Researchers and Postdocs Index

Researchers and Postdocs

Researchers and Post Docs
Dr. Brad Breslow Researcher(PD) Hoffmann Lab 4217 Gardner 919-513-7667 Box 7612	brad_breslow@ncsu.edu
Dr. Sonia Herrero Researcher Daub Lab 265 Partners III 919-513-8220 Box 7612	sonia_herrero@ncsu.edu
Dr. Eva Johannes Director of CMIF Researcher CMIF Lab 4115-4116 Gardner 919-515-3525 Box 7612	eva_johannes@ncsu.edu
Dr. Carol Kinder Research Associate Center for Aquatic Ecology 620 Hutton St. 919-513-367 Box 7510	carol_kinder@ncsu.edu
Dr. Sang Yoon Lee Research Associate (PD) Robertson Lab 362 Partners III 919-513-1209 Box 7612	slee10@unity.ncsu.edu
Linda MacKenzie Research Assistant Center for Aquatic Ecology 620 Hutton St. 919-515-3421 Box 7510	linda_mackenzie@ncsu.edu
Teresa (Terri) Mann Research Assistant Center for Aquatic Ecology 620 Hutton St. Suite 104 919-515-3421 Box 7510	jtmann@ncsu.edu
Brian Phillippy Visiting Scientist Boss Lab 205 B partners III 919-515-3544 Box 7612	bphillippy@aol.com
Dr. Robert Reed Researcher Center for Aquatic Ecology 620 Hutton 919-513-3681 Box 7510	robert_reed@ncsu.edu
Dr. Marie Sauer Research Associate (PD) Sederoff Lab 4218 Gardner Hall 919-513-7784 Box 7612	masauer@unity.ncsu.edu
Dr. Jennifer Schafer Research Associate (PD) Hoffmann Lab 4217 Gardner Hall 919-513-7667	jennifer_schafer@ncsu.edu
Dr. Roopa Yalamanchili Research Associate (PD) Sederoff/Lomax Lab 919-515-2225 Box 7612	ryroopa@gmail.com
Dr. Yi Yu Visiting Scholar Xiang Lab 4201 Gardner 919-515-3345 Box 7612
Emily Wear Research Assistant Thompson Lab 1200 Partners II 919-515-7167 Box 7550	emily.e.wear@gmail.com
Lili Zhou Researcher Xie Lab 4210 Gardner 919-515-3792 Box 7612	lzhou3@ncsu.edu

Research conducted by Jared Locklear, Ph.D. student

This is the Martin Marietta Mine, near Wilmington NC, were abundant Pleistocene fossil remains have been found including Taxodium macrosperma seeds.

Taxodium macrosperma fossil seeds discovered at the Martin Marietta Mine, near Wilmington NC. Taxodium macrosperma is a newly described species of Taxodium during the Pleistocene, and is thought to be an ancestral species to the extant Taxodium species today.

Taxodium macrosperma seed wall cross section (180x, 15kv). The red colored layer represents the exotesta, and the green colored layer represents the endotesta. The mesotesta is the area in between these two layers. Testa layers are one of the differentiating characteristics of Taxodium species. Taxodium macrosperma was described by Jared Locklear and Dr. James Mickle.

The Mickle Lab is currently evaluating a Pleistocene age locality in Southeastern North Carolina. This evaluation includes analyzing the palynology (pollen) of the site to determine paleoecological conditions such as climate, age, and community composition/abundance, while also analyzing the macro fossil flora such as Taxodium seeds, conifer wood, flowers, and leaf material which we compare to modern floras. Our overall goal is to compose a paleoflora of a Pleistocene site, which is currently lacking in the Southeastern United States in general.