Achievements
Publications and achievements submitted by our faculty, staff, and students.
Faculty Mihai Tomescu (with A. Elgorriaga, I.H. Escapa, G.W. Rothwell, N.R. Cuneo) Biological Sciences
Paper presented at 17th Simposio Argentino de Paleobotánica y Palinología, Paraná, Argentina: "Que es Equisetum? Estudio filogenético para el orden Equisetales"
p. 94 in http://www.palino.com.ar/alpp/BoletinesALPP/Programa_Resumenes_ONLINE_2018.pdf
Submitted: November 5, 2018
Faculty Mihai Tomescu Biological Sciences
Invited blog post on Botany One blog: "Exquisitely preserved tiny fossils are key for understanding moss evolution"
https://www.botany.one/2018/07/exquisitely-preserved-tiny-fossils-are-k…
Submitted: November 5, 2018
Student Shayda Abidi, Alexander Bippus, Mihai Tomescu Biological Sciences
Paper presented at 10th European Paleobotany-Palynology Conference in Dublin, Ireland: "Early Cretaceous anatomically-preserved Marsileaceae from California (USA) and the evolution of sporocarp morphology"
Submitted: October 29, 2018
Student Kelly Matsunaga, Mihai Tomescu Biological Sciences
Invited chapter in edited volume ("Current Advances in Fern Research"/Springer): "Reciprocal illumination and fossils provide important perspectives in plant evo-devo: examples from auxin in seed-free plants"
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-75103-0_10
Submitted: October 29, 2018
Student Kelly Pfeiler, Mihai Tomescu Biological Sciences
Paper presented at 10th European Paleobotany-Palynology Conference in Dublin, Ireland: "Closing in on the origins of secondary growth in euphyllophytes: are the shared developmental pathways and Devonian record pointing to a single common origin?"
Submitted: October 29, 2018
Student Adolfina Savoretti (visiting student from Argentina), Alexander Bippus, Mihai Tomescu (with B. Bomfleur) Biological Sciences
Invited chapter in edited volume ("Transformative Paleobotany"/Elsevier): "Why Are Bryophytes So Rare in the Fossil Record? A Spotlight on Taphonomy and Fossil Preservation"
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128130124000164
Submitted: October 29, 2018
Faculty Mihai Tomescu (with G.W. Rothwell and I.H. Escapa) Biological Sciences
Peer-reviewed article in American Journal of Botany: "Tree of death: The role of fossils in resolving the overall pattern of plant phylogeny"
Submitted: October 29, 2018
Faculty Courtney Otto Biological Sciences
Won the 2017/18 HSU Distinguished Faculty Award of Excellence in Teaching - Lecturer.
Submitted: October 23, 2018
Student Adolfina Savoretti (visiting student from Argentina), Alexander Bippus, Mihai Tomescu (with D. Guido, J.L. Garcia Massini) Biological Sciences
Paper presented at 17th Simposio Argentino de Paleobotánica y Palinología, Paraná, Argentina: "Briofitas anatómicamente preservadas en el Jurásico de Santa Cruz y su relevancia en el contexto evolutivo"
p. 97-98 in http://www.palino.com.ar/alpp/BoletinesALPP/Programa_Resumenes_ONLINE_2018.pdf
Submitted: October 22, 2018
Faculty Mihai Tomescu (with G.W. Rothwell) Biological Sciences
Invited chapter in edited volume ("Evolutionary Developmental Biology - A Reference Guide"/Springer): "Structural fingerprints of development at the intersection of evolutionary developmental biology and the fossil record"
https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-33038-9_…
Submitted: October 22, 2018
Faculty Selin Toledo, Alexander Bippus, Mihai Tomescu Biological Sciences
Peer-reviewed article in American Journal of Botany: "Buried deep beyond the veil of extinction: Euphyllophyte relationships at the base of the spermatophyte clade"
Submitted: October 22, 2018
Faculty Alexander Bippus, Mihai Tomescu (with I.H. Escapa) Biological Sciences
Peer-reviewed article in American Journal of Botany: "Wanted dead or alive (probably dead): Stem group Polytrichaceae"
Submitted: October 22, 2018
Faculty Mihai Tomescu Biological Sciences
Organized a colloquium at the national meeting of the Botanical Society of America in Rochester, Minnesota: "Fossil plants at the intersection of evo-devo and phylogeny: celebrating the contributions of Gar W. Rothwell to biodiversity and evolution"
Submitted: October 17, 2018
Student Kelly Pfeiler, Shayda Abidi Biological Sciences
Received travel awards from the Botanical Society of America to attend and present research at the 10th European Paleobotany-Palynology Conference in Dublin (Ireland), Aug 2018
Submitted: October 17, 2018
Faculty Mihai Tomescu Biological Sciences
Dr. Tomescu Co-edited a special issue of American Journal of Botany: "Tree of Death: The Role of Fossils in Resolving the Overall Pattern of Plant Phylogeny" (with G.W. Rothwell and I.H. Escapa). You can see the full article here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15372197/2018/105/8
Submitted: October 17, 2018
Faculty Karen Kiemnec-Tyburczy Biological Sciences
Karen Kiemnec-Tyburczy (Lecturer, Biological Sciences) and co-authors recently published a peer-reviewed article entitled "Genetic variation and selection of MHC class I loci differ in two congeneric frogs" in the journal Genetica.
This article is "in press" and available online at: https://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10709-018-0016-0
Submitted: February 28, 2018
Student Kezia Rasmussen and Kamila Larripa Biological Sciences
Kezia Rasmussen received a Siering/Wilson Research Endowment award to conduct exploratory data analysis on her own microbiome. She will use contemporary data science techniques in this analysis. Her faculty mentor is Kamila Larripa (Mathematics).
Submitted: February 19, 2018
Student Mason London Biological Sciences
Biology graduate student Mason London presented his research at the California Chapter of the Society for Freshwater Science meeting in Davis, CA on Oct 25, 2017. The title of his talk was "A comparison of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in perennial and intermittent headwater streams of the Mattole River in northern California, USA."
Submitted: October 30, 2017
Faculty Jianmin Zhong Biological Sciences
Biological Sciences Professor Jianmin Zhong has published a manuscript on the journal of "Ticks and tick-borne diseases." Although the status of the manuscript is still in press, the online copy has been published.
The article is now published online at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2017.08.001
Submitted: September 11, 2017
Faculty Amy Sprowles and Kerri J. Malloy Biological Sciences
Amy Sprowles (Biology) and Kerri J. Malloy (Native American Studies) presented their paper “Klamath Connections: creating cultural awareness through interdisciplinary study and community partnerships in the next generation of STEM professionals” at the Critical Histories and Activist Futures: Science, Medicine, and Racial Violence conference (February 24-25, 2017) at the Program in History of Science and Medicine at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. The conference focused on issues of science and racial violence as objects of historical study, and considered the lingering inequalities and injustices within history as a discipline.
Submitted: February 21, 2017
