Current Graduate Students at the Missouri Botanical Garden

Students with Web sites are hyperlinked below.

Boza, Tatiana
Peru. M.S. (UMSL). Advisor: Jorgensen. Passiflora.

Caomhanach, Nuala
Ireland. Ph.D. (UMSL). Undecided.

Carlsen, Monica
Venezuela. Ph.D. (UMSL). Advisor: Croat/P. Stevens. Anthurium (Araceae).

Diazgranados, Mauricio
Colombia. Ph.D. (SLU). Advisor: Barber. Andean Asteraceae.

Fuentes, Sara
Mexico. Ph.D.(UMSL). Advisors: Al-Shehbaz/Kellogg. Systematics of Cruciferae.

Hart, Robbie
U.S.A. Ph.D. (UMSL). Advisor: Salick. Ethnobotany in Yunnan.

Hong-Wa, Cynthia
Madagascar. Ph.D. (UMSL). Advisor: P. Stevens. Undecided.

Hsu, Shih-Chung
Taiwan. Ph.D. (WU). Advisors: Raven/Schaal. Vitis (Vitaceae).

Krakos, Kyra
U.S.A. Ph.D. (WU). Advisor: Raven. Pollination in Onagraceae.

Menke, Marck
U.S.A. Ph.D. (WU). Advisors: Schaal/Al-Shehbaz. Aethionema (Brassicaceae).

Miller, Nichole
U.S.A. Ph.D. (WU). Advisor: Hoch. Pollination in prairies and glades.

Oberle, Brad
U.S.A. Ph.D. (WU). Advisor: Schaal. Dodecatheon (Primulaceae).

Ortiz-Gentry, Rosa
Peru. Ph.D. (UMSL). Advisors: Kellogg/van der Werff. Menispermaceae.

Penagos, Juan Carlos
Colombia. M.S. (UMSL). Advisor: van der Werff. Lauraceae.

Price, Taina M.
U.S.A. Ph.D. (WU). Advisor: Schaal/Raven. Portulacaceae.

Rivas, Gonzalo
Ecuador. M.S. (UMSL). Advisor: Loiselle. GIS of alien grasses.

Romero, Carolina
Colombia. Ph.D. (SLU). Advisor: Miller. Legumes.

Sampliner, Danielle
U.S.A. M.S. (SLU). Advisor: Miller. Horseradish - Armoracia

Vela, Dilys
Peru. M.S. (USML). Undecided.

Waselkov, Kate
U.S.A. Ph.D. (WU). Advisor: Olsen. Chenopodium.

Yu, Guoqin
China. Ph.D. (WU). Advisors: Schaal/Raven. Oryza (Poaceae).

Zapata, Felipe
Colombia. Ph.D. (UMSL). Advisor: P. Stevens. Escalloniaceae.


Recent Graduates (2007-2008)

Ph.D.'s

Paulo Camara. Completed his Ph.D. on the moss genus Taxithelium and returned to the University of Brasilia, Brazil.

Amanual Ghebretinsae. Studied the genus Cuphea (Lythraceae) for his Ph.D. at Saint Louis University and he now works at Monsanto in St. Louis.

David Kenfack. Worked on the genus Carapa (Meiaceae) for his Ph.D. at UM-St. Louis and is currently a postdoc at the University of Michigan.

Patrick Sweeney. Completed his Ph.D. at UM-St Louis on the genus Garcinia (Clusiaceae) and is now in charge of the herbarium at Yale University.

Masters

Pamela Puppo Finished her M.S. thesis at UM-St. Louis on the genus Calceolaria in Peru and is currently living in Portugal.


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