Graduate Student Email: lana.gaspard@uga.edu Lab: DeMarche Lab | Miller Plant Sciences Research Research Areas: Ecology & Global Change Evolutionary Biology Research Interests: I am interested in the resiliency of plants and how they adapt to changing environments in the context of climate change. My research will investigate the environmental conditions triggering plant dormancy and germination, specifically focusing on the species Chamaecrista fasciculata (partridge pea). Grants: 2026 UGA Graduate School Master's Fellows Award Selected Publications Selected Publications: Gaspard, L. F., Harb, E., Holt Jr, S. D., Patterson, C. M., & Kooyers, N. J. (2026). Interactions between maternal provisioning and natural selection on seed mass fluctuate across heat waves. American Journal of Botany, e70196. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=zmaykgQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao Education Education: Admission to the M.S. Program in the Plant Biology Department at the University of Georgia, 2026. B.S. Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2026.
