Jennifer Gruhn - Department of Biology - Washington University in St ...

Independent Study in Andean Ethnobotany, Vilcabamba, Ecuador Nov-Dec, 2003Advisors: Joy Horton and colleagues from Fundación Colinas Verdes• Interviewed Vilcabamban farmers about ethnobotanical plantsEcosystems’ Comparative Diversity Project, Various regions, Ecuador Sept-Nov, 2003Advisor: Sylvia M. Seger• Tested the Simpson’s Indices of Diversity, and sampling techniques, across various ecosystemsPublicationsPoster PresentationsProfessional Conferencesand Symposia AttendedTeachingand VolunteeringTrejo, L. Feria Arryoy T.P., Olsen, K.M., Equiarte, L.E., Arroyo, B., Gruhn, J.A. and M.E. Olson. 2012.Poinsettia’s wild ancestor in the Mexican dry tropics: Historical, genetic, and environmentalevidence. American Journal of Botany 99(7):1146-1157.Gruhn, J.A. & P.S. White. 2011. Magnolia grandiflora L. Range Expansion: A Case Study in a NorthCarolina Piedmont Forest. Southeastern Naturalist 10(2): 275-288.Bussmann, R.W., J.A. Gruhn & A. Glenn. 2010. Axinaea fernando-cabiesii and A. reginae spp. nov.(Melastomataceae) from upper Amazonia of Peru, with notes on the conservation status of A. flava.Nordic Journal of Botany 28(5): 518-522.Clark, J.L., D.A. Neill, J.A. Gruhn, A. Weber & T. Katan. 2010. Shuaria (Gesneriaceae), AnArborescent New Genus from the Cordillera del Condor and Amazonian Ecuador. Systematic Botany35(3): 662-674.Gruhn, J.A., I. Jiménez, K.M. Hiser, J. Wen, R. E. Ricklefs. 2012. Plants Conserve their Climate Niche overGelogic Time. Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation Retreat. Elsah, IL.Gruhn, J.A., I. Jiménez, K.M. Hiser, J. Wen, R. E. Ricklefs. 2011. Time of Separation and Cold Toleranceof Asian-American Disjunct Plants. Botanical Society of America Conference. St. Louis, MO.• Missouri Botanical Garden Systematics Symposium, St. Louis, MO 2006–2012• Botanical Society of America, St. Louis, MO 2011• Harvard University Plant Biology Symposium, Cambridge, MA 2008• Zahner Lecture Symposium, Highlands, NC 2005• North American Prairie Conference, Madison, WI 2004• Young Scientists Program: Co-leader and Co-teacher of Ecology/Evolution high school seminarsSt. Louis, Missouri, August 2010 - present• Forest Park Bioblitz Team Leader: Led a group on species list survey of native and non-native treesSt. Louis, Missouri, Oct 2012• TA for Undergraduate Course Evolution with discussion section, Washington University in St. LouisSt. Louis, Missouri, Aug-Dec 2011• Virginia Master Naturalist Program, Beagle Ridge Chapter: presented invasive species workshopWytheville, Virginia, June 2010• Libros for Learning: implemented four school libraries and presented reading workshop in SpanishCabo Corrientes, Mexico, Nov 2009• English as a Second Language Reading Program: read with elementary school Latino studentsChapel Hill, North Carolina, 2003-2004• Carolina Tiger Rescue: cared for animals of the Carnivora orderPittsboro, North Carolina, 2003• Earth Day UNC Events: organized and taught elementary school programsChapel Hill, North Carolina, 2002Skills and Certifications • ArcGIS training by the Geomatics and Sustainability Division of NC CPCC, Jan-May 2010• Experienced in inclement weather camping and acclimation• Familiar with herbaria in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Europe, and the United States• Proficient in ArcGIS, Excel, R Project, and Adobe PhotoshopLanguages • Spanish: proficient in reading, speaking, and writing• Botanical Latin: proficient in writing species diagnosesJennifer A. Gruhn Page 2