Earlier this winter, Rafael Medina was offered a tenure-track position at Augustana College. Rafa completed his dissertation at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in Spain, in Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity. His dissertation was entitled: “Estudios de taxonomía integrativa en el género Orthotrichum Hedw., subgénero Pulchella” (Integrative taxonomy studies on the genus Orthotrichum, subgen. Pulchella). Apto Cum Laude. He then joined our lab to lead the phylogenomic reconstruction of the Funariales. Congratulations!