AMANDA K. NEILL

Graduate Student
&
Doctoral Fellow

Institute of Systematic Botany
THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
200th St. & Kazimiroff Blvd.
Bronx, New York, USA
10458-5126

Fax: (718) 817-8648
Phone: (718) 267-3716
E-mail: aneill@nybg.org


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DISSERTATION RESEARCH
Systematics and biogeography of the neotropical genus Gurania (Cucurbitaceae)

Advisor: Dr. Michael Nee

EDUCATION
Sep 2000–present             Ph.D. Fellow at the NYBG, joint program in Plant Sciences, CUNY
Aug 2000                      M.S. in Botany, Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 4.0 GPA
Dec 1997                      B.S. in Horticulture, Minor in Botany, TAMU

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Jan 1998–Aug 2000          Graduate Teaching Assistant, TAMU:
                                       Botany 301: Taxonomy of Flowering Plants (8 labs)
                                                  Botany 328: Economic Botany (3 labs)
                                                  Botany 620: Graduate Field Systematic Botany (1 lab)



HERBARIUM EXPERIENCE
Sept 2000–present           Graduate Research Assistant, NY Herbarium, NYBG
May 1996–Aug 2000         Student Researcher, TAMU and TAES herbaria, TAMU

FIELD EXPERIENCE--CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
25 Sep–20 Oct 2001            Peru:  Gurania (Cucurbitaceae) collection and observation at the Los Amigos Concession, Madre de Dios state.
4 Sep–30 Sep 2000           Ecuador: Gurania, palm, and cycad collection in the Esmeraldas, Napo, and Zamora-Chinchipe provinces, funded
                                                by the Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC), Miami, Florida.
19 Jul–17 Aug 1999            Belize: Palm and cycad collection in the Columbia Forest Reserve and southern and central Belize, funded by the
                                                MBC.
17 Dec 1997–10 Jan 1998   Belize: Botanical field assistant in the Columbia Forest Reserve.
Aug 1996                            Costa Rica: Botanical field assistant at La Selva Biological Station and in the Caribbean coastal forests.

FIELD EXPERIENCE--TEXAS
Mar–Aug 2000                   Research Assistant: Botanical survey and ecological assesment of Keechi Creek Wildlife Management Area,
                                                  funded by a contract with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Jan 1998–Aug 2000            M.S. thesis project: The Vascular Flora of Madison County, Texas.
May 1996–Dec 1997           Independent undergraduate research project: Floristics of Madison County, Texas.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Institute of Biological Sciences
American Society of Plant Taxonomists
Botanical Society of America
The Cucurbit Network: Editor, The Cucurbit Network News
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society



PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Neill, A.K. 1999. Vicia lutea (Fabaceae), new to Texas. Sida 18(4):1265-66.
Neill, A.K. & H.D. Wilson. 2001. The vascular flora of Madison County, Texas. Sida. (accepted)
Janovec, J.P. & A.K. Neill. (in prep.) The Compsoneura atopa complex (Myristicaceae): new species, biogeographic patterns, and evolutionary
    implications. Brittonia.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Neill, A.K. 2000. The Vascular Flora of Madison County, Texas. M.S. thesis, Texas A&M University.
Neill, A.K. 2000. The Vascular Flora of Madison County, Texas, Website.
     <http://BIOCOURSE.BIO.TAMU.EDU/graduate-students/neilla/madhome.htm>
Neill, A.K. & J.P. Janovec. 2001. Occidente y Oriente: collecting palms and cycads in Ecuador. The Montgomery News 9(2):5.
Janovec, J.P. & A.K. Neill. 2000. Exploring the palms and cycads of Belize. The Montgomery News 8(1):8.


ILLUSTRATION GALLERY 
Carex gigantea
Compsoneura spp. 1             5
Eleocharis sp.
Hibiscus sp.
Jatropha x compacta
Quercus shumardii
Mole Cricket foreleg 
Polystoechotes plate



Photos by John P. Janovec.  TOP: Pressing plants in Loreto, Ecuador (L), Rio Nangaritza, Ecuador (R).  GALLERY: Sabal  inflorescence in Belize(L), Pressing plants with Valentino Tzub, San Jose Village, Belize (M), Ceratozamia with John Janovec, Columbia Forest Reserve, Belize (R).
Text and illustration copyrights, Amanda Neill.
This page last updated 21 November 2001.