BotanyJuan Carlos Zuluaga
2018 The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany
Juan Carlos Penagos Zuluaga is a PhD candidate studying tropical ecology and evolution at Yale University School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. Zuluaga’s research integrates ecological and evolutionary approaches to understand the breeding systems of the tropical woody genus Ocotea (Lauraceae or laurel family). rough molecular analysis, he will aim to determine the number of transitions in breeding systems that have occurred in this group and the evolutionary pathways they have taken. His results will contribute to understanding the evolution of breeding systems in tropical trees and will advance the taxonomy of Lauraceae.
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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