Phipps Conservatory Announces 2024 Botany in Action Fellows
For Immediate Release: Mon., April 22
Contact: Joe Reed | Senior Director of Communications
412-622-6915, ext. 3801 | jreed@phipps.conservatory.org
Phipps Conservatory Announces 2024 Botany in Action Fellows
Grant Fellowship Program Supports the Plant-Focused Research of Seven Doctoral-Level Students
Pittsburgh, PA – Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is pleased to announce the 2024 roster of Botany in Action Fellows. This group of seven scientists represent universities from across the country with research topics varying from forest restoration in Hawai‘i to biocultural sustainability in northeast Madagascar to microclimates in Panama. Underwritten in part by The Garden Club of Allegheny County, the Botany in Action Fellowship program will support their work through research grants and science communication training.
Current fellows and their research topics follow:
Camille DeSisto, Duke University (North Carolina)
Lemur-mediated Restoration to Advance Biocultural Sustainability in Northeast Madagascar
David Felipe Rodríguez Mora, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Tracing the Yagé (a.k.a. Ayahuasca) Tourism Lianas in Southwestern Colombia: Towards the Conservation and Sustainable Management of the Cofán Shamanism Yagé Lianas
Lauren Nerfa, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Human Dimensions and Ecological Outcomes of Long-term Forest Restoration in Hawaiʻi
Lydia Soifer, University of Florida (Florida)
Unraveling the Impact of Microclimates on the Biogeography of Epiphytes in Panama
N. Miller, Lehigh University (Pennsylvania)
Exploring the Interactions Between Canopy Gaps and Invasive Plant Communities in Northeastern Hardwood Forests
Richard Hull, Indiana University (Indiana)
Identifying Changes in the Wabash River’s Vascular Plant Flora
Viviana Londoño-Lemos, University of Minnesota
Exploring the Tropical Dry Forest Soil Seed Bank: The Hidden Savings for the Future
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