It's been esp cool to spotlight outstanding student work thru SICB Division of Botany talk/poster awards program, established (like the division) w/ huge help from Beth Brainerd. Cool folks like 闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD Haley Branch Grey Monroe @jenna_miladin @morganfurze Trinity Depatie... #SICB2023 2/3

What a wonderful #SSB2023 conference! Great research, discussion, and people. Very thankful for this experience, and beyond excited for the next week at Chamela.

Gorgeous views over Chamela! It’s day 3 of a week packed with all things phylogenetics. What a wonderful experience- can’t wait for what’s to come!🌵☀️🧬🌴 #SSB2023

Incredible wildlife here at #Chamela2023! Solitary bees with these cool ground nests and a Northern potoo…among many others not pictured

The gorgeous flora of #Chamela2023

And that’s a wrap to #Chamela2023 #SSB2023- what an incredible experience the conference and week long immersive phylogenetics workshop was. Learned a lot, met an amazing group of people, and experienced unique flora/fauna. Huge thanks to everyone who made it happen!!

Set up the camera to record a time lapse while writing my thesis…beautiful view to write to🌲⛰️☁️ Watch with sound, song is Saturn by Sleeping at Last

Very excited to say I defended my masters thesis yesterday! This project has been the culmination of the past 6 years as an undergrad and grad student- biggest thank you to my advisor Dr. Janet Steven @jcsplants for everything. What an incredible time it has been!🌸🧬🌱🐝

Today wraps up the Northern Colorado Plateau Network (branch of the NPS) conference in Moab. It was a wonderful time meeting people and presenting the unique plant, fruit fly, parasitoid interaction unfolding in Capitol Reef NP.

Asclepias ruthiae and Asclepias pallida, two gorgeous milkweeds!

Some exciting news- so happy to announce that I will be joining @MaribethLatvis’s lab at UArk for my PhD! I will be continuing to work on Silene, and am excited to explore evolutionary drivers of rarity in this genus🌸🧬

Desert bloomscape here in the park…absolute magic☀️🌼✨

Gorgeous river views driving into Boise for #Botany2023

Latvis Lab at Botany! @MaribethLatvis Oyetola Oyebanji

What a wonderful time at #Botany2023! Saw some great plants, caught up with friends/met new ones, and had a blast talking about Capitol Reef NP’s florivorous fruit flies. See you next year!

#upallnightwednesday #botany2024

#Botany2024!! What a fabulous time- excellent research, great friends, and beautiful Lake Michigan sunsets (ft. the new Latvis lab album cover photo😎) See you next year!

Such a cool and enlightening experience, very grateful to have had this opportunity!