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Ver\u00f3nica S. Di Stilio<\/strong>, PhD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Principal Investigator. Plant evo-devo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I enjoy thinking broadly about plant evolution, spending time with my family, baking, gardening, practicing yoga, and going on hikes.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Anthony Garc\u00eda, Ph.D. <\/strong>candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Genetic basis of wind pollination-related floral traits in Thalictrum <\/em>(Ranunculaceae)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Undergraduate researchers: Avery Klein<\/strong>, Peter Smith<\/strong>, Saya Natsuume<\/strong>, Katie Glasnovich.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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April 2026 group<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Saya Natsuume holding her favorite model plant, Myosurus minimus <\/em>(Ranunculaceae)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Getting ready…<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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May 2025 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hannah McConnell, Anthony Garcia, Catalina Lind, Ver\u00f3nica Di Stilio, Joseph Gessell, Isai Mendoza, and Avery Klein.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alumni<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Postdocs<\/strong> (year, current position): Stephanie Conway (2016-2018, Laureate Fellow Postdoctoral Research Associate, The University of Queensland); Valerie Soza (2010-14, Scientific Editor, Infectious Disease Research Institute, Seattle); Corey Snelson (2011-12, Department of Children, Youth and Families); Christina Owen (2011-12, UW Botanic Gardens Director, Seattle).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visiting Postdoc<\/strong>:Tatiana Arias (2015, Research Botanist, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, Florida).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graduate students<\/strong>: Hannah McConnell (Ph.D., 2025, Instructor at Seattle University and Tacoma College); Simra Zahid (MSc., 2021); Kelsey Galimba (Ph.D., 2015, Ass. Prof. of Horticulture, Oregon State U.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rotation graduate students<\/strong>: Anthony Garcia (Sp-Su 2023), Janet Solano (Wt 2022), Christine Nolan (Wt 2021), Simra Zahid (Sum 2020), Miles Fenske (2010), Kelsey Byers (2008), Rachana Kumar (2007-08), Patricia Monta\u00f1o (2007).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research technicians<\/strong>: Nic Gjording (2024-2025); Jancee Rice Lanclos (2020-2022), Kristen Hazelton, Alessandra (Sanna) Sullivan, Patricia Salles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate student researchers<\/strong> (since 2003): Katie Glasnovich, Peter Smith, Saya Natsuume, Avery Klein, Catalina Lind, Joseph Gessell, Isai Mendoza, Katie Willis, Sasha Strode, Ethan Riccobelli, Nicholas Gjording, Genevieve Stockmann, Samantha Hartogs, Jes\u00fas Mart\u00ednez-G\u00f3mez, Michael Kastama, Henry Blazina, Courtney Matzke, Melissa Wong, Brittany Dean, Jonathan Yee, Jens Johnson, Mary Swadener, Kendall Haworth, Theresa Wang, Erin Cote, Theresa Pak, Sarah Choe, Max McDermott, Richie Lee, Nicole LaRue, Kacie McCarthy, Teddy Tolkin, Anjelique Schulfer, Jason Naud, Viet-Nam Le Huyhn, Brittany Ng, Parisa Aalami, Nora Kozlov, Lisa Ching, Laura Eifford, Melissa Horton, Caitlin Connelly, Andrea Crosson, Sean Schneider, Huy Nguyen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visiting seniors<\/strong> (China exchange program): YangBo, Xuening Chen, Jing Yi (with B. Hall lab).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ver\u00f3nica S. Di Stilio, PhD Principal Investigator. Plant evo-devo. I enjoy thinking broadly about plant evolution, spending time with my family, baking, gardening, practicing yoga, and going on hikes. Anthony Garc\u00eda, Ph.D. candidate. Genetic basis of wind pollination-related floral traits in Thalictrum (Ranunculaceae) Undergraduate researchers: Avery Klein, Peter Smith, Saya Natsuume, Katie Glasnovich. Getting ready… … <\/p>\n

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