Summer 2024 Congratulations to Dr. Derek Denney! Derek's exit seminar was titled "The Ecophysiological and Genetic Underpinnings of Local Adaptation in Boechera stricta". He gave a great talk followed by a successful defense of his dissertation. Derek will now move on to be a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Plant Resilience Institute at Michigan State University working with Drs. Emily Jospehs and David Lowry. Spring 2024 Congratulations to Dr. Inam Jameel! Inam gave a wonderful exit seminar titled "Herbivory and water availability shape the fitness landscape in the montane forb, Boechera stricta", and then successfully defended his dissertation! Inam will join the lab of Dr. Regina Baucom as a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the University of Michigan. Irina, our high school research intern, won first place for her YoungDawg end of semester presentation! Sam received the Linton and June Bishop Fellowship awarded by the Genetics Department! Sam published a Review in Annals of Botany- check it out here: The effect of global change on the expression and evolution of floral traits Derek published a paper in New Phytologist- check it out here: Elevated [CO2] and temperature augment gas exchange and shift the fitness landscape in a montane forb Liz was awarded a T32 Genetics Training Grant Fellowship! Jill received the Russell award in recognition of her outstanding teaching practices! Press release Fall 2023 We are excited to have Dr. Lillie Pennington start in the lab as a NSF Postdoctoral research fellow! Dr. Pennington completed her PhD in Jay Sexton's lab at UC Merced. Welcome to the newest members of the Anderson lab, PhD students Ephie Magige and Liz Thomas! We look forward to working with you and we’re thrilled that you joined! Summer 2023 Congrats to Mia for receiving the Sharitz-Hatfield award! Spring 2023 Sam was awarded the Mary Case Award in Teaching by the Genetics Department! We've got a Terrific Teaching Trio! Congrats to Sam and Mia for being awarded Outstanding Teaching Awards! Derek received the Excellence in Teaching Award for 2023. Read more about Derek's award here Derek wins the 2022 Wilbur Duncan Award by Plant Biology Graduate Studies Committee! Considered the highest recognition awarded to graduate students in Plant Biology, the Wilbur Duncan Award recognizes excellence in two of three areas: research, teaching, and service to the department. No surprises here! Congratulations Derek. You make us so proud to have you as a labbie and friend. Inam was selected to receive the 2023 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award (EPPLA), through the American Institute of Biological Sciences. The award recognizes graduate students in the biological sciences who have demonstrated leadership skills and an aptitude for working at the intersection of science and public policy. Read more about the award here Fall 2022 New Grant Alert! Our work on range-wide population dynamics of Chamaecrista fasciculata is funded! This will be a multi-pronged effort with Susana Wadgymar, Emily Josephs, Seema Sheth, Megan Demarche, and Jenny Cruse Sanders. Excited to get started! New paper from Rachel's dissertation is out in American Journal of Botany : Water and nutrient availability exert selection on reproductive phenology Summer 2022 Kelly receives a Marie Mellinger Field Botany Research award for her work in Elephantopus tomentosus. Great work deserves recognition! Derek is a recipient of the Bill Dahl Graduate Student Research Award from the Botanical Society of America! Inam was awarded the Robin Hightower Genetics Graduate Support fund for his work in evaluating local adaption and plasticity to insect herbivory in Boechera stricta! Inam was recognized as a George Hugh Boyd Memorial Scholar from UGA for the 2022-2023 academic year. Keep it up! Sam was awarded a grant from the American Iris Association for her dissertation work on conflicting selection using Iris missouriensis! Amazing work! Inam, Mia and Kelly received Summer Research Grants from the UGA Graduate School! Can't wait to see the work they accomplish in the field! Inam was awarded the Lee R.G. Snyder Memorial Scholarship Award by the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory. Go study that Boechera! Spring 2022 Congrats to Dr. MacTavish!! Rachel successfully defended her thesis "Variation in soil water and nutrient availability alters life history evolution of Boechera stricta (Brassicaceae): Implications for eco-evolutionary responses to climate change" and is the first PhD coming out of the Anderson Lab. Amazing work! Kelly passed her qualifying exam and advanced to candidacy! Great Job! Inam was distinguished as a top presenter of the Graduate Student Lightning Talks at SEPEEG! Derek is a recipient of the George W. Gilchrist Support Fund Rosemary Grant Advanced Award through the Society for the Study of Evolution! Fantastic! Kelly was awarded the Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award from The Ecological Society of America. Read more about it here December 2021 Derek received the UGA Plant Center DDIG grant for his work on understanding local maladaptation in Boechera stricta! Hard work pays off!! Jill was awarded the Sandy Beaver Award for Teaching Excellence by Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. Way to go Jill! June 2021 Our paper "Selection favors adaptive plasticity in a long-term reciprocal transplant experiment" was accepted in Evolution. Kelly is a recipient of the Graduate Research Excellence Grant - R. C. Lewontin Early Award awarded by the Society for the Study of Evolution! Excellent work and well deserved! May 2021 Both Mia and Sam passed their qualifying exams! Congrats to our newest PhD Candidates Our paper "Costs of reproduction under experimental climate change across elevations in the perennial forb Boechera stricta" was published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B Inam is the 2021 winner of the Jan and Kirby Alton Graduate Fellowship from the Genetics Graduate Affairs Committee! April 2021 Kelly and Derek were both awarded Summer Research Grants from the Graduate School! March 2021 Inam was awarded the Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award from The Ecological Society of America. Read more about it here January 2021 Mia and Inam were both awarded UGA Plant Center DDIG grants for the upcoming field season! November 2020 Our review "Plant eco-evolutionary responses to climate change: Emerging directions" was published in Plant Science. Derek passes his qualifying exam with flying colors! October 2020 Our Tansley review "Climate change alters plant–herbivore interactions" was published in New Phytologist. Any news prior to Oct 2020 has been lost to the sands of time - thank you for understanding
