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   I.  Ph.D. Students
 

• Alexander, Helen.     Ph.D.  1982.  (Dept. of Botany; Co-chair)

 
Dissertation Title:  Demography of and intraspecific variation in Plantago
                            lanceolata in relation to infection by the fungus Fusarium
                            moniliforme var. subglutinans.
Current Position:   Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas
e-mail: h-alexander@ukans.edu

 
• Via, Sara.    Ph.D.  1983.

 
Dissertation Title:  Genotype-environment interaction in natural populations:
                        variation in host use by a polyphagous herbivore.
Current Position:   Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Maryland
email: via@zool.umd.edu

 
• Campbell, Diane R.  Ph.D.  1983.

 
Dissertation Title: Pollinator sharing and reproduction in a forest herb.
Current Position:   Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
                           University of California
e-mail: drcampbe@uci.edu

 
• Papaj, Daniel R.  Ph.D.  1984.

 
Dissertation Title: Causes of variation in host discrimination behavior in the
                           butterfly, Battus philenor.
Current Position:   Professor, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology,
                            University of Arizona
e-mail: papaj@ccit.arizona.edu

 
• Turchin, Peter.  Ph.D.  1985.

 
Dissertation Title:  The effect of host-plant dispersion on movement of Mexican
                           bean beetle (Epilachna varivestis).
Current Position:   Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary
                             Biology, University of Connecticut
e-mail: turchin@uconnvm.uconn.edu

 
• Pilson, Diana.  Ph.D.  1990.

 
Dissertation Title:  Genetic variation in aphids as a determinant of distribution
                            and abundance patterns.
Current Position:   Professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska
e-mail:  dpilson1@unl.edu

 
• Hougen-Eitzman, David.  Ph.D.  1991.

 
Dissertation Title:  Interactions between herbivore species with respect to
                            plant fitness and evolution of plant resistance.
Current Position:   Senior Instructor, Department of Biology, Carleton College
 
• Hall (Fineblum), Wendy.  Ph.D.  1991.

 
Dissertation Title:  Mechanisms of resistance to herbivorous insects in the
                             morning glory, Ipomoea purpurea.
Current Position:    Risk Analyst, APHIS, USDA.
 e-mail: Wendy.F.Hall@aphis.usda.gov

 
• Paulsen, Susan.  Ph.D.  1992.   (Co-chair)

 
Dissertation Title:  Constancy of genetic variance-covariance matrices for wing-
                              color patterns in Precis butterflies.
Current Position:     Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Computer Science,
                             University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
paulsen@cs.unc.edu

 
• Speer, Marcy.  Ph.D. 1992.  (Deceased 2007).

 
Dissertation Title:  Presymptomatic and prenatal diagnosis in myotonic
                              dystrophy by genetic linkage studies.
Current Position:     Director, Duke Center for Human Genetics 
e-mail: marcy.speer@duke.edu

 
• Subramaniam, Banumathi.  Ph.D.  1994.

 
Dissertation Title:  Maintenance of the flower color polymorphism at the W
                          locus in the common morning glory, Ipomoea purpurea
Current Position:     Associate Professor, Department of Women's Studies,
                             University of  Massachusetts
e-mail: banu@wost.umass.edu

 
• Iwao, Keisuke.  Ph.D. 1995.

 
Dissertation Topic:  Community genetics of plant-insect interaction.
Current Position:     Associate Professor, St. Andrews Univeristy, Japan
e-mail: iwao#rhea@saint4.andrew.ac.jp

 
• Mauricio, Rodney.  Ph.D.  1995.

 
Dissertation Topic:  The evolution of resistance to natural enemies in field
                              populations of the annual plant, Arabidopsis thaliana.
Current Position:     Associate Professor, Department of Genetics, The University
                              of Georgia
e-mail: mauricio@uga.edu

 
•  Malik, Mary.  Ph.D. 1996.  (Co-chair)

 
Dissertation Topic:  The genetics and evolution of somatic self/nonself
                              recognition in the oyster mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus.
Current Position:     Clinical Postdoc, U. Washington School of Medicine

 
• Mojonnier, Laura E.  Ph.D. 1996.

 
Dissertation Topic:  Natural selection on seed size in the common morning
                              glory, Ipomoea purpurea.
Current Position:     Instructor, Indiana University.

 
• Underwood, Nora C.  Ph.D. 1997.

