Achievements
Publications and achievements submitted by our faculty, staff, and students.
Student Gerardo Ureno (co-authors: Nelson, T., Abell, J., Bespalova, D. V., Encinas, K. M., Shaughnessy F. J., Jones, A., LeBlanc, E., Landaw, K., Ray, J., Tyburczy J. Biological Sciences
Presented poster: VARIABILITY OF INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES AMONG EELGRASS BEDS IN HUMBOLDT BAY: IMPLICATIONS FOR CO2 DRAWDOWN. Western Society of Naturalists, Tacoma, WA.
http://www.wsn-online.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/WSN_2018_Short_Pro…
Submitted: February 2, 2019
Faculty Mihai Tomescu (with co-author Andrew Groover - USDA-FS & University of California Davis) Biological Sciences
Invited paper in the Tansley Review series published by the journal New Phytologist: "Mosaic modularity: an updated perspective and research agenda for the evolution of vascular cambial growth"
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.15640
Submitted: January 24, 2019
Faculty Mihai Tomescu Biological Sciences
Paper presented 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: January 24, 2019
Student Adolfina Savoretti (visiting student from Argentina), Alexander Bippus, Mihai Tomescu (with R.A. Stockey and G.W. Rothwell) Biological Sciences
Peer-reviewed article in Annals of Botany: "Grimmiaceae in the Early Cretaceous: Tricarinella crassiphylla gen. et sp. nov. and the value of anatomically preserved bryophytes"
https://academic.oup.com/aob/article/121/7/1275/4850661
Submitted: December 15, 2018
Student Sandra Strayer, Mihai Tomescu (with S. Noetinger) Biological Sciences
Peer-reviewed article in American Journal of Botany: "Origin of Equisetum: Evolution of horsetails (Equisetales) within the major euphyllophyte clade Sphenopsida"
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajb2.1137
Submitted: December 15, 2018
Faculty Kelly Pfeiler, Mihai Tomescu Biological Sciences
Peer-reviewed article in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society: "An Early Devonian permineralized rhyniopsid from the Battery Point Formation of Gaspé (Canada)"
https://academic.oup.com/botlinnean/article-abstract/187/2/292/4939107
Submitted: November 26, 2018
Faculty Mihai Tomescu (with A.T. Groover) Biological Sciences
Paper presented at 10th European Paleobotany-Palynology Conference in Dublin, Ireland: "Deconstructing secondary growth as developmental potential: a perspective on the evo-devo of wood"
Submitted: November 21, 2018
Faculty Brian Tissot Biological Sciences
Brian was elected as the President of the Western Society of Naturalists for 2019.
Submitted: November 7, 2018
Student Kelly Pfeiler, Alexander Bippus, Ashley Kammet, Ashley Ortiz, Mihai Tomescu (with I.H. Escapa) Biological Sciences
Paper presented at 10th European Paleobotany-Palynology Conference in Dublin, Ireland: "Fossils and seed cone morphology in the resolution of phylogenetic relationships among basal Cupressaceae s.l."
Submitted: November 5, 2018
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
