Alexa Dinicola  - Ph.D. student 2015

adinicola@wisc.edu

Interested in North American Potentilla (Rosaceae), especially the P. breweri complex, as a model system for phylogeny, reticulate evolution, genome evolution, apomixis, species concepts, and impacts of climate change.

Yushin Wei  - Ph.D. student 2019   ywei77@wisc.edu

Studying the relationships and biogeography of Frasera (Gentianaceae) in North America with special emphasis on floral evolution and the phylogeography of the two wide-ranging species - F. speciosa and F. caroliniensis.

Nicole Mitidieri Rivera   - Ph.D. student 2021   mitidieririv@wisc.edu

Interested in the phylogenetics and biogeography of American Ficus (Moraceae) centered in Peru; studying the evolution of the syconium using morphometric approaches