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University of Hawai`i at Manoa
3190 Maile Way, Room 101
Honolulu, HI 96822

Dept. Chair:
Dr. Tom Ranker
Graduate Program Chair:
Dr. Tom Ranker

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Shane W. Shaw

Shane W. Shaw

  PhD Student

Systematics/Evolution Track
Mentor: Tom Ranker
Incoming Class of 2008

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Contact Information
Phone: (808) 956-8369
Fax: (808) 956-3923
Email: sws@hawaii.edu
Office: St John 502

University of Hawai`i at Manoa
3190 Maile Way, Room 101
Honolulu, HI 96822

Affiliations
Botany, American Fern Society: 2000-present, Vermont Bird and Botanical Club: 1999-2001; 2005-present, New England Botanical Club: 2006-present

Dissertation Title:
TBA

Research Interests:
I am interested in the evolution, development, anatomy, morphology, and taxonomic relationships of ferns and fern allies. Currently I am interested in the relationship between insects and ferns.


Awards:
  • Pteridological Section Student Travel Award. Botanical Society of America, Botany 2005, Austin, TX
  • Outstanding Graduating Senior in Natural Science, 1999 Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT

Publications:

  • Shaw, S.W., S.V. Sprunt, and M.S. Barker. 2008. Contribution to the pteridophyte flora of Puerto Rico. Amer. Fern J. 98(2): 107-111.

  • Shaw, S.W., and R. James Hickey. 2005. Comparative morphology of the glossopodia of three North American Isoetes ligules. Amer. Fern J. 95(3): 94-114.

  • Barker, M.S., S.W. Shaw, R.J. Hickey, J.E. Rawlins, and J. Fetzner. 2005. Lepidopteran soral crypsis on Caribbean ferns. Biotropica 37(2): 314-316.*

  • Shaw, S.W., M.S. Barker, and R.J. Hickey. 2004. New municipality records for Puerto Rican pteridophytes. Fern Gaz. 17:97-99.

* Highlighted in BBC Wildlife magazine and used in a public display at the Denver Botanic Garden.