5 Yoonkeong Chi See map for various locations The 2015 Western Collegiate Division Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Sciences The University of Memphis Department of Biological Sciences Saturday, April 11, 2015. Keynote Speaker Jennifer R. Mandel Ph.D. University of Memphis Dr. Jennifer Mandel is an Assistant Professor at the University of Memphis. Her lab studies evolutionary and ecological genetics in a number of plant species. Current projects in the lab include the application of targeted gene sequencing for phylogenomic applications, population genetics of wild relatives, and conservation genetics of natural plant populations. She received a BA from Carson Newman University in 2003, her PhD from Vanderbilt University in 2008, and completed a post-doc in Plant Biology at the University of Georgia before coming to the UofM in January 2014. Her presentation to the Meeting is: Genetics of the Endangered Whorled Sunflower, “Conservation Helianthus verticillatus”
5 Yoonkeong Chi See map for various locations The 2015 Western Collegiate Division Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Sciences The University of Memphis Department of Biological Sciences Saturday, April 11, 2015. Keynote Speaker Jennifer R. Mandel Ph.D. University of Memphis Dr. Jennifer Mandel is an Assistant Professor at the University of Memphis. Her lab studies evolutionary and ecological genetics in a number of plant species. Current projects in the lab include the application of targeted gene sequencing for phylogenomic applications, population genetics of relatives, and conservation genetics of natural plant populations. She received a BA from Carson Newman University in 2003, her PhD from Vanderbilt University in 2008, and completed a post-doc in Plant Biology at the University of Georgia before coming to the UofM in January 2014. Her presentation to the Meeting is: “Conservation Genetics of the Endangered Whorled Sunflower, Helianthus verticillatus” wild