Education
Ph.D. anticipated May
2009 Plant Biology, University of Georgia,
Athens, GA.
M.S.
2007 Statistics,
University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
B.S.
2003
Biology (English minor), Millsaps College, Jackson, MS. Magna cum laude.
Honors
Final
Year Dissertation Completion Award, University of Georgia Dept. of Plant Biology, 2008-2009
Award
for Outstanding Graduate Student Poster Presentation, University of
Georgia Dept. of Plant Biology. Fall 2005, Fall 2006.
Biology
Department Award for Service, Millsaps College. Spring 2003.
Phi
Beta Kappa, Millsaps College, Inducted Spring 2003.
Southern
Literary Festival Competitor, Gainesville, GA. Wrote one of
two formal essays chosen to represent work done by Millsaps College
undergraduates. Spring 2003.
Peer-Reviewed
Publications
Sapir
Y, ML Moody, LC Brouillette,
LA Donovan, and LH Rieseberg. 2007. Patterns of genetic diversity
and candidate genes for ecological divergence in a homoploid hybrid
sunflower, Helianthus anomalus.
Molecular Ecology 16: 5017-5029
Brouillette
LC, DM Rosenthal, LH Rieseberg, RL Malmberg, and LA
Donovan. 2007. Genetic architecture of leaf ecophysiological
traits in Helianthus.
Journal of Heredity 98: 142-146.
Brouillette
LC, M Gebremedhin, DM Rosenthal, and LA Donovan.
2006. Testing hypothesized evolutionary shifts toward stress
tolerance in Helianthus hybrid
species. Western North American Naturalist 66: 409-419.
Funding
Final Year Dissertation Completion Award,
University of Georgia Dept. of Plant Biology, 2008-2009
Garden Society of America grant, $4,0000, Spring
2008
Graduate
School Travel Funds, University of Georgia.
$200. Summer 2007.
Graduate
School Travel Funds, University of Georgia.
$350. Summer 2006.
Summer
Institute of Statistical Genetics Scholarship, University of
Washington. $500. Summer 2006.
Plant
Biology Small Grant, University of Georgia. Spring
2006.
Plant
Biology Small Grant, University of Georgia.
$942. Spring 2005.
University-Wide
Graduate School Assistantship, University of Georgia.
$34,861. Fall 2003 – Spring 2005.
Research Experience
Graduate
Research Assistant, University of Georgia. Designed
and carried out experiments to advance lab goals, assisted in writing a
grant to cover costs of dissertation research, and wrote manuscripts
summarizing the results of research. Fall 2003 – present.
Statistical
Consultant, The Nature Conservancy. Assisted with a research
project examining patterns of inundation in two watersheds in the
southeastern US. Spring 2007.
Herbarium
Intern, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. Assisted
with accession a new collection of herbarium specimens. Spring
2001.
Teaching Experience
Teaching
Assistant Coordinator, University of Georgia. Prepared
materials for weekly introductory plant biology labs, conducted prep
sessions for graduate teaching assistants, wrote lab prep. manual, and
maintained WebCT course site. Fall 2006.
Teaching
Assistant, University of Georgia. Developed lab activities,
set up equipment, graded homework, and helped students develop
independent research projects for the graduate-level plant physiological
ecology class. Spring 2006, 2008
Teaching
Assistant, University of Georgia. Presented introductory
material, wrote and graded quizzes, and answered student questions for
two sections of an introductory plant biology lab. Fall 2005.
Tri-Beta
Biology Tutor, Millsaps College. Tutored students in
Introductory Cell Biology, General Botany, General Zoology, Ecology, and
Evolution and Systematics. Fall 2002, Spring 2003.
Teaching
Assistant, Millsaps College. Set up labs, answered student
questions, and graded lab quizzes for a section of an introductory cell
biology course. Fall 2002, Spring 2003.
Additional Work
Experience
Herbarium
Worker, Millsaps College Herbarium. Worked to reorganize
and restore the college’s herbarium. Fall 2002, Spring 2003.
Lab
Assistant, Millsaps College. Set up labs and prepared
chemicals for weekly Department of Biology lab courses. Fall 2002,
Spring 2003.
Greenhouse
Caretaker, Millsaps College. Watered, fertilized, propogated,
and pruned plants. Spring 2001.
Professional
Affiliation
American
Statstical Association.
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