Lisa Wallace’s Lab

A behind-the-scenes look at Lisa Wallace’s lab and preview some of her work. Hosting undergrad researchers in my lab to work on independent projects – I typically have 1-2 students per semester working on a research project in my lab.  These students usually present at a research symposium, and most of these students have gone

Plants of the U.S.

Take a botanical tour of the U.S.A. This is a post block.This is a post block.This is a post block.This is a post block.This is a post block.This is a post block.This is a post block.This is a post block.This is a post block.This is a post block.This is a post block.This is a post

Bringing Botany Into Focus: Addressing Plant Blindness in Undergraduates Through an Immersive Botanical Experience

JESSICA COLON, NICHOLE TIERNAN, SIMONE OLIPHANT, ATEEV SHIRAJEE, JONATHAN FLICKINGER, HONG LIU,   JAVIER FRANCISCO-ORTEGA, AND MELISSA MCCARTNEY Undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and math students (STEM) are usually not attuned to the intricacies of plant life histories or  to the dynamic role plants play in ecosystems and human society, a phenomenon termed plant blindness. Botany education has