Plant Science Bulletin 59(2) 2013
Bessey Award Dr. Shona Ellis University of British Columbia Dr. Shona Ellis, Professor of Teaching and Associate Head of Biology, Botany Department, University of British Columbia (UBC). Shona has been faculty member in the Botany Department since 1994 teaching courses from Freshman Biology through upper division and graduate-level Plant Anatomy. She is active in the scholarship of teaching and learning with numerous publications and presentations in both basic botany (predominantly bryophytes and phytochemistry) and botanical education. She was twice awarded the Killam teaching award, UBC’s highest teaching commendation, as well as an award from the Society of Canadian Women in Science and Technology for her efforts promoting women in STEM. She has developed many online resources for her courses and for the general public (see http:// www.botany.ubc.ca/bryophyte). In cooperation with the UBC Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth and the Science Centre for Learning and Teaching, she has developed an e-portfolio project for students. As all good teachers, she leads by example.
2013 J. S. KARLING GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD Recipient Gregory W. Stull Florida Museum of Natural History and the University of Florida Integrating genomic, morphological, and fossil data for phylogenetic and biogeographic reconstruction in the basal lamiid family Icacinaceae
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