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Nathan Jud
Advisors: Dr. Scott Wing, Dr. Charlie Mitter
Previous Education:
B.S. Environmental and Plant Biology, Ohio University
Minor Geography, Certificate Environmental Studies
Research Interests:
I am interested broadly in the evolution of land plants. Previous work has involved the anatomy and phylogeny of a permineralized fern rhizome and a new genus of permineralized bennettitalean trunk both from the Cretaceous of Vancouver Island. Currently, I am investigating the evolutionary and biogeographic history of the genus Alnus (alders) in North America, as well as the paleoecology of a unique near-shore sabka environment dominated by large conifers from tropical Western Pangea, in what is now New Mexico.
Location of Research:
Bighorn Basin, Wyoming
Joyita Hills, New Mexico
Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Publications:
Jud, Nathan A., Gar W. Rothwell, and Ruth A. Stockey. 2008. Anatomically preserved Todea from the Lower Cretaceous of western North America: Implications for the Phylogeny of Osmundaceae. American Journal of Botany.95: 330-339.
Funding Sources:
2008
- Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Graduate Research Fellowship
2008 - Cincinnati District of the Garden Club of Ohio Daisy Jones Scholarship
Awards:
2009 - Geological Society of America Travel Grant
2008 - International Biogeography Society Meeting Travel Grant
2008 - Best Poster, Biodiversity Section University of Maryland Bioscience Day
2008 - Best Poster Presentation, Ohio University Research and Creative Activities Fair
2008 - Best Poster Presentation, Sigma Xi Ohio University Chapter
2007 - Young Botanist of the Year Award, Botanical Society of America
2006 - Best Poster Presentation. Plant Biology Undergraduate Research Symposium
2006 - Best Poster Presentation. Ohio University Research and Creative Activities Fair
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