Full Professor(heuristic)

Plant Diversity and Evolution · Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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h-index48
i10-index105
Publications160
Citations11,865

Grants

25 total · 1 active

NSF #2043478

OPUS: Genome doubling in an evolutionary model: Synthesis across biological and temporal scales

Active
Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2021-06-01 → 2027-05-31
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Florida

NSF #1923234

EDGE CT: Improving and Streamlining Systems for Functional Studies of Non-Model Plants

Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2020-01-01 → 2025-09-30
PIs
4

Awarded at University of Florida

NSF #1930007

CIBR: Collaborative Research: Integrating data communities with BiotaPhy: a computational platform for data-intensive biodiversity research and training

Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2019-08-15 → 2025-07-31
PIs
3

Awarded at University of Florida

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All Grants

25 total · 1 active

NSF #2043478

OPUS: Genome doubling in an evolutionary model: Synthesis across biological and temporal scales

Active
Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2021-06-01 → 2027-05-31
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Florida

NSF #1923234

EDGE CT: Improving and Streamlining Systems for Functional Studies of Non-Model Plants

Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2020-01-01 → 2025-09-30
PIs
4

Awarded at University of Florida

NSF #1930007

CIBR: Collaborative Research: Integrating data communities with BiotaPhy: a computational platform for data-intensive biodiversity research and training

Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2019-08-15 → 2025-07-31
PIs
3

Awarded at University of Florida

NSF #1458640

Collaborative Research: ABI Innovation: Connecting resources to enable large-scale biodiversity analyses

Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2015-07-15 → 2021-06-30
PIs
4

Awarded at University of Florida

NSF #1701751

DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Evolutionary impact of genome duplication on alternative splicing: Genome-wide assessment in a polyploid plant (Tragopogon)

Amount
<$100K
Period
2017-05-01 → 2019-04-30
PIs
3

Awarded at University of Florida

NSF #1501600

DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Comparative phylogeography of three co-distributed Neotropical mangrove species

Amount
<$100K
Period
2015-06-01 → 2017-05-31
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Florida

NSF #1501803

Dissertation Research: The evolutionary significance of autopolyploidy in Tolmiea (Saxifragaceae)

Amount
<$100K
Period
2015-06-01 → 2017-05-31
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Florida

NSF #1406960

DISSERTATION RESEARCH: An integrative genomic study of multiple domestication events in squash and pumpkin (Cucurbita, Cucurbitaceae)

Amount
<$100K
Period
2014-06-01 → 2017-05-31
PIs
3

Awarded at University of Florida

NSF #1146065

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Genomic consequences of recent and ancient allopolyploidy: a continuum of ages in Tragopogon (Asteraceae)

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2012-06-01 → 2016-05-31
PIs
3

Awarded at University of Florida

NSF #1310863

DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Tracking Timing of Migration and Diversification Across North and South America in Agalinis (Orobanchaceae)

Amount
<$100K
Period
2013-05-01 → 2015-04-30
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Florida

NSF #1011270

Dissertation Research: The Evolution and Systematics of the Opuntia humifusa complex (Cactaceae)

Amount
<$100K
Period
2010-09-01 → 2012-08-31
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Florida

NSF #0919254

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Genome evolution in natural populations and synthetic lines of allopolyploids in Tragopogon (Asteraceae)

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2009-08-01 → 2011-11-30
PIs
3

Awarded at University of Florida

NSF #0614421

Systematic Studies of Tragopogon (Asteraceae): A Multi-Marker Approach to Untangling Polyploid Complexes

Amount
—
Period
2006-09-15 → 2011-08-31
PIs
4

Awarded at University of Florida

NSF #0431266

AToL: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Resolving the Trunk of the Angiosperm Tree and Twelve of its Thorniest Branches

Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2004-09-01 → 2011-08-31
PIs
4

Awarded at University of Florida

NSF #0910113

The genetic consequences of autopolyploidy in Galax urceolata (Diapensiaceae)

Amount
<$100K
Period
2009-06-15 → 2011-05-31
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Florida

NSF #0808342

DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Evolution and Development of Petals in Aizoaceae (Caryophyllales)

Amount
<$100K
Period
2008-07-15 → 2010-02-28
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Florida

NSF #0608273

Dissertation Research: Phylogeny of Tribe Trichocereeae and Resolution of a Thorny History of Reticulate Evolution and Polyploidy in Haageocereus (Cactaceae)

Amount
<$100K
Period
2006-07-15 → 2008-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Florida

NSF #0710202

DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Systematics, biogeography and diversification of the pantropical angiosperm family Simaroubaceae (Sapindales)

Amount
<$100K
Period
2007-05-15 → 2008-04-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Florida

NSF #0090283

RCN: "Deep Time": A Comprehensive Phylogenetic Tree of Living and Fossil Angiosperms

Amount
—
Period
2001-09-01 → 2007-12-31
PIs
3

Awarded at University of Florida

NSF #0346437

Collaborative Research: Patterns of Gene Expression in Recent Allopolyploids of Recurrent Origin

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2004-02-15 → 2007-01-31
PIs
3

Awarded at University of Florida

NSF #0209500

PostDoctoral Fellowship: Genome Evolution in New and Ancient Polyploids

Amount
<$100K
Period
2002-06-01 → 2004-05-31
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Florida

NSF #0206495

Dissertation Research: Molecular Systematics, Floral Evolution, and Developmental Genetics in Basal Angiosperms

Amount
<$100K
Period
2002-06-01 → 2003-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at Washington State University

NSF #0196379

Gynoecial Diversification in Saxifragales: Clarifying the Evolution of Epigyny

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2001-02-16 → 2002-10-31
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Florida

NSF #9726225

Gynoecial Diversification in Saxifragales: Clarifying the Evolution of Epigyny

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
1998-04-15 → 2001-07-31
PIs
2

Awarded at Washington State University

NSF #9800887

Dissertation Research: Molecular Systematics of Crassulaceae and Adaptive Radiation in Aeonium

Amount
<$100K
Period
1998-09-01 → 2000-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at Washington State University

Recent Public Signals

  1. New paper: The polyploid continuum and the landscape of polyploid genomic variation (American Journal of Botany)2025-11-01
  2. New preprint: NextGeneration specimen digitization: The international herbarium community goes spectral!2025-05-20
  3. New NSF award: OPUS: Genome doubling in an evolutionary model: Synthesis across biological and temporal scales2021-06-01

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