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Andrew W Mellon and Prance Fellows - current & forthcoming
Fellowships approved for funding in March 2008:
Candidate |
Institution |
Duration |
Collaboration |
Area of study |
Prance Fellowship in Neotropical Botany Award |
| Aida Marcela Vasco-Palacios |
Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia |
3 months |
Dr Brian Spooner (RBG, Kew) and Teun Boekhout (Investigador CBS – Centraalbureau voor Schimmel-cultures, Nether-lands) |
Macrofungi of the Amazonian Region |
| Antonio Luiz V. Toscano de Brito |
Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Brazil |
4 months |
Prof Mark W Chase (RBG Kew) |
Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Ornithocephalus alliance of subtribe Oncidiinae (Orchidaceae) |
| Fábio Pinheiro |
Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil |
6 months |
Drs Mike Fay, Christian Lexer (RBG Kew) and Salvatore Cozzolino (Universitá degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy) |
Phylogeography of Epidendrum species (Orchidaceae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest |
| Itayguara Ribeiro Costa |
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil |
6 months |
Drs Eve Lucas, Eimear Nic Lughadha and Félix Forest (RBG, Kew) |
Molecular phylogenetics and the evolutionary patterns of polyploidy in tribe Myrteae (Myrtaceae), focusing on Psidium and allied genera |
| José Eduardo Lahoz da Silva Ribeiro |
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manuas , Brazil |
6 months |
Dr Paula Rudall (RBG Kew) |
Ontogenetic studies of the inflorescences in Moraceae |
| Marcos José Silva |
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil |
3 months |
Dr Gwilym Lewis |
Taxonomic and phylogenetic studies of Lonchocarpus Kunth with emphasis on the sect. Laxiflori Benth. and Punctati Benth. (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Millettieae) |
| Silvana Vieira |
Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil |
4 months |
Dr Paul J. Maas (Nationaal Herbarium Nederland) and Dr Simon Mayo (RBG Kew) |
Taxonomic revision of Saranthe (Regel & Korn.) Eichler, Myrosma L.f., Hylaeanthe A.M.E. Jonker & Jonker and Maranta L. (Maranta sensu lato, Marantaceae) |
Fellowships approved for funding in September 2007:
Candidate |
Institution |
Duration |
Collaboration |
Area of study |
Prance Fellowship in Neotropical Botany Award
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| Rodrigo Bernal |
Universidad Nacional de Colombia |
3 months |
Herbarium |
Catalogue of the Plants of Colombia |
| Inelia Escobar |
UNiversidad de Concepción, Chile |
6 months |
Dr Paula Rudall |
Floral morphology and phylogeny of Gilliesieae (Alliaceae) |
| Sabina Lara-Cabrera |
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, México |
1 month |
Dr Alan Paton, Dr Bente Klitgaard |
Revisiting the taxonomy of Salvia - section Polystachyeae |
| Claudia Luizon Dias Leme |
Universidade Federal de Bahia, Brazil |
9 months |
Dr Peter Gasson |
Wood anatomy of regrowth from coppiced and pollarded trees in the caatinga of northeast Brazil |
| Ana Paula Moraes |
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil |
6 months |
Dr Ilia Leitch, Professor Andrew Leitch |
Maxillaria (Orchidaceae) cytogenetics |
| Ana Paula Savassi Coutinho |
Universidade de São Paulo. Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", ESALQ/USP, Brazil |
3 months |
Dr Gwilym Lewis |
Taxonomic Revision and Phylogeny of Mimosa L. sect. Calothamnos Barneby (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae) |
| Leonardo de Melo Versieux |
Instituto de Botânica, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil |
6 months |
Dr Christian Lexer, Dr Simon Mayo |
Alcantarea (Bromeliaceae): taxonomy and phylogeny |
Fellowships approved for funding in March 2007:
Candidate |
Institution |
Duration |
Collaboration |
Area of study |
Prance Fellowship in Neotropical Botany Award
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| Daniela Sampaio |
Universidade de São Paulo. Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", ESALQ/USP and PhD at Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) |
2 months |
Dr Terry Pennington |
Taxonomic Revision and Phylogenetic Analysis of Neotropical Extra-Amazon Species of Sloanea (Elaeocarpaceae) |
| Gesele Matos Paggi |
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul |
5 months |
Dr Christian Lexer |
The mating system of Vriesea gigantea Gaud. (Bromeliaceae): a molecular-marker based investigation of progeny arrays from natural populations |
| Irene Caponio |
Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, UNNE, Corrientes Argentina (IBONE) |
3 months |
llia Leitch & Andrew Leitch (Queen Mary University College) |
Detection of diploid germplasm in natural populations of South American Paspalum (Gramineae) plus uncovering genome relationships via GISG & FISH |
| Márcia Vignoli da Silva |
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) |
50 days |
Dr Sandra Knapp (NHM) |
Taxonomic revision of the genus Cestrum L. (Solanaceae) in extra-Amazonian Brazil |
| Maria Jimena Nores |
Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (IMBIV) |
3 months |
Dr Paula Rudall |
Mechanisms of pollen tube growth in South American species of Nyctaginaceae |
| Tsitsi Yetunde McPherson |
University of Connecticut , USA |
3 months |
Dr Gwilym Lewis |
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: Protecting Biodiversity in Guyana - a proposal for a flexible yet robust methodology for the design and evaluation of National Parks using spatially clustered data. |
Fellowships approved for funding in September 2006:
Candidate |
Institution |
Duration |
Collaboration |
Area of study |
Prance Fellowship in Neotropical Botany Award |
| Alina Cuza Perez |
Group of Diagnosis, Old Havana Historian Office, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba |
3 months |
Peter Gasson |
Wood anatomy of the Miconieae (Melastomataceae) |
| Claudine Massi Mynssen |
Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
1.25 months |
Jovita Yesilyurt |
The genus Diplazium Sw. (Woodsiaceae – Monilophyta) |
| Marcela Celis |
Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Colombia |
9 months |
Vincent Savolainen, Paula Rudall |
Phylogeny, taxonomy & evolution of Tigridieae (Iridaceae) |
| Maria das Graças Sajo |
Depto Botânica, IBUNESP, Rio Claro, Brazil |
3 months |
Paula Rudall |
Floral structure in the early-divergent grass genus Streptochaeta |
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