Maya L. Shamsid-Deen
-PhD student-
- she/her/hers
- Email:
- mlallen@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Kenneth Whitney
Education:
Northern Arizona University, Master of Science in Biology with an Emphasis in Ecology, Evolution, & Conservation Biology, 2017-2019, Tina Ayers
University of Alabama, Bachelor of Science in Biology, 2013-2017, Juan Lopez-Bautista
Research Area(s)
Evolutionary Biology, Plant Biology, Population Genetics & Phylogenetics
Research Interests:
Selected Publications:
Shamsid-Deen, M.L., Porter, J.M. 2022. Black Placemaking Under Environmental Stressors: Dryland Farming in the Arid Black Pacific, 1890-1930. Environment and Society 13(1):121-139. https://doi.org/10.3167/ares.2022.130108
Allen, M.L., Ayers, T. 2021. A Revised Classification of Glossopetalon (Crossosomataceae) Based on Restriction Site-Associated DNA Sequencing. Systematic Botany 6(3): 562 572. https://doi.org/10.1600/036364421X16312067913417
Awards:
- National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Ford Predoctoral Fellowship, Fall 2022.
- The University of Alabama Black Alumni Association 60 for 60 Honoree, 2023
- Botanical Society of America Ecological Section Student Presentation Award Botany 2023