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PI - Karolina Heyduk, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut

  • Director of the George Safford Torrey Herbarium (CONN)

  • B.S. Economics, B.S. Biological Aspects of Conservation - University of Wisconsin 

  • Ph.D. Plant Biology - University of Georgia

  • CV here

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Lizzy Doan

  • Lab technician

  • EEB major UConn '24

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Elena Foust

  • RaMP Scholar 2024-2025

  • Microbial diversity in Joshua trees

  • Medicinal plants and plant products

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G Young Kim

  • Ph.D. student

  • MS UConn EEB ('24)

  • CAM evolution and ecophysiology

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Claire Marino

  • Ph.D. student

  • Co-advised with Dr. Robi Bagchi

  • Population genomics and ecology of Symplocarpus foetidus

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Ed McAssey, Ph.D.

  • Research associate in the lab (honorary)

  • Assistant Professor in Residence (EEB)

  • B.A. Biological Sciences - Vanderbilt University

  • Ph.D. Plant Biology - University of Georgia

  • Links: website, Google Scholar

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Ellie Mendelson

  • Ph.D. student

  • Evolution of photosynthetic pathway and life history in aquatic plants

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Anna Pardo, Ph.D.

  • Postdoctoral researcher

  • Ph.D. Michigan State University

  • Hybrid plant genomics and genomics of facultative CAM photosynthesis

  • Links: LinkedIn, Google Scholar

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David Wickell, Ph.D.

Lab alumni

Ifeoluwa Sogunle ('24) - undergrad

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