Selected Grants
Genetic and Genomics Training Grant
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025Collaborative Proposal:Dimensions: The Evolution of Pollination Syndrome Diversity in Penstemon
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2015 - 2021COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Genetics and Development of Parallel Pollination System Evolution in Penstemon
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2016 - 2021DISSERTATION RESEARCH: How is the Selfing Syndrome Assembled? A Common Garden Fitness Study of its Component Parts
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2015 - 2017Genetics and Evolution of Reproductive Character Displacement in Phlox drumondii
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2009 - 2016Genetic and Genomics Training Grant
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025Collaborative Proposal:Dimensions: The Evolution of Pollination Syndrome Diversity in Penstemon
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2015 - 2021COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Genetics and Development of Parallel Pollination System Evolution in Penstemon
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2016 - 2021DISSERTATION RESEARCH: How is the Selfing Syndrome Assembled? A Common Garden Fitness Study of its Component Parts
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2015 - 2017Genetics and Evolution of Reproductive Character Displacement in Phlox drumondii
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2009 - 2016DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Genetic Architecture of Resistance in a Coevolving Plant-Fungus Pathosystem: Gene-for-Gene vs. Quantitative Resistance
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2009 - 2012DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Genetic basis of parallel flower color shifts in Penstemon
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2010 - 2012DISSERTATION RESEACH: An investigation of pleiotropy as an adaptive constraint using flower color change in Phlox drummondii (Polemoniaceae)
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2009 - 2011Evolutionary genetics of flower color in lochroma (Solanaceae)
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2010Genetic Change Associated with Flower-color Adaptation in Morning Glories
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2005 - 2009DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Evolutionary Fate of Gene Duplications in Morning Glories
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2004 - 2006DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Assessing the general importance of frequency-dependent selection in plant breeding systems: Evolution of male biased sex allocation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2004 - 2006DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Selfing as a means of reproductive isolation: Pollonator-mediated interspecific competition in Ipomoea
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2003 - 2005Molecular evolution of anthocyanin pathway genes in morning glories (Ipomoea)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2001 - 2004DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Genetic architecture of flower-color differences in Ipomoea species
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2002 - 2004Dissertation research: Evolution of a disease-resistance polymorphism in Ipomoea purpurea
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2001 - 2004Dissertation Research: Anthocyanin Biosynthesis and the Evolution of Red-Flowered Ipomoea
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2001 - 2003Doctoral Dissertation: Ecological and Evolutionary Constraints to Herbivore Resistance in a Native Plant-Multiple Herbivore Community
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2000 - 2002Dissertation Research: The Evolution of Mutualism and Cost-benefit Analysis: Selection on Extrafloral Nectar Traits of Chamaecrista Fasciculata
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1998 - 2001Optimal Reaction Norms and Genetic Constraints in the Evolution of Plant Size in Ipomoea purpurea
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1997 - 2001Dissertation Research: Natural Selection and Genetic Constraints on the Evolution of Tolerance to Herbivore Damage in Ipomea purpurea
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1997 - 1999The Effect of Induced Resistence on Herbivore Population Dynamics
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1996 - 1999Evolution Leaf Shape in the Ivyleaf Morning Glory, Ipomoea Hederacea
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1996 - 1998Maintenance of Floral Trait Polymorphisms in Ipomoea Purpurea
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1994 - 1997Maintenance of Floral Trait Polymorphisims
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1994 - 1996The Effect of Induced Resistance in Soybeans on Herbivore Population Dynamics
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Cooperative State Research Service (CSRS) · 1994 - 1996The Evolution of Resistance to Herbivores and Pathogens in the Annual Plant Arabidopsis thaliana: Estimation of Selection and Costs of Resistance
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1994 - 1995Characterization of Natural Selection by Insects on a Morning Glory Ipormea Purpurea
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1989 - 1992Characterization of Natural Selection by Insects on a Morning Glory Ipomoea Purpurea
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1989 - 1992Empirical and Quantitative Analysis of Intraforest Dispersal in Southern Pine Beetles
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Forest Service · 1991 - 1991Characterization of Natural Selection by Insects on a Morning Glory, Ipomoea Purpurea
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1988 - 1990Genetics of Resistance to Insect Herbivores in Morning Glory
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Agriculture · 1989 - 1989External Relationships
- New Phytologist Trust
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