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AmericanJournalofBotanyAssociateEditors[Updated12July2016]
PamelaDiggle,Editor-in-ChiefUniversityofConnecticutEvolutionofmorphologicaldiversityamongplantswithparticularemphasisonunderstandinghowfeaturesofdevelopmentshapethedynamicsofevolutionarychange
GregAndersonUniversityofConnecticutPlantreproductivebiology,especiallytheevolutionofdioecy,andislandreproductivesystems;Solanaceaebiosystematicsandevolution;ethnobotany
A.Elizabeth(Betsy)ArnoldTheUniversityofArizonaFungalecology,evolution,andsystematics;theevolutionofsymbioses
MaryL.BerbeeUniversityofBritishColumbiaMolecularphylogeneticsandevolutionofsexualandasexualfungi;molecularidentificationofericoidmycorrhizalfungiintheirnaturalenvironment
JeremiahBuschWashingtonStateUniversityFlowercolorpolymorphismpopulationgeneticsreproductivebiologyself-incompatibilitysystemsspeciesdistribution
DavidCarrUniversityofVirginiaTheeffectsofinbreedingonecologicalinteractionsbetweenplantsandtheirnaturalenemiesandmutualists;ecologyandecologicalgeneticsofinvasiveplants
RussellChapmanUniversityofCalifornia,SanDiegoAlgalultrastructure,phylogeny,Chlorophyta,molecularevolution,algae,bryophytes,phytoplankton,HABs
N.RubénCúneo(Rubén)MuseoPaleontologicoEgidioFeruglio(MEF)SouthernhemispherePaleobotany:PaleozoicthroughCenozoic,systematics,paleoecology,biogeography,phylogeny,palynology
RebeccaDrenovskyJohnCarrollUniversitySoil-plantinteractions,mineralnutrition,invasionbiology,stressphysiology,aridlandplants
RodneyDyerVirginiaCommonwealthUniversityPopulationgenetics,biogeography,statisticalandmathematicalmodeling,graphtheory,clustercomputingAndrewEckertVirginiaCommonwealthUniversityPopulationgeneticsandphylogeography
AnthonyRolandEnnos(Roland)TheUniversityofHullBiomechanics,wood,rootanchorage,treehydraulics,fracture,trees
JohnFreudensteinOhioStateUniversityAngiospermsystematics,inparticular:patternsofmorphologicalandmolecularevolutionandtheirrelationshiptobiodiversity
JanniceFriedmanSyracuseUniversityEcologicalgenetics;evolution;evolutionarygenetics;adaptation;quantitativegenetics;lifehistory;matingsystem;pollinationbiology;reproductivebiology
R.Geeta(Geeta)UniversityofDelhiPhylogenetics(usingmorphologicalandmoleculardata),evolutionanddevelopment;monocotyledonsandsistertaxa;developmentalandevolutionarypatternsofvariationincharactersatdifferentlevelsoforganization
SeanGrahamUniversityofBritishColumbiaSystematicsandevolutionofvascularplants,focusingonusingDNAsequencedatatoinferrelationshipsatdeepandrecentlevelsofseedplant,angiospermandmonocotphylogenetichistory.
WilliamHoffmann(Bill)NorthCarolinaStateUniversityTropicalecology,ecophysiology,andglobalchange
HeidrunHuber(Heidi)RadboudUniversityNijmegenEvolutionaryecology:-Consequencesofgeneticandphenotypicvariationinfunctionalplanttraits-Plantstressresponses(emphasizeonshadeandfloodinginducedplasticity)-Ecologyofclonalplants
ErinIrishUniversityofIowaPlantdevelopmentalgenetics
ChristopherIvey(Chris)CaliforniaStateUniversity,ChicoEvolutionaryecology,matingsystemevolution,reproductiveecology,andplant-insectinteractions,primarily.
