Lab Members

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Principle Investigator

Elena Kramer

Principal Investigator
Bussey Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Harvard College Professor
My lab is very broadly interested in the evolution of floral morphology. We use molecular, morphological, and phylogenetic approaches to study how flowers have changed over the course of evolutionary time. Research projects in the lab cover a diverse set...
Elena Kramer

 

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Graduate Students

Andrea Appleton

Graduate Student
I am a botanist and evolutionary biologist interested broadly in the evolution and development of angiosperms and particularly in the evolution of floral morphological diversity. My graduate work focuses on the evolution of novel floral structures called...
Andrea Appleton

Fitz Dougherty

Graduate Student
Microscopic pore complexes perform a variety of essential functions for plants, such as regulating gas exchange and secreting nectar. I am interested in exploring the development and physiology of nectarostomata, which secrete nectar, in comparison with...
Graduate student Fitz Dougherty

Sebastian Martinez-Salazar

Graduate Student
I am an evolutionary-developmental biologist broadly interested in understanding molecular mechanisms responsible for the evolution of plant form. I completed my undergraduate and master's dissertations at the University of Antioquia in Colombia, studying...
Sebastian Martinez-Salazar

Undergraduate Students

Elizabeth Miri

Undergraduate Student
Elizabeth is a sophomore in Lowell House studying Folklore & Mythology with a secondary in Integrative Biology. Her research focus is on botanical science, including flower morphology and fruit development. She loves all things botanical, and when she isn...
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Staff

Lab Mascots

Charlie Kramer

Lab Mascot
Research Interests: Chaos Theory, Characterization of in situ root architecture, asking to go outside, and squirrels are OK too
Kramer Lab mascot, Charlie