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MS, Biology, University of
Louisiana, Monroe, LA (2002)
BS, Biology, Lebanon Valley College,
Annville, PA (2000)
Chris is pursuing a Ph.D. in Plant Biology at Ohio University.
He joined the Department of Environmental and Plant Biology in the Fall of
2004 to work with
Dr. Harvey Ballard on the
evolution and ecology of the Hawaiian violets.
His current project is a collaboration between the Wyatt and Ballard
laboratories to look at differential gene expression between several
Hawaiian violets.
Competitive Grant
Awards:
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American Philosophical Society Lewis and Clark Grant for Exploratory
Field
Research $3400
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Student Enhancement Award "Ecology and evolution of the Hawaiian
violets" $6000
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Ohio University Graduate Student Senate Award for Original Research (Winter 2006)
- Ohio University Graduate Student Senate Award for Original Research (Spring 2005)
Presentations:
- Plant Biology/Botany 1007 (Chicago, IL; July 2007)
- Invited Seminar University of Hawaii (Manoa) (Manoa, HI, August
2006)
- Botany 2006 (Chico, CA: July 2006)
- Ohio University Research and Creativity Fair (May 2006)
- Association of Southeastern Biologists, Memphis, TN (Talk, April
2004)
Current Projects:
- Identification of differentially expressed genes in two replicate
sub-lineages of
Hawaiian Viola
- Comparing leaf and stem anatomy between replicate ecomorphs of
Hawaiian Violets
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