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Principal Investigator<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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Eric H. Roalson
Professor of Biological Sciences
Director, The George E. Hudson Biological Reserve at Smoot Hill
Ph.D., The Claremont Graduate University and Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
Email: eric_roalson@wsu.edu
Skype: ehroalson
Twitter: @ehroalson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Wade<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Wade Roberts
Ph.D. Candidate, MPS
Research Focus: Genetics of floral development in Achimenes<\/em> (Gesneriaceae)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"M.<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

M. Lucy Allison
M.S. Candidate, SBS
Research Focus: Cleomaceae seed diversity<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Kimberly<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kimberly Hansen
Ph.D. Candidate, SBS
Research Focus: Gesneriaceae diversification \/ Kohleria<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Joseph<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Joseph Kleinkopf
M.S. Candidate, SBS
Research Focus: Hawaiian Cyrtandra<\/em> (Gesneriaceae) diversification<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Luciano<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Luciano Soares Neto
Visiting Ph.D. Candidate, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Research Focus: Diversification and taxonomy of Brazilian Cleomaceae, with an emphasis on Tarenaya<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Former Postdoctoral Associates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Pedro<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Pedro Jim\u00e9nez Mej\u00edas
Ph.D., Pablo de Olavide University (Seville)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Smithsonian Institution<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Former Lab Members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"James<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

James P. Riser II
Ph.D., Washington State University, 2015
Current Position: Palouse Prairie Botanist, Palouse Conservation District, Pullman, Washington<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Tatton<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tatton Hymas
M.S. (non-thesis), Washington State University, 2015
Current Position: Seed Orchard Supervisor, Weyerhaeuser Co., Rochester, Washington<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Josh<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Josh Rosnow
Ph.D., Washington State University, 2014
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"John<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

John W. Bills
M.S., Washington State University, 2014
Current Position: Master\u2019s student, Business Analytics & Statistics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Cody<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Cody Hinchliff
Ph.D., Washington State University, 2011
Current Position: Computer Scientist, Microsoft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"John<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

John R. Clark
Ph.D., Washington State University, 2008
Current Position: Director, Center for Plant Conservation, St. Louis, Missouri<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Matthew<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Matthew King
Ph.D., Washington State University, 2007
Current Position: Senior Bioinformaticist, DuPont Pioneer, Ames, Iowa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Principal Investigator Eric H. RoalsonProfessor of Biological SciencesDirector, The George E. Hudson Biological Reserve at Smoot HillPh.D., The Claremont Graduate University and Rancho Santa Ana Botanic GardenEmail: eric_roalson@wsu.eduSkype: ehroalsonTwitter: @ehroalson Graduate Students Wade RobertsPh.D. Candidate, MPSResearch Focus: Genetics of floral development in Achimenes (Gesneriaceae) M. Lucy AllisonM.S. Candidate, SBSResearch Focus: Cleomaceae seed diversity Kimberly HansenPh.D. Candidate, SBSResearch […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4758,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/roalson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/roalson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/roalson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/roalson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/roalson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/roalson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/roalson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/roalson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/roalson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/roalson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/roalson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/roalson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}