Breadcrumb
Achievements
Find out what our students, faculty, and staff are being recognized for.
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
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?"
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
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"
Courtney Otto
Biological Sciences
Won the 2017/18 HSU Distinguished Faculty Award of Excellence in Teaching - Lecturer.
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
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_…
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"
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"
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"