Postdoctoral Researcher

Email: aliscott@ucdavis.edu

Education:

Ph.D., Botany, 2017   

Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Dissertation project: Evolutionary history of California redwoods

B.S., Biology, 2010

California State University, Los Angeles

Honors thesis: Correlates of clonality in natural populations of Thuja plicata

Research Interests

  • Gymnosperm evolution
  • Whole genome duplication (polyploidization) and its consequences
  • Evolution education and outreach