Degree: Ph.D., Ecology and Ecosystem Sciences specialization, within the Biological and Environmental Sciences department.
Advisor: Laura Meyerson
Expected completion: May 2017
Research: My research examines genome size variation in an invasive grass across North America. I’m particularly interested in how this genome size variation may cause certain plants to be favored under climate change.
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