CynthiaJones(Cindi)UniversityofConnecticutEcologicalandevolutionarysourcesofmorphologicaldiversityinplants;howshootsevolvewithinthecontextofwholeplantgrowthandhowleaf,branchandmainaxisevolutionareinfluencedbyaplant'sevolutionaryhistoryandecologicalcontextPaulKenrickTheNaturalHistoryMuseumPaleobotanysystematics;symbiosis;mycorrhizae;anatomy;pteridophyte;PaleozoicSusanKephartWillametteUniversityIntersectionofplantsystematics,evolution,andecologyintheoryandpractice,i.e.,speciation&speciesboundaries;hybridizationandhybridzones;breedingsystemsandpollination.JohnZ.KissUniversityofNorthCarolina–GreensboroPlantphysiology,tropisms,spacebiology
DeborahKohn(Deb)UniversityofTorontoConservationecology,ecologicalsignificanceofgeneticvariability,viabilityofsmallpopulations,adaptiveandexperimentalmanagement
KarenKosterTheUniversityofSouthDakotaPlantphysiologistinterestedinunderstandingtheresponsesofplantstoenvironmentalstress,inparticularextremewaterloss;elucidatingmechanismsthatallowcellsindesiccation-tolerantorganismstosurvivedehydration;seedlongevity
JaneLangdaleUniversityofOxfordEvolutionofleafdevelopment
DonaldLes(Don)UniversityofConnecticutSystematicsandevolutionofaquaticangiosperms.
LouiseLewisUniversityofConnecticutSystematicsofgreenalgae;diversityandphotophysiologyofgreenalgaefromaridhabitats;evolutionaryrelationshipsofsymbioticgreenalgae.
AaronListonOregonStateUniversityPlantmolecularphylogeneticsappliedtoquestionsofbiogeography,characterevolution,andclassification.Plantcomparativegenomics.
BruceMcCuneOregonStateUniversityLichens,toolsforanalysisofecologicalcommunitiesandhabitats(howspeciesabundanceasaresponsevariablediffersfromtheideal),ecologyoftemperateforestepiphytesStuartMcDanielUniversityofFloridaBryophytes,geneticmapping,QTLmapping,transmissiongenetics,localadaptation,reproductiveisolation,orspeciation.Plantsexchromosomes,sexualdimorphism,andtheevolutionofdioecy.
MarkOoiUniversityofWollongong,AustraliaUniversityofNewSouthWales,AustraliaSeedecology(dormancyandgermination),fireecology,andplantpopulationdynamics.
JeffreyM.OsbornTheCollegeofNewJersey•Pollendevelopmentandevolution(characterevolution,phylogeneticimplications,structure-functionrelationships)•Pollinationbiologyofseedplants(mechanicsandevolution)•Structureanddevelopmentofreproductiveorgans(correlationswithpollenandsporestructure,development,andfunction)•Originsanddiversificationofangiosperms
DanielPotter(Dan)UniversityofCalifornia,DavisPlantsystematics;taxonomy,evolution,andphylogeneticrelationshipsoffruitcropsandtheirwildrelatives;molecularapproachestophylogenyreconstruction;ethnobotany
R.BrandonPratt(Brandon)CaliforniaStateUniversity,BakersfieldPlantphysiologicalecology;plantadaptationstowaterstressandwoodyplanthydraulics;photoprotectionbyanthocyaninunderextremewaterstress;lifehistoryanddroughttoleranceamongchaparralspecies;mechanismsfortoleratingfreeze-thawstressofevergreenspecies;ecophysiologyofalieninvasivespecies;xylemphysiology.
GarRothwellOhioUniversityPaleobotany,plantdevelopment,plantevolution,plantphylogeny
ScottRussellUniversityofOklahomaMolecularembryology,sexualreproduction,doublefertilization;light,fluorescence,andelectronmicroscopy
AndrewSchnabel(Andy)IndianaUniversitySouthBendPopulationgenetics,populationbiology,plantevolutionandecology
DylanSchwilkTexasTechUniversityPlantfunctionaltraitsandfireecology(flammabilitytraits,fireandtraitevolutionetc);physiologicalecology(especiallywaterrelations),comparativemethods,and,morerecently,climatechangeimpacts/predictions.
EmilySessaUniversityofFloridaFerns,lycophytes;polyploidy;plantsystematics;genomics;reticulateevolution;physiologicalecologyMarkSimmonsColoradoStateUniversitySystematicsoftheCelastraceae,conceptualaspectsofphylogenetics(maximizingphylogeneticsignalwhileminimizingbias).
