{"id":64,"date":"2017-08-01T16:30:24","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T16:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/lewallac\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2023-06-21T14:46:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T14:46:51","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/lewallac\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/lewallac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4169\/2023\/06\/Lab-logo3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"421\" src=\"http:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/lewallac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4169\/2023\/06\/Lab-logo3-1024x421.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/lewallac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4169\/2023\/06\/Lab-logo3-1024x421.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/lewallac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4169\/2023\/06\/Lab-logo3-300x123.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/lewallac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4169\/2023\/06\/Lab-logo3-768x315.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/lewallac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4169\/2023\/06\/Lab-logo3-600x246.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/lewallac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4169\/2023\/06\/Lab-logo3-945x388.jpg 945w, https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/lewallac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4169\/2023\/06\/Lab-logo3.jpg 1339w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Plants are Diverse and Fascinating!<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Plant Biodiversity lab at ODU we study how plants evolve and spread out across the landscape.\u00a0 <span class=\"textstyle3\">We use many different approaches to address a variety of questions in plant evolutionary biology from traditional taxonomy to phylogeography to population genetics.\u00a0 We combine field work with genetic datasets and sometimes greenhouse studies to investigate questions of interest. My work focuses on orchids, but students in the lab often choose other groups for their work. Click on the research tab for more details about specific projects on-going in the lab and the people tab to learn about student-led research.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Undergraduate students: If you are interested in participating in research in my lab, please contact me by email (lewallac-at-odu.edu). I have volunteer and, occasionally, paid positions available and opportunities to work in my molecular genetics lab, the Kaplan Orchid Conservatory, the ODU Herbarium, or the Norfolk Botanical Garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #339966\"><strong>Research experiences for undergraduates interested in plant biology &#8211; go <a style=\"color: #339966\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/treebud1\/summer-research-experiences\/\">here<\/a> for more details. Applications are due in March each year.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Potential Graduate Students:&nbsp; Please contact me at lewallac-at-odu.edu with inquiries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plants are Diverse and Fascinating! In the Plant Biodiversity lab at ODU we study how plants evolve and spread out across the landscape.\u00a0 We use many different approaches to address a variety of questions in plant evolutionary biology from traditional&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/lewallac\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6817,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/lewallac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/lewallac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/lewallac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/lewallac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/lewallac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/lewallac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":244,"href":"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/lewallac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions\/244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/lewallac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}