Scholars@Duke
Kathleen M. Pryer

Kathleen M. Pryer

Professor of Biology
Biology
pryer@duke.edu
Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
358 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC

Awards & Honors

Outstanding Faculty Award

Department Duke University Center for LGBT Life · April 2013 More about this award

Distinguished Teaching and Service Award

Department Duke University Department of Biology · May 2009

Publisher's Award for Excellence in Systematic Research

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
Fern genomes finally here
Published July 2, 2018
First Fern Genome Shows Unique Bacterial Partnership
Published July 2, 2018
Crowdfunding results in first ever fern genome sequencing
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
Lady Gaga Inspires Names of New Fern Species
Published October 24, 2012
New Fern Species Named for Lady Gaga
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