NinaSletvoldUppsalaUniversityEvolutionaryand/orecologicalaspectsofplantreproductivebiology;(populationlevel-evolutionaryecology):Naturalselection,adaptivedifferentiation,plant-animalinteractions,demographyandpopulationdynamics,lifehistoryevolution,matingsystemevolution.DougSoltisUniversityofFlorida,GainesvilleGreenplantphylogenyandevolution,floralevolution,polyploidy,plantgenomicsDavidSpoonerUniversityofWisconsinThespeciesboundariesandphylogeneticrelationshipsofwildandcultivatedpotatoes(Solanumsect.Petota),tomatoes(Solanumsect.Lycopersicon),andcarrots(Daucus),usingcomparativemorphologyandDNAmarkerandDNAsequenceanalysis.HealsocollectswildgermplasmofthesespeciesfortheUSgermplasmsystem.
KristinaStinsonUniversityofMassachusettsphenologyplant-fungalinteractionsbiologicalinvasionglobalchangeresourceallocationplantchemistry
QiangSunUniversityofWisconsin-StevensPointXylemstructureandfunction,barkanatomy,ultrastructure,ecological,physiologicalandpathologicalanatomyofplants,hostplant-pathogeninteractionsandphotomorphogenesis
BruceTiffneyUniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbaraThefossilrecordofangiosperms,particularlyasevidencedthroughtheirfruitsandseeds;evolutionofthefloraoftheNorthernHemisphereasinterpretedfromthefossilrecord;theevolutionofdispersalasevidencedinthefossilrecord;vertebrate-Plantinteractionsandassociationsasevidencedinthefossilrecord;patternsofdiversificationoflandplants;originoflandplantsandassociatedadaptationsStephenWeller(Steve)UniversityofCalifornia,IrvinePlantpopulationbiologyandevolutionarygeneticsofplantreproductivesystems
JosephWilliams(Joe)Floweringplantreproductiveevolution;mateselection,involvingmaleandfemalegametophytesandsporophytes,zygotesandendosperms;crypticinteractionsinfluencingmatingsystemsand/orthestrengthofreproductivebarriers,andhence,thedegreeofinbreedingoroutbreedingpresentinnaturalpopulations.
AnnWillyardHendrixCollegePhylogeography;understandinghowinter-specificgeneflowhasaffectedcloselyrelatedplantlineagesoverevolutionarytime;usingmolecularinformationtodetectcrypticexamplesofspeciesthataroseviadiploidhybridspeciationorwhoseadaptationtonovelenvironmentsmayhavebeenfacilitatedbyinter-specifichybridization.
AndreaWolfe(Andi)TheOhioStateUniversityPlantsystematicsandmolecularevolution;parasiticplantsofOrobanchaceae;systematicsofPenstemon;systematicsofHyobanche;dynamicsofevolution;speciationmechanisms,hybridization,conservationgenetics,phylogenetics,andmolecularevolution.
SarahWyattOhioUniversityPlantgrowthanddevelopmentwithanemphasisontheuseofmolecular,geneticandgenomicstoolstostudyplantresponsestoenvironmentalstimuli;gravitropism;identifyinggenesinvolvedinthemixedbreedingsysteminViolaandstudyingevolutionusingphysiological/molecularfingerprintsinextinctandextantplants;hormonework,signaling,regulatory,physiology,molecularbiology.
BeataZagorska-MarekWroclawUniversityphyllotaxis(phyllotacticontogenetictransitionsincomputersimulations,newplantmodelsystemsforphyllotaxisresearch)mechanismsofplantmorphogenesisperiodicpaternsinplantdevelopmentbiologyofmagnoliascell-to-cellcommunicationincambiumoriginsoffiguredwoodmoleculargeneticsofflowerdevelopmentplantstemcellsandmaintananceoftheirgenticidentity
SophiaBalcombAJBAssistant/ContentEditorPatternsofseeddispersal,plant-animalinteractions;tropicalecologyandconservation;community-levelstudiesofpollination