images of pollen from herbarium specimens of Centropogon, as well as museum specimens of specialized hummingbird pollinators. He received an LSU Discover research grant to support his research. Congrats, Henry!
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Lauren A. Eserman
Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2017 M.S., Southeastern Louisiana University, 2012 B.S., Southeastern Louisiana University, 2009 Lauren was the lab's first postdoc and was with us from August 2017–February 2018. Before moving to her current position as lab manager at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Lauren played a crucial role in setting up the lab and generating our first data— on her favorite plant group, morning glories, nonetheless! We'll miss her, but her legacy will live on in the lab's organization and protocols. Learn more about Lauren at her personal website! |
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