Kathleen M. Pryer

Scholarly Society Society of Systematic Biology · 2006 For: Schuettpelz, E. and K.M. Pryer. 2006. Reconciling extreme branch length differences: decoupling time and rate through the evolutionary history of filmy ferns. Systematic Biology 55: 485-502. The award is presented to the two best papers based on student research published in Systematic Biology during the previous year. The lead author must have been a student at the time the research was conducted.

Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award (2004-2010)

National National Science Foundation · 2004

Lawrence Memorial Award

Scholarly Society Hunt Institute of Botanical Documentation - A Research Division of Carnegie Mellon University · 1994 More about this award

Edgar T. Wherry Award

National Botanical Society of America · August 1988 More about this award

In the News

Published January 19, 2024

The Duke Herbarium Needs a Bigger Home for Its 825,000 Plant Species

Published March 22, 2023

Climate Lessons from Plants, Past to Future

Published January 1, 2021

The Little Fern That Could

Published July 2, 2018

Fern-tastic! Crowdfunded fern genomes published in Nature Plants

Published July 2, 2018

Crowdfunding results in first ever fern genome sequencing

Published July 2, 2018

First Fern Genome Shows Unique Bacterial Partnership

Published July 2, 2018

Fern genomes finally here

Published February 2, 2018

A hidden gem in the well‐studied plastome: Discovery of a highly conserved open reading frame in a fern plastid

Published January 9, 2018

Kathleen Pryer: A Passion for the Little-Loved Fern

Published July 28, 2015

Plant light sensors came from ancient algae

Published July 27, 2015

Plant light sensors came from ancient algae

Published July 2, 2015

Kathleen Pryer comments: Plant collections left in the cold by cuts

Published February 18, 2015

Fern hybrid does not mind the gap

Published February 16, 2015

Distant fern species create 'love child' after 60 million years

Published February 13, 2015

Distant Species Produce Love Child After 60-Millon-Year Breakup

Published February 13, 2015

Distant species produce 'love child' fern after 60-million-year breakup

Published July 18, 2014

Duke researcher uses crowdfunding to raise money for fern genome project

Published July 14, 2014

How scientists uncovered Arctic clues to a past where a tiny fern changed the planet

Published July 2, 2014

Crowdfunding for Azolla Fern Research Hits Target

Published June 20, 2014

Finding the genome of an extraordinary plant

Published June 19, 2014

Going Public With Research Funding

Published June 13, 2014

Tiny plant, big potential: Researchers raise money from public to sequence 'superorganism' genome

Published May 30, 2014

Kathleen Pryer: This lowly fern has massive green potential

Published April 29, 2014

Planting genes

Published April 17, 2014

Plants That Practice Genetic Engineering

Published April 14, 2014

Time and chance: The survival of ferns to the present depended on an ancient accident

Published April 14, 2014

Genetic Gift May Have Turned Ferns Into Masters of Shadow

Published October 25, 2012

19 Ferns Go Gaga!

Published October 24, 2012

New Fern Species Named for Lady Gaga

Published October 24, 2012

Lady Gaga Inspires Names of New Fern Species

Published October 24, 2012

Lady Gaga Fern: Pop Star Honored With Newly Discovered Genus With ‘Fluid Definitions Of Gender’

Published October 24, 2012

Lady Gaga has new genus of plant named after her

Published October 23, 2012

Germinated This Way: New Fern Species Named After Lady Gaga