Lab Members: Suzanne Joneson

Suzanne Joneson (Graduate Student)

Duke University
Department of Biology
Box 90338
Durham, NC
27708

suzanne.joneson@duke.edu

Research Interests: 
Molecular Biology of lichen symbiosis.

Education: 
B.Sc. Botany, 1999, University of Washington, Seattle WA
M.Sc. Botany, 2003, University of Washington, Seattle WA. Studies in Ramalina (Ascomycotina, Lecanorales) with emphasis on the R. almquistii species complex.

Publications:

Joneson, S. and F. Lutzoni. 2009. Compatibility and thigmotropism in the lichen symbiosis: A reappraisal. Symbiosis 47:109-115.

Gage, S., S. Joneson, B.V. Yu, N.A. Eremenko, and H. Takahashi. 2006. A newly compiled checklist of the vascular plants of the Habomais, the little Kurils. In Takahashi, H. & Ohara, M. (eds.): Biodiversity and Biogeography of the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin 2, pp. 67-91. The Hokkaido University Museum, Sapporo.

Joneson, S., H. Kashiwadani, S. Tschabanenko & S. Gage. 2004. Ramalina of the Kuril Islands. The Bryologist 107(1): 98-106.

Joneson, S. & K.A. Glew. 2003. Acroscyphus (Caliciaceae) in North America. The Bryologist 106(3): 443-446.

Takahashi H., V.Y. Barkalov, S. Gage, B. Semsrott, S. Joneson, M Ilyushko, Y.N. Zhuravlev. 2002. A Floristic Study of the Vascular Plants of Raikoke, Kuril Islands. Acta phytotaxonomica et geobotanica 53(1): 17-33.
Grants and Awards:
2006 Mycological Society of America – Backus Award
2006 Botanical Society of America – Graduate Student Research
2006 Sigma Xi – Graduate Student Mini-Grant
2004 Duke University, Biology Internal Grant Program
2003 Duke University, Biology, Mellon Fellowship
2003 Northwest Scientific Association -Trevor Goward Award