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2012 Dr. Valentin Barca School: Carol Davila University of Medicina and Pharmacy in Romania Field of study: Will conduct ethno-botanical research of Aromanian populations in the Southern Balkan Peninsula in order to make a comparative assessment of several distinct populations in Albania, Greece, Romania & Bulgaria. The Aromanians date back to the 6th century AD, and now live in small ethnic enclaves in several countries, maintaining their cultural practices. This group has never been studied, and Dr. Barca will document Project location: Albania, Greece, Romania & Bulgaria. |
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2012 Colleen Lindsay School: University of Illinois Field of study: A Ph.D. student from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will study the utilization of useful plants in "forest gardens" by the Classic Maya of Yalbac, Belize. The area has been abandoned since 900 AD, marking the end of the Classic Mayan Period. The researcher has been made aware of enormous differences in the amount of poison plants in unsettled areas and non-poison plants in the settled areas. It appears the Mayans created "forest gardens" of edible and medicinal plants. Study of their practices may contribute valuable understanding of sustainable living practices. |
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2012 Josh Kellogg School: North Carolina State University Field of study: Ph.D. student, North Carolina State University. His research will explore the biochemical mechanisms of action for six Ecuadorian plants that are used to treat malaria in southern Ecuador and have been subjected to little or no study. Extract identification for analysis comparable to traditional remedies will increase antimalarial efficacy. |
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2012 Ripu Mardham Kunwar School: Tribhuvan University , Nepal Field of study: Ph.D. student, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, will research the diversity and use of medicinal plants of far west Nepal in elevation and changing climate gradients. The researcher is interested in the effects of climate change on the availability of medicinal plants at various altitudes. Interviews and sample collections will be taken at nine different locations ranging from low to very high altitude. This data will provide valuable information to create a base line for future comparative studies. |
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2011 Jeff Boutain School: "University of Michigan B.S., University of Hawaii M.S." Field of study: "Ph. D. student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, will explore the evolutionary relationships of hops species in China. DNA extraction and sequencing will be performed in a Chinese colleagues lab at the Kunming Institute of Botany." |
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2011 Narel Y. Zambrana School: Universidad Autonoma de Madrid Field of study: Will use forest transect surveys and ethnobotanical interviews to explore factors influencing patterns of use of medicinal and edible palm species in portions of Peru and Bolivia. Project location: Peru and Bolivia |
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2011 Angelle L Bullard-Roberts School: Florida International University Field of study: A Ph.D. candidate at Florida International University and a national of Trinidad & Tobago. She will conduct ethno botanical surveys to identify plants currently used to treat symptoms of diabetes in Trinidad & Tobago. |
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2010 Wesley Beaulieu School: Providence College - B.S. - BiologyIndiana Uaniversity - Ph.D. - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Field of study: Will study Morning Glories and Ergot Alkaloids with plans to use multiple approaches to confirm the presence of fungi in other species. |
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2010 Rachel Meyer School: University of Washington - Seattle - B.S. Plant Biology & B.A. Visual Art City University of New York - Ph.D. in Biology Field of study: Will explore the Diversity and Regulation of Phenolic Compounds found in Asian Heirloom Eggplant Varieties and Wild Relations. |
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2009 Melissa Islam School: University of ColoradoPh.D. in progressColorado State UniversityM.S. in BotanyColorado State UniversityB.S. in Botany Field of study: "Systematics Will study the evolutionary history of the domesticated coca plant, find its closest wild relatives and trace the origin cocaine synthesis. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Will study the economic history of eco. useful trop. plants." |
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2008 Selena Ahmed School: "Barnard College, Columbia University BA University of Kent at Canterburey, UK MsC Institute of Economic Botany, New York Botanical Garden Ph.D in progress" Field of study: "Biology/Plant Sciences Will explore the relationship between the management of tea systems and biodiversity at landscape, species, and genetic levels." Project location: "Yunnan, China" |
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2008 Lisa Offringa School: George Mason University BS San Francisco State University Post-baccalaureate Universty of New York Ph.D. in Progress Field of study: "Medicinal Ethnobotany Will study the medicinal plants in Northern Thailand that are used to treat neurological disorders, primarily Alzheimer's." Project location: Northern Thailand |
