Kirsten Fisher
Curriculum Vitae
Kirsten M. Fisher
University Herbarium and Department of Integrative Biology
University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley, CA 94720
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts (Biology), University of California,
Santa Cruz (Spring 1996).
Graduate School, University of California, Berkeley (Fall 1998-present).
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Bryological and Lichenological Society, Summer
1999-present
Society for the Study of Evolution, Winter 2000-present
Society of Systematic Biologists, Winter 2000-present
California Botanical Society, Fall 2000-present
ACADEMIC ACHEIVEMENTS, HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS
College Honors, Porter College, University California
Santa Cruz 1996.
Chancellor's Scholarship, University of California Santa Cruz 1992-1996.
Phi Betta Kappa, U.C. Santa Cruz Chapter 1996
Recipient of University of California, Berkeley Gump Research Station
Fellowship for Summer 1999
Recipient of Graduate Research Funding through NSF PEET (Partnerships
for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy) grant Fall 1998
Recipient of American Bryological and Lichenological Society Student
Travel Award, Summer 1999, Summer 2000
Recipient of Deep Green Plant Phylogeny Research Coordination Group
Travel Award, Summer 2000
LANGUAGES
Spanish
PUBLICATIONS
La Farge, C., B.D. Mishler, J.A. Wheeler, D.P. Wall, K. Johannes, S. Schaffer, and A.J. Shaw. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships of the Haplolepideous Mosses. The Bryologist 103(2): 257-276.
Wheeler, J. A., D.P. Wall, K. Johannes, and B.D. Mishler. 2000. Congruence and convergence in the moss family Calymperaceae: phylogenetic analysis of two chloroplast genes (rbcL and rps4) and morphology. Systematic Biology (in press).
FIELD EXPERIENCE
1996 - Independent study in Monteverde, Costa Rica through the University of California Education Abroad Program (UCEAP).
1997 - Independent study with Dr. Mary Rose on ecology of Pacific coast Liliaceae, La Conner, Washington.
1999 - Field collection in Veracruz, Mexico with Dr. Brent Mishler and Dr. John Wheeler
1999 - Preliminary thesis research in the South Pacific through the UC Berkeley Gump Biological Research Station, Mo'orea, French Polynesia.
2000 - Field collection in Nevada with Dr. Brent Mishler
GENERAL STUDY AREAS
1. Plant systematics, phylogenetics
2. Phylogeography: reconstructing patterns of diversification in continental
and island taxa of the Paleotropics.
3. Comparative studies of ontogeny: investigating
possible mechanisms of morphological change and their potential link
to ecological and reproductive trends