Laura F. Galloway Principal Investigator
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lgalloway@virginia.edu
Laura's research uses ecological and genetical approaches to explore mechanisms of adaptation and patterns of evolutionary change in natural plant populations. Plants are sedentary and therefore cannot directly choose their growth environment or mates, they vary in their gender and potential for inbreeding, and many species are polyploid having more than two copies of each chromosome and gene. She studies the consequences of these plant attributes for evolution using a combination of field and greenhouse studies, quantitative genetics, and molecular techniques. |
Antoine Perrier Post doc |
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cdt9qe@virginia.edu, https://antoineperrier.weebly.com/
Antoine comes from the University of Basel (Switzerland), where he assessed how past evolutionary, demographic and environmental factors play a role in shaping contemporary species' range limits, using the North American plant species Arabidopsis lyrata subsp. lyrata. In the Galloway lab, Antoine’s research focuses on how a complex evolutionary history may affects adaptation current environments and response to changing climates in rear-edge populations, which often occur at the warmer distribution end of a species, using the American bellflower Campanula americana as study system. This projects entails a combination of phylogenetic and population genetic analyses, climate data analysis and phenotypic experiments in the greenhouse and in common gardens. |
Alfredo Lopez Post doc
Hanna Makowski PhD Candidate
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hm5dc@virginia.edu, www.hannamakowski.com
Hanna is a graduate student who joined the lab after recieving her B.S. in Biology at Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame. The goal of her dissertation research is to understand the role of plant mating systems in colonization and more broadly determine what makes a species range. To approach her research questions, she is implementing large-scale field experiments and greenhouse work with Campanula americana. |
Keric Lamb PhD Candidate
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ksl2za@virginia.edu
Keric is a graduate student interested in range expansion. He is especially interested in how genetic drift and local adaptation can act to influence range dynamics in relation to gradual environmental change. |
Undergraduates
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Olivia Keenan, Independent Research. Olivia is exploring differences in germination and growth between C. americana populations in the southern portion of the range with the goal of identifying whether range-edge populations differ more from one another than those in the interior. Meg Turner, Independent Research Meg is working to identify differences in heat adaptation between rear-edge and central populations of C. americana, with a specific focus on climate change. Yimfoong Ho, Independent Research Yimfoong is interested in researching how adaptations to cold stress vary across a range and can affect plants’ abilities to absorb nutrients and carry out chemical processes like photosynthesis by studying C. americana. Emily Scott, Independent Research Emily is interested in the potential relationship between the length of pollen collecting hairs and corolla structure across the family Campanulaceae. |
Matt Koski, Postdoctoral Associate 2019, Mating system variation across the range of Campanula americana
Catherine Debban, PhD 2019, Reproductive isolation and gene flow vary among contact zones between incipient species
Hanqin Wu, MS 2018, Evaluating possible reinforcement in Campanula americana: Response to postzygotic isolation by increasing selfing
Brittany Sutherland, PhD 2017, Interploid reproductive isolation in the Campanula rotundifolia polyploid complex
Kuo Liao, Visiting Scientist 2016-2017, Autogamous floral traits of Campanula americana
Karen Barnard-Kubow, PhD 2015, Cytonuclear incompatibility contributes to incipient speciation
Holly Prendeville, Postdoctoral Associate 2011-2014, Evaluating the contribution of maternal effects to population differentiation in an herbaceous plant
Ashley Dai, PhD 2011, Sexual selection in a hermaphroditic plant
Frances Kilkenny, PhD 2011, Gene flow and adaptation in Lonicera japonica
Lindsay Dierkes, M.S. 2009, Influence of pollinators and abiotic stress on flower color frequency
Brian Barringer, Postdoctoral Associate 2008, Differentiation among Campanulastrum americanum populations
Kevin Burgess, Postdoctoral Associate 2004-2006, Effect of maternal phenology on offspring life history
Elysa Miller, M.A. 2007, Cold adaptation in Lonicera japonica
Brian Haggerty, M.S. 2006, Phenological response to growing season length in Campanulastrum americanum
Nicholas Priest, PhD 2006, Effects of maternal mating on offspring fitness in Drosophila melanogaster
Daniela Bell, PhD 2004, Phenotypic plasticity in Geranium carolinianum
Linda Johnson, PhD 2003, Local adaptation and gene flow in Lobelia cardinalis
Julie Etterson, Postdoctoral Associate 2000-2002, Parental environmental effects in Campanulastrum americanum
Catherine Debban, PhD 2019, Reproductive isolation and gene flow vary among contact zones between incipient species
Hanqin Wu, MS 2018, Evaluating possible reinforcement in Campanula americana: Response to postzygotic isolation by increasing selfing
Brittany Sutherland, PhD 2017, Interploid reproductive isolation in the Campanula rotundifolia polyploid complex
Kuo Liao, Visiting Scientist 2016-2017, Autogamous floral traits of Campanula americana
Karen Barnard-Kubow, PhD 2015, Cytonuclear incompatibility contributes to incipient speciation
Holly Prendeville, Postdoctoral Associate 2011-2014, Evaluating the contribution of maternal effects to population differentiation in an herbaceous plant
Ashley Dai, PhD 2011, Sexual selection in a hermaphroditic plant
Frances Kilkenny, PhD 2011, Gene flow and adaptation in Lonicera japonica
Lindsay Dierkes, M.S. 2009, Influence of pollinators and abiotic stress on flower color frequency
Brian Barringer, Postdoctoral Associate 2008, Differentiation among Campanulastrum americanum populations
Kevin Burgess, Postdoctoral Associate 2004-2006, Effect of maternal phenology on offspring life history
Elysa Miller, M.A. 2007, Cold adaptation in Lonicera japonica
Brian Haggerty, M.S. 2006, Phenological response to growing season length in Campanulastrum americanum
Nicholas Priest, PhD 2006, Effects of maternal mating on offspring fitness in Drosophila melanogaster
Daniela Bell, PhD 2004, Phenotypic plasticity in Geranium carolinianum
Linda Johnson, PhD 2003, Local adaptation and gene flow in Lobelia cardinalis
Julie Etterson, Postdoctoral Associate 2000-2002, Parental environmental effects in Campanulastrum americanum
Past lab members
Header image by Brittany Sutherland