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2007 Jillian De Gezelle School: Reed College BA Biology CUNY Graduate Center Ph.D. Plant Sciences Field of study: Ethnobotany Project: Phytoestrogens and the treatment of estrogen related conditions among the Maya. Project location: Belize |
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2007 Katherine Higgins School: University of Utah Ph.D. Candidate Duke University B.Sc 2005 Field of study: Tropical Ecology Tropical fungal endophytes as sources of novel bioactive compounds. |
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2006 Samantha Gerlach School: Tulane University PhD Candidate University of North Carolina B.S. Field of study: Medical Plant Biochemistry Will study the "Characterization and bioactivity of Cyclotides in Psychotria leptothyrsa Miq. (Rubiaceae)". |
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2006 John Tabuti School: "Makerere University, Uganda/ Norwefian University of Life Sciences/Ph.D." Field of study: Mediacal Botany Project: "Herbal Medicines in Treament of Malaria in Uganda." Project location: "Kamuli District, Uganda" |
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2005 Raymona Butz School: University of California - Davis PhD Candidate Field of study: "Thesis "Medicinal plants of Maasai of northern Tanziania, an ethnobotanical study"." Project location: Tanzania |
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2005 Jocelyn Muller School: Tufts University/ Field of study: Ethno ecology Project location: Niger |
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2004 Wayne Law School: Washington Universtiy in St. Louis Ph.D. Candidate Field of study: "Population ecology and conservation of Snow Lotus" Project location: "NW Yunan, China" |
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2004 Kevin Pittle School: Biola University/PhD Florida State University - Gainsville Field of study: Anthropology Project: "Continuity and Change in Herbal Healing Traditions of the Middle East" Project location: Middle East |
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2003 Ryan Case School: College of Pharmacy-University of Illinois Field of study: "Subject: "Medicinal Plants of Papua New Guinea". Will document and assess the potential of plants used within Manus Providence, Papua New Guinea to treat malaria and tuberculosis." Project location: Papua New Guinea |
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2003 Patricia Houle School: "Florida International University-Miami, FL Ph.D. Candidate" Field of study: Subject: Variations of Fatty Acids in the Fruits of Saw Palmetto Populations in Florida Project location: Florida |
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2002 Kristine Stewart School: "Ph.D. from Pompano Beach, FL" Field of study: "Project: Population Viability analysis of the Grapple Plant, Harpagophytum procumbens in Harvested Environments. She hopes to develop model to examine sustainable harvesting strategies." |
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2002 Colin Young School: University of Connecticut in Storrs Ph.D. Candidate from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. |
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2001 David Cozzo School: The University of Georgia-Athens PhD Candidate Field of study: "Ethnobotany of the eastern band of the Cherokee Indians". |
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2001 Frederic Souret School: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Ph.D. Program in Biology and Biotechnology Field of study: Study: Regulatory control of mevalonate and mevalonate independent terpenoid biosynthetic pathways leading to the production of an antimalarial sesquiterpene. |
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2000 Michael Casaus School: Cornell University Graduate Student Field of study: Project: To Conduct an Ethnobotanical Investigation of the Tarahumara Indians. Project location: "Northern Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico" |
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2000 Stephen Casper School: Washington University Graduate Student Field of study: Project: Anti-malarial Plants and Their Characteristics Comparing North American & South American Plants of the Same Genus* Special 2nd Award Project location: Northern Peru |
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1999 Joseph Cahill School: University of CA - Riverside Field of study: Project: "Medicinal Uses of Mexican Species of Salvia." Project location: Mexico state of Mihoacan & Jlisco |
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1999 Alfredo Gomez-Beloz School: "City University of New York and the New York Botanical Garden Ph.D. candidate, Plant Sciences" Field of study: Project: "The Ethnobotany of Warao Indians to identify plants used to treat non-venomous wounds.." Project location: "Ornicoco Delta, Venezuela" |
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1998 Michael Thomas School: Universtity of Florida-Gainesville Ph.D. Candidate in Botany Field of study: Study: To conduct a botanical enthnomedicinal investiation of the traditional use of medicinal plants by the Pataxo People and to develop and test a multi-media database using this data Project location: "Bahai, Brazil" |
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