
PI - Karolina Heyduk, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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Director of the Joseph F. Rock Herbarium
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B.S. Economics, B.S. Biological Aspects of Conservation - University of Wisconsin
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Ph.D. Plant Biology - University of Georgia

Ed McAssey, Ph.D.
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Research associate in the lab (honorary)
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Instructor in the School of Life Sciences at UH Mānoa
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B.A. Biological Sciences - Vanderbilt University
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Ph.D. Plant Biology - University of Georgia

G Young Kim
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Master's student, starting August 2022
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Researching CAM origins in Peperomia (Piperaceae)
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Cuyler Yafuso
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Undergraduate researcher (Botany major)
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Working on genome size estimates of native Hawaiian plant species
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Herbarium assistant
Lab alumni
Alixandra Leiblich (undergrad, 2020)
Interested in what we do? We're looking for graduate students to start Fall 2023 in the EEB department at UConn (the lab is moving)! Send an e-mail that includes your research interests and why you're interested in joining the lab.