About

I am a PhD student at Utah State University working with Dr. Paul Wolf. My dissertation research is on the pan-tropical fern genus Ceratopteris, also known as the water sprite ferns. This aquatic, short-lived plant has been used as a model organism since the 1980s, with the species C. richardii (also called the C-fern) most commonly found in lab. While a great deal is known about the developmental biology of this fern, less is understood about the evolutionary relationships between the species in the genus. My research will examine the different species of water sprite ferns and result in the first monographic revision of the genus based on molecular markers.
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