Dr. Tilottama Roy, assistant professor of biology at º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø, has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant of $863,000 to fund undergraduate student research into the evolution and diversification of a group of mint plants that include numerous species that have been federally listed as endangered.
\nThe three-year grant for $800,000 will fund a project by Dr. Roy and Dr. Charlotte Lindqvist, associate professor of biology at the University of Buffalo, State University of New York, titled \u201cA phylogenomic study of a hyper-diverse flowering plant lineage, subfamily Lamioideae (Lamiaceae).\u201d Part of the NSF\u2019s Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) program, the funds will allow 12 Missouri Western students to actively participate in the research project.
\nThe grant is the third-largest NSF research grant in Missouri Western\u2019s history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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