Laura F. Galloway Principal Investigator
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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 |
cdt9qe@virginia.edu, https://antoineperrier.weebly.com/
Antoine has a PhD 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 to 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 combine phylogenetic and population genetic analyses, climate data analysis and phenotypic experiments in the greenhouse and in common gardens. |
Alfredo Lopez Post doc
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Alfredo has a PhD from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and is broadly interested in plant biology , from plant hybridization, and genomics, to phytochemistry and ethnopharmacology. In the Galloway lab, Alfredo is studying the dynamics of cytnonuclear incompatibility in C. americana using a variety of approaches, including genomic analyses and plant experimental manipulation. |
Shannon Kingsley PhD Candidate
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Shannon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Ethnobotany from Brown University where she studied how immigrant-run farms in Providence, Rhode Island impact phylogenetic plant diversity and influence the ecological and cultural dynamics of the urban community. Her previous work also includes studying the taxonomic and temporal distributions of Mid-Atlantic herbaria data, as well as collecting native seed in Rhode Island for amplifying ecotypic seed sources in New England. In the Galloway lab, she plans to study the intersection of local adaptation, range expansion, and phenotypic plasticity in C. americana to understand how native plant species adapt to changing environmental gradients. |
Madi Stessman Rotating PhD Candidate
Undergraduates
Allison Triano, Independent research
Allison is exploring how inbreeding depression varies across the rear edge of C. americana. |
Past lab members
Keric Lamb, PhD 2024, Local adaptation and microevolution along environmental gradients
Caroline Busch, MS 2023, Differences between the costs and establishment rates of clonal and sexual offspring affect the probability of evolutionary rescue in plant populations
Hanna Makowski, PhD 2023, The role of mating system in colonization and morphological variation
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
Caroline Busch, MS 2023, Differences between the costs and establishment rates of clonal and sexual offspring affect the probability of evolutionary rescue in plant populations
Hanna Makowski, PhD 2023, The role of mating system in colonization and morphological variation
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
Header image by Brittany Sutherland