Karolina Heyduk, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Director of the George Safford Torrey Herbarium

Ph.D. Plant Biology, University of Georgia
B.S. Economics, B.S. Biological Aspects of Conservation, University of Wisconsin Madison

Dr. Heyduk’s Curriculum Vitae

G Young Kim

Ph.D. student

MS Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut
B.S. Botany, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

CAM photosynthetic physiology in New England Opuntia

Dantony Lewis

RaMP Scholar, 2025-2026

B.S. Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston

Weijun Liang

Ph.D. student, co-advised with Dr. Elizabeth Jockusch
Member of the Monkeyflower lab

MS Biology, The City College of New York
B.S. Biotechnology, The City College of New York

Molecular basis of carotenoid pigmentation variationin Mimulus

Claire Marino

Ph.D. student, co-advised with Dr. Robi Bagchi

B.A. Biology, Bucknell University

Population genetics and ecology of Symplocarpus foetidus

Edward McAssey, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor in Residence EEB

Ph.D. Plant Biology, University of Georgia
B.A. Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University

Dr. McAssey’s Website
Dr. McAssey’s Google Scholar

Ellie Loew-Mendelson

Ph.D. student

B.S. Biological Sciences, Brandeis University

Evolution of photosynthetic pathways in aquatic plants

Erika Moore-Pollard, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Ph.D. Biology, University of Memphis
B.S. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee Knoxville

Ecophysiology and comparative genomics of CAM in bromeliads
Dr. Moore-Pollard’s Website
Dr. Moore-Pollard’s Google Scholar

Anna Pardo, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Ph.D. Horticulture, Michigan State University
B.S. Genetics, University of New Hampshire

Hybrid plant genomics and genomics of facultative CAM photosynthesis
Dr. Pardo’s LinkedIn
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Dominique Pham

Ph.D. student

B.S. Biology, University of Richmond

Drought stress memory in bromeliads

David Wickell, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher
NSF PRFB Fellow

Ph.D. Cornell University
MS Biological Sciences, Wichita State University
B.S. Biological Sciences, Wichita State University

CAM photosynthesis and heterophylly in aquatic plants
Dr. Wickell’s website
Dr. Wickell’s Google Scholar