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October 2011Welcome, Geir Hestmark, Visiting Researcher
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Category: News
2011-11: Welcome Emily Lefevre, New Postdoc Research Assoc
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November 2011 – Welcome, Emily Lefevre, New Postdoctoral Research AssociateEmily has joined our lab as a Postdoctoral Research Associate for the EnDoBiodiversity project, on endophytes. |
2011-11: Congratulations Kathryn Picard, for passing prelims
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November 2011Congratulations, Kathryn Picard, for successfully passing her prelims! |
2012-04: Welcome, Ko-Hsuan Chen.
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April 2012 – Welcome, Ko-Hsuan Chen.Ko-Hsuan has officially joined our lab after a one semester rotation. Her Ph.D. will be nested within the taxonomic component of our Dimensions of Biodiversity (NSF) project focussing on endolichenic and endophtic fungi of the boreal biome (enDoBiodiversity.org). |
2012-06: Tami McDonald recipient of 2012 Harold Sanford Perry Prize.
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June 2012 – Tami McDonald is the recipient of the 2012 Harold Sanford Perry Prize!Tami Mcdonald was awarded the 2012 Harold Sanford Perry Prize for the best Ph.D. thesis research in Plant Sciences, Department of Biology, Duke University. Among all candidates competing for this award, Tami’s doctoral research stood out: 1) by being developed independently, 2) in addressing key questions in genomics, evolutionary biology, and botany, and 3) by being high on the impact index.Congratulations Tami!! |
2012-08: Welcome, Edgar Medina.
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August 2012 – Welcome, Edgar Medina.Edgar Medina is a new Ph.D. student in our lab. He was admitted through the University Program in Genetics and Genomics. As part of his admission at Duke, he was awarded the International Chancellor’s Award. He is also the co-author of an article that will soon be published in the journal Science. Congratulations Edgar!! |
2001-02: Upcoming Move to Duke University
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February 2001 – Upcoming Move to Duke UniversityIn June 2001 we will be moving to the Department of Biology at Duke University. All current members will transfer except Jutta Buschbom who will complete her Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. |
2013-02: Welcome, Camille Truong.
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February 2013 – Welcome, Camille Truong.Camille Truong joined our lab for one year to work on the Peltigera canina complex, thanks to a fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation. |
2006-11: Congratulations to Tami McDonald.
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November 2006Congratulations to Tami McDonald for passing her prelims! |
2006-10: Welcome Ester Gaya, Postdoctoral Research Associate
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October 2006 – Welcome, Ester Gaya, Postdoctoral Research AssociateWe are excited to welcome Ester Gaya, who is just beginning a post-doctoral position here in the Lutzoni Lab. Ester is currently visiting on a Fulbright fellowship in order to continue work on the systematics and phylogeny of the lichen-forming fungi family Teloschistaceae (Teloschistales, Ascomycota). She is especially interested in the genus Caloplaca, which is considered to be one of the most complex and diversified crustose lichen genera. The delimitation among genera included within the family Teloschistaceae is still highly artificial and in need of revision, especially for the closely related species within Caloplaca, Fulgensia, Teloschistes, and Xanthoria. The main goals of her phylogenetic studies are to resolve relationships among the main lineages of this family and also the order Teloschistales, specifically to provide a more stable classification of these lichen-forming fungi. To reach these goals, she is using an integrated approach based on detailed morphological, anatomical, chemical (secondary compounds), biogeographical, and molecular data. |