Martha Case
Associate Professor
Office: Millington Hall 114Phone: 757 221 2223
Email: [[macase]]
Webpage: {{http://macase.people.wm.edu/}}
Background
Year of arrival
1994. Associate Professor. B.A., Biology, Michigan State University,
Lansing, 1984; Ph.D., Botany & Plant Pathology (Plant
Systematics), Michigan State University, Lansing, 1993.
My
long-term research interests include the study of evolutionary
processes within plant populations, particularly slipper orchids, and
the analysis of genetic differences among populations. I am
especially interested in how the demographic, life history, and
ecological characteristics of orchids influence their patterns of
intra- and interpopulational genetic variation and contribute to
speciation patterns.
I have also recently initiated several
other projects with my students. These include a floristic analysis
of Totuskey Creek Watershed on the Northern Neck Peninsula, analyses
of lichen diversity in the Williamsburg area, and the conservation
biology of American ginseng. The projects involving American ginseng
include the influence of breeding system on fitness, documentation of
potential loss of populations throughout history, and conservation
genetics
Mulberry photo courtesy of Pablo Yanez
