Congratulations to our 2025 - 2026 Scholarship Recipients!
NCB received 22 applications for the 2025 - 2026 Scholarship Program. As usual, there were many great research projects submitted for review. We are awarding fourteen scholarships of up to $1,500 for the 2025 - 2026 school year which includes both CNPS chapter awards. Thank you to the Shasta Chapter and the Sacramento Valley Chapter for each funding one of the scholarships
Congratulations to the 14 students and thank you to all that submitted applications!
We are pleased to announce the awardees, their degree program and college or university, and the title of their research project. Abstracts of their research will be included in the 2025 Fall Newsletter.
Charles Boissavy, Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University
Phylogenetics, taxonomy, and biogeography of the Latifolia Clade in Eriogonum.
Lynn Breithaupt, Ph.D., University of California, Merced
Potential phenological mismatches in seasonal wetlands: Testing the effects of plant-pollinator timing shifts on plant fitness.
Chenjiao Deng, Ph.D., University of California, Davis * Shasta Chapter Awardee*
Phylogenomic and species delimitation studies of the genus Sidalcea (Malvaceae).
Sebastain Evans, M.S., Cal Poly Humboldt
Trajectories of succession and alpine-plant habitat of a recently deglaciated foreland basin in the Trinity Alps, California.
Cecilia Girvan, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz
Conflicting selection via sexual function in Clarkia unguiculata.
Garrett Goodrich, M.S., Claremont Graduate University
Vascular Flora of the Boulder Creek Watershed, Jennie Lakes Wilderness, and Evans Grove Complex, Fresno and Tulare Counties, CA.
Logan Holey, Undergraduate, Cal Poly Humboldt
How fluctuations in photosynthetically active radiation under solar panels affect plant communities and their traits.
Samantha Ingram, Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University
Unraveling the taxonomic and phylogenetic complexity of Ericameria parryi in the Western United States.
Zach Kinman, M.S., Cal Poly Humboldt
Evolution of the Humboldt mule's ears (Wyethia longicaulis): Testing for budding speciation.
Wesley Radford M.S., SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Assessing microbial communities to facilitate climate-resilient forest restoration.
Linnea Rydell, Undergraduate, University of California, Santa Cruz
The role of anthocyanin in the climatic stress tolerance of Leptosiphon parviflorus.
Allison Titus, M.S., California State University, Sacramento
Inundation depth affects vernal pool vegetation diversity in California's Central Valley vernal pools.
Georgia Vasey, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz
Restoring native annual forbs in prairies with fire and microsite management.
Marielle Wilson, Ph.D., University of British Columbia
Partial mycoheterotropchy in Botrychium.