BotanyJ. Aaron Hogan
2018 The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany
J. Aaron Hogan is a PhD candidate at the International Center for Tropical Botany at Florida International University in Miami. Working with Drs. Christopher Baraloto and Oscar Valverde- Barrantes, he is interested in the relationships between root functional traits and other plant characteristics in tropical forests. Speci cally, in collaboration with researchers at the Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology in Xishuangbanna, China, Hogan is examining how mycorrhizal fungal communities in uence root function and structure.
The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany
To promote the preservation of tropical forests by enlarging the body of botanists with field experience.
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