2024 Mentors and Projects

2024 REU Mentors and Projects

Here is a list of REU mentors and potential projects that are available for 2024. On your application, please request three mentors and projects. Assignment of accepted students to mentors will be based upon student requests, mentor input, and any special qualifications needed for individual projects.

• Julián Aguirre-Santoro – MBG, Herbarium. Project: Enhancing practical identification of new genera within the subfamily Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae).
• Wendy Applequist - MBG, William L. Brown Center. Project: Taxonomic studies of new species of Hypoestes from Madagascar.
• Matt Austin – MBG, Herbarium and Adam B. Smith – MBG, Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development. Project: Investigating the effects of climate change on plant reproduction and physiology.
• Mónica Carlsen and Sebastián Tello – MBG, Latin America Department. The disappearing type localities of Anthurium (Araceae).
• Christy Edwards, Iván Jiménez and Matthew Albrecht – MBG, Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, and Rebecca Sucher and Georgia Thomas – MBG, Horticulture Division. Project: Investigating the role of adaptive phenotypic variation in ex-situ conservation programs.
• Iván Jiménez – MBG, Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development and Rebecca Sucher and Georgia Thomas – MBG, Horticulture Division. Project: Opportunity for selection in ex situ living collections for plant conservation.
• Aaron Floden – MBG, Herbarium. Project: A preliminary investigation of the Clinopodium brownei (Lamiaceae) species complex.
• Nicole Miller-Struttmann – Webster University. Project: Urban plant-pollinator interaction.
• Jordan Teisher – MBG, Herbarium. Project: A taxonomic revision of Isachne R.Br. in Madagascar – piecing together a global puzzle.