 
Dissertation Topic:  The interaction of plant quality and herbivore population
                              dynamics: effects of plant genotype and induced resistance.
Current Position:     Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biological Science, Florida State
                              University.
e-mail:  nunderwood@bio.fsu.edu

 
• Chang, Shu-Mei.  Ph.D.  1997.

 
Dissertation Topic:  The maintenance of a mixed mating system in the common
                               morning glory, Ipomoea purpurea: the role of anther-
                               stigma distance.
Current Position:     Assistant Professor, Dept. of Botany, University of Georgia.
e-mail: chang@dogwood.botany.uga.edu

 
• Bright, Kerry.  Ph.D. 1998.

 
Dissertation Topic:  Evolution of a leaf-shape polymorphism in the ivyleaf
                                morning glory, Ipomoea hederacea.
Current Position:  Postdoctoral Associate, Univ. of Montana
e-mail:  klb1@duke.edu

 
• Tiffin, Peter.    Ph.D.  1999.

 
Dissertation Topic:  Joint evolution of tolerance and resistance to herbivores in
                           Ipomoea purpurea.
Current Position:      Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Sciences,
                               University of Minnesota
e-mail:  ptiffin@umn.edu

 
• Mendelson, Tami. Ph.D.  2001.

 
Dissertation Topic:  Quantification of the rate of evolution of sexual isolation in darters.
Current Position:  Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
e-mail:  tamram@umbc.edu 

 
• Stinchcombe, John.    Ph.D.  2001.

 
Dissertation Topic:     Diffuse selection on resistance characters in the Ivyleaf morning
                                glory, Ipomoea hederacea.
Current Position:  Assistant Professor, University of Toronto.
e-mail: John.Stinchcombe@utoronto.ca

• Rutter, Matt.    Ph.D.  2002.


            Dissertation Topic:    The evolution of mutualism and cost-benefit analysis: geographic
                                            variation in the extrafloral nectar traits of Chamaecrista
                                            fasciculata.
            Current Position:  Assistant Professor, College of Charleston.
            e-mail: rutterm@cofc.edu 

• Wise, Mike.    Ph.D. 2003.


            Dissertation Topic:    Ecological costs of resistance to a diverse community of herbivores
                                            on the native herb Solanum carolinense.
            Current Position:  Postdoctoral Associate, Bucknell University.
            e-mail:  mwise@bucknell.edu

• Coberly, L. Caitlin.    Ph.D. 2003.

• Hahn, Matt.    Ph.D.  2003

• Zufall, Becky.    Ph.D  2003

        Dissertation Topic:    Anthocyanin biosynthesis and the evolution of red flowered
                                          Ipomoea.
        Current Position:  Assistant Professor, University of Houston.
        e-mail:  rzufall@uh.edu. 


• Kniskern, Joel.    Ph.D  2004   

• Smith, Robin.   (ras10@duke.edu)

• Vallejo-Marin, Mario.  Ph.D.  2006.  

• Simms, Ellen.  1984-1988.   (Ph.D. 1983,  Duke University)
  
 

                         Current Position:     Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, University of


                                                      California, 3060 Valley Life Sciences Building #3140,
                                                      Berkeley, CA   94720-3240
                        e-mail: esimms@berkeley.edu
 
 

• Odendall, Francois.  1985-1990.  (Ph.D. 1981, Flinders Univ. of South Australia)

 

                        Current Position:    Director, Eco-Africa and Head, Francois Odendaal Productions
                                                    
                        e-mail:
 
 

• Fry, James.  1989-1991.  (Ph.D. 1988, University of Michigan) 


                        Current Position:     Associate Professor,  Department of Biology, University
                                                        of Rochester, River Campus Box 270211,
                                                        Rochester, New York 14627-0211
                        e-mail: jfry@mail.rochester.edu
 
 

• Chang, Shu-Mei.    1997-1998.  (Ph.D. 1997, Duke University)




                        Current Position:     Assistant Professor, Dept. of Botany, University of Georgia.
                        e-mail: chang@dogwood.botany.uga.edu
 
 

• Underwood, Nora.  1997-1998.  (Ph.D. 1997, Duke University)

 

                        Current Position:     Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biological Science, Florida State
                                                        University.
                             e-mail: nunderwood@bio.fsu.edu
 
 

• Miller, Richard.  1995-2001.  (Ph.D., 1993, University of Texas)

                         Current Position:  Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Southeastern
                                                        Louisiana University

                         email: rickmiller@selu.edu 

• Lu, Yingqing     2001-2003.  (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin).

• Wolf, Diana    2000-2003.   (Ph.D., 2000, Indiana University)

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