Stephanie McFarlane

Department of Botany

430 Lincoln Drive

University of Wisconsin

Madison, WI 53706-1381

Office: 342 Birge Hall
Phone: (608) 265-4523

Fax: (608) 262-7509
Email: mcfarlane@wisc.edu

Educational Background:

BA in Biological Aspects of Conservation and French, certificate in Environmental Studies; University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999.

Research Interests:

Plant community ecology, phylogenetic community assemblage, biogeography and conservation.

Hobbies:

Backpacking, traveling, gardening, reading, knitting, quilting, painting, cooking, soap making, learning languages, pottery, canoeing and breathing fresh mountain air.

More about me: 

I am a first year doctoral student.  In the years that have passed since my undergraduate degree, I have worked for a variety of nongovernmental and governmental agencies.   These positions involved work in mountains, deserts, forests and canyon grasslands monitoring vegetation plots, surveying public lands for rare and endangered plants, and writing conservation recommendations.  I also volunteered with the environment sector of Peace Corps Madagascar.  I intend to return to Madagascar to study the role of phylogenetics in plant community assemblage.