We are delighted to announce that Jessica (Budke) was offered and accepted a position a tenure-track position at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she will join the EEB department and will direct the UT Herbarium. Congratulations.

Jessica was co-advised by Dr. Cynthia Jones and Bernard Goffinet. She completed her MSc in 2006, presenting a thesis entitled “Peristome development and phylogenetic relationships of the moss Timmia megapolitana Hedw.” Her Ph.D. dissertation, “Examining the gametophytic calyptra and its role in sporophyte development of the moss Funaria hygrometrica Hedw.”, was presented in 2011. Jessica then moved to the University of California Davis were she held a Katherine Esau Postdoctoral Research Fellow.

Lily Lewis and Jessica Budke on a navy ship in the Beagle channel (Cape Horn)

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