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The Loy McCandless Marks Scholarship (an International Scholarship in Tropical Horticulture or Landscape Architecture)
GCA scholars work around the globe in their efforts to pursue and share knowledge. Explore their areas of interest using the directory and by reading the GCA’s annual publication, GCA Scholars Report.
Scholar Directory
Jordan Deskins
The Loy McCandless Marks Scholarship (an International Scholarship in Tropical Horticulture or Landscape Architecture)
Supporting Local Livelihoods and Nutrition in the Peruvian Andes: the Role of Potato and Quinoa...
Maurice Gaston
The Loy McCandless Marks Scholarship (an International Scholarship in Tropical Horticulture or Landscape Architecture)
Tropical Streets throughout the Atlantic Dark Coast Gaston’s botanical illustrations of...
James Hesla
The Loy McCandless Marks Scholarship (an International Scholarship in Tropical Horticulture or Landscape Architecture)
Arid Realities: Evaluating the Adaptive Strategies of Drought-Tolerant Vegetation at El...
Kove Janeski
The Loy McCandless Marks Scholarship (an International Scholarship in Tropical Horticulture or Landscape Architecture)
Landscape Design Work and Research in Tokyo Janeski will intern at a small landscape...
Sophia Maffie
The Loy McCandless Marks Scholarship (an International Scholarship in Tropical Horticulture or Landscape Architecture)
Fibers of Resilience: Multiscalar Architectural Adaptability and Ethnobotanical Traditions of the...
Emma Grover
The Loy McCandless Marks Scholarship (an International Scholarship in Tropical Horticulture or Landscape Architecture)
Influence of Developmental Stage and Life History on Leaf Traits in Tropical Rain Forest Trees ...
Julie Capito
The Loy McCandless Marks Scholarship (an International Scholarship in Tropical Horticulture or Landscape Architecture)
Who Planted the Forest? Working with a Lacandon Maya Community in Chiapas, Mexico, to Quantify...
Benjamin Proulx
The Loy McCandless Marks Scholarship (an International Scholarship in Tropical Horticulture or Landscape Architecture)
Benjamin Proulx is a master’s student in landscape architecture with a focus in Latin...
Aqsa Butt
The Loy McCandless Marks Scholarship (an International Scholarship in Tropical Horticulture or Landscape Architecture)
Aqsa Butt, originally a native of Pakistan, now a citizen of the United States, is a junior at...
Mark Powers
The Loy McCandless Marks Scholarship (an International Scholarship in Tropical Horticulture or Landscape Architecture)
Will spend a semester at the Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica compiling a journal of...
Brad Biren
The Loy McCandless Marks Scholarship (an International Scholarship in Tropical Horticulture or Landscape Architecture)
Project: "Use of orchids in SE Asia and companion plants in landscape planting."
Stephanie Zabel
The Loy McCandless Marks Scholarship (an International Scholarship in Tropical Horticulture or Landscape Architecture)
"Will study ethnobotany at the University of Kent at Canterbury, England."
Jennifer Parrish
The Loy McCandless Marks Scholarship (an International Scholarship in Tropical Horticulture or Landscape Architecture)
"She will study abroad with the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Her field...