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The 35th Midcontinent Paleobotanical Colloquium is being held at Ohio University from June 1-3, hosted by Environmental & Plant Biology faculty with a keynote by an alumna. MPC has been held annually since 1983 and is hosted by a different institution each year. This year’s meeting will feature a daylong […]

The Environmental & Plant Biology Colloquium Series presents Dr. Elizabeth Hermsen on “How to Identify a Water Clover in Deep Time: The Fossil Record and Evolution of Marsileaceae” on Friday, Oct. 6, at 11:50 a.m. in Porter Hall 104. Hermsen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental and Plant Biology at Ohio […]

By MC Tilton PACE Writer Environmental & Plant Biology students and faculty gathered on Sept. 22 for the 11th annual Graduate Student Research Symposium. The symposium featured a talk from Ph.D. student Marion Andrews Holmes on the organization of second-growth forest floors and 10 poster presentations on topics ranging from […]

Dr. Elizabeth Hermsen, Assistant Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, presented a talk on “Progress and pitfalls in understanding the fossil record of the water clover family (Marsileaceae)” at the 34th Midcontinent Paleobotanical Colloquium at the University of Michigan May 12-14. Abstract: The majority of the fossil record of Marsileaceae […]

Undergraduate student Stacy Welker presented a poster on “Enigmatic four-chambered fruits from the Neogene Gray Fossil Site, eastern Tennessee” at the 34th Midcontinent Paleobotanical Colloquium at the University of Michigan May 12-14. The poster was co-authored by another undergraduate student, Caroline Siegert of Honors Tutorial College, as well as Dr. […]

College of Arts & Sciences faculty received seven out of 10 Ohio University Research Committee faculty awards for funding during its spring 2017 cycle. In total, the Ohio University Research Committee awarded $74,524. The program, which is funded by the Vice President for Research and Creative Activity, provides seed money […]

By Heather Willard PACE Writer Environmental and Plant Biology Dr. Elizabeth Hermsen, Assistant Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, braved freezing temperatures to go to two conferences last May—the Midcontinent Paleobotanical Colloquium and the Paleontological Research Institution Summer Symposium. She studies fossil water clovers of the genus Marsileaceae, reassessing the […]