Welcome to the Botany Department!
Welcome to the Botany Department at Oklahoma State University. We are a dynamic group devoted to understanding plant biology, from molecules to ecosystems. Our faculty have comprehensive research programs, and regularly publish in top tier journals. We are committed to excellence in teaching, and we provide opportunities for research experiences for our undergraduates. The Graduate Program includes master’s and doctoral degrees. Explore why OSU is the place to study plants!
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The Botany Department Office has moved to 301 Physical Sciences. Several faculty have moved their offices and labs over to the 3rd and 4th floors of Physical Sciences. We also have two new classrooms in Physical Science where we will teach Ecology, Field Botany, Taxonomy, and other courses. Botany faculty continue to reside in the basement of Life Science East and the 2nd floor of Life Science West, with a few faculty in the new Henry Bellmon Research Center. The OSU Herbarium continues to be housed in the LSE basement. |
Balloon Flower
Rebecca Bornstein
2011 OSUBS Photo Contest
4th place
OSUBS News -
2012 Photo Calendars!
As always, our calendar will feature the OSUBS Photo Contest Winners. This year, the price has been reduced to $15! They make great holiday or birthday gifts.
If you would like to reserve yours, the form and cash drop box are just below the departmental mailboxes in PS 301. Fill out the order sheet and place cash in a sealed envelope labeled with your name, email, and calendar quantity. To stay up to date on all of OSUBS activities,like us on Facebook!
Ron Tyrl, Botany Emeritus Professor, inducted into the Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame on October 11, 2011 at the Jim Thorpe Museum in Oklahoma City. For more information, see News and Events page.
Johnny Lloyd, Botany M.S. student with David Meinke, selected by the Graduate College for the OSU Graduate Student Distinguished Fellowship.
Angela Rein, Botany M.S. student with Mark Fishbein, awarded grant funds from the Systematics Research Fund and the Society of Systematic Biologists to pursue her research of Matelea subgenus Chthamalia.
Lupita Borja, Botany M.S. student with Andrew Doust, awarded the OSU Summer Graduate College Research Fellowship and funds from the Genetics Section of the Botanical Society of America for her research of the Southeastern bladderpods (Paysonia spp.).
Jake Long, Botany master's student, has been accepted into the SING Workshop. This Summer Internship in Genomics (SING) is a one-week workshop for Native Americans to train them in concepts and methods currently used in genomics. Jake is a member of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma.
News & Announcements
Nicole Bryant and Molly Parkhust, graduate students in the Department of Botany, have been awarded the Bridge to Doctorate Fellowship from the Oklahoma Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, funded by the National Science Foundation. Molly, a second year M.S. student with Janette Steets, will research genetic and phenotypic diversity in Sorghum bicolor. Nicole is a first year graduate student studying Arabidopsis genetics with David Meinke.
Channing Richardson, Botany Ph.D. student, and his advisor Mike Palmer awarded new research grant from US Forest Service on "The effects of prescribed burning on epiphtic bryophytes in the Ouachita National Forest of Oklahoma."
Ben Haack, Botany undergraduate, awarded Speairs Fellowship for summer 2011. He will work in the OSU Herbarium with the Herbarium Director Mark Fishbein.
Wyatt Sharber (Botany/Zoology B.S.) awarded the Lisa D. Anness Graduate Fellowship to pursue a Ph.D. in tropical systematics at the University of Miami Dept. of Biology.
Lydia Meador awarded a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship to be used in her Ph.D. studies at Arizona State University.
Lydia Meador, Botany undergraduate student, has recently been named an OSU Outstanding Senior by the OSU Alumni Association and an Arts & Science Outstanding Senior. Lydia was also awarded the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship, OSU's 18th student ever to be selected.
Nicole Bryant, Botany/Microbiology undergraduate, was selected as the Botany Outstanding Senior for 2010-11. She is also the first author on a paper accepted for publication in Plant Physiology, along with Johnny Lloyd, Botany M.S. student and Regents Professor David Meinke.
Alex Hardison, Botany undergraduate, has been selected as an OK-LSAMP research scholar for the 2011-12 academic year.
Four Botany faculty received new OCAST research grants. Bill Henley will study the use of algae for biofuels; Mark Fishbein will study the phylogenomics of anti-insect defenses in milkweeds; Andrew Doust and Janette Steets will study the use of foxtail millet to improve drought resistance in biofuel grasses.
Jake Long, Botany M.S. student, is awarded the American Indian Graduate Center Fellowship for 2010-2011.
Alesia Hallmark Sharber , Zoology/Botany undergraduate, awarded a Udall Scholarship for 2010-11.
Contact Information
Oklahoma State University, Department of Botany, 301 Physical Science,
Stillwater, OK 74078-3013
E-mail: botany@okstate.edu, Telephone: (405) 744-5559, Fax: (405) 744-7074