Lisa E. Wallace
		Assistant Professor
		Education B.S. Biology, College of William and Mary M.A. Biology, College of William and Mary Ph.D. Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biol., The Ohio State University Postdoctoral Research University of South Dakota
				Contact Information
		Statement of Research Interests		222 Harned Hall 662.325.7575 662.325.7939 Fax lisawallace@biology.msstate.edu Lab Web Page
		Research in my lab combines the laboratory tools of molecular genetics with the conceptual tools of population genetics and phylogenetics to understand mechanisms of evolutionary divergence in plants. Current projects include phylogenetics and biogeography of Schiedea in the Hawaiian Islands; phylogeography, evolution, and conservation of endemic Lotus on the California Channel Islands; systematics and population genetics of Platanthera orchids; and landscape genetics of Canada thistle, an invasive species.
		Selected Publications
		Wallace, L.E. 2006. Spatial genetic structure and frequency of interspecific hybridization in Platanthera aquilonis and P. dilatata (Orchidaceae) occurring in sympatry. American Journal of Botany 93: 1001-1009.
		Wallace, L.E. 2004. A comparison of genetic variation & structure in the allopolyploid Platanthera huronensis & its diploid progenitors, Platanthera aquilonis & Platanthera dilatata (Orchidaceae). Canadian Journal of Botany 82:244-252.
		Holsinger, K.E. & L.E. Wallace. 2004. Bayesian approaches for the analysis of population genetic structure: an example from Platanthera leucophaea (Orchidaceae). Molecular Ecology 13:887-894.
Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, 130 Harned Hall, Lee Blvd., Mississippi State, MS 39762