Elizabeth McMurchie standing in front of some bamboo.

Elizabeth McMurchie

Position
  • Graduate Assistant
  • Advisor: Lynn Clark
Elizabeth McMurchie graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington in 2015, majoring in ecology, evolution, and organismal biology. She went on to study botany at George Mason University with Dr. Andrea Weeks while earning her Master of Science degree in evolutionary biology. Her thesis was based on her work completing a floristic survey at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship in Loudoun County, Virginia. At Iowa State University, she is in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology in the lab of Dr. Lynn G. Clark studying Neotropical woody bamboos. Her dissertation focuses on the systematics and functional traits of the genus Guadua, especially the G. paniculata species complex.

Contact

Contact Info

Bessey
2200 Osborn Dr.
Ames
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IA
50011-4009