Area of research
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics · Molecular Biology
Research interest
Research interests include Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Plant and animal studies, and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.
Deciphering complex reticulate evolution of Asian <i>Buddleja</i> (Scrophulariaceae): insights into the taxonomy and speciation of polyploid taxa in the Sino-Himalayan region
Sleep and Healthy Aging Research on Depression (SHARE-D) randomized controlled trial: Protocol overview of an experimental model of depression with insomnia, inflammation, and affect mechanisms in older adults
Disentangling a 40-year-old taxonomic puzzle: the phylogenetic position of <i>Mimulicalyx</i> (Lamiales)
Plastid phylogenomic insights into relationships of all flowering plant families
An updated tribal classification of Lamiaceae based on plastome phylogenomics
Genome‐wide analysis of butterfly bush (<i>Buddleja alternifolia</i>) in three uplands provides insights into biogeography, demography and speciation
Phylogeny, classification, and character evolution of tribe Citharexyleae (Verbenaceae)
Response to “The case for the continued use of the genus name <i>Mimulus</i> for all monkeyflowers”
Inflammation and Improvement of Depression Following Electroconvulsive Therapy in Treatment-Resistant Depression
Phylogenetic relationships in tribe Buddlejeae (Scrophulariaceae) based on multiple nuclear and plastid markers
Bayesian estimation of the global biogeographical history of the Solanaceae
A large-scale chloroplast phylogeny of the Lamiaceae sheds new light on its subfamilial classification
Phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic genus <i>Holocheila</i> (Lamiaceae) inferred from plastid DNA sequences
A phylogenetic framework for evolutionary study of the nightshades (Solanaceae): a dated 1000-tip tree
FLOWERING BHLH transcriptional activators control expression of the photoperiodic flowering regulator <i>CONSTANS</i> in <i>Arabidopsis</i>
Sleep Loss Exacerbates Fatigue, Depression, and Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Phylogenetic position of <i>Wenchengia</i> (Lamiaceae): A taxonomically enigmatic and critically endangered genus
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Biome conservatism in Neotropical plant diversification? A case study in Bignoniaceae
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Effect of niche conservation versus niche evolution on diversification rate in the Neotropical plant genus Citharexylum (Verbenaceae)
OPUS: Lamiales - a synthesis of phylogeny, biology, biogeography, and classification
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Multi-locus molecular phylogenetics of the genus Buddleja and insights into inflorescence evolution and historical biogeography
Support for travel to the 18th International Botanical Congress- to be held July 23 - 30, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia
Collaborative Research: The Online Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria Expanded to Include Taxonomically Diverse Specimens from Large and Small Regional Collections
ACCOMPLISHED-BASED RENEWAL: Molecular systematics of Verbenaceae and resolving their placement in Lamiales
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Untangling the Evolutionary History of the Verbena Complex (Verbenaceae): Hybridization, Introgression, and Polyploidization
Molecular Systematics of the Verbenaceae
Databasing, Curating, and Protecting: A proposal to update and modernize the University of Washington Herbarium
AToL: ATOL COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: The Angiosperm Tree of Life: Resolving the Trunk of the Tree and 12 of its Thorniest Nodes
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Molecular Systematics and Evolution in Castilleja and Subtribe Castillejinae (Orobanchaceae).
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Evolution of Form and Function: Fruit Development in a Neotropical Lineage of Bignoniaceae
ATOL: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Deep Green Plant Phylogenetics: Novel Analytical Methods for Scaling Data from Genomics to Morphology
Collaborative Research: The Plant and Algal BAC Library Project
Chloroplast DNA Phylogeny of Seed Plants and Basal Angiosperms
Dissertation Research: Molecular Systematics and Evolution in Mimulus and Tribe Mimuleae
Dissertation Research: Molecular Systematics and Chloroplast Genome Evolution of Convolvulaceae
Chloroplast DNA Phylogeny of Basal Angiosperms
Renovation and Repair of Plant Growth Facilities
ABR: Molecular Systematics of the Lamiales
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Molecular Systematics of Carex (Cyperaceae)