Karen Samis
Description
Details
| Name | Karen Samis |
| Position | Faculty Member |
| ksamis@upei.ca | |
| Department(s) | Biology |
| Phone | (902) 620-5133 |
| Building | Duffy Science Centre 435 |
| Website | http://www.upei.ca/biology/ksamis |
Karen Samis
BiographyTitle: Assistant Professor
Education: BSc, University of Guelph; MSc, University of Guelph (2000); PhD, Queen’s University (2007)
Recent Citations
- Longitudinal trends in climate drive flowering time clines in North American Arabidopsis thaliana
- Broad geographic covariation between floral traits and the mating system in Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia (Onagraceae)
- Ecological correlates of fitness across the northern geographic range limit of a Pacific Coast dune plant
- Increased seed dispersal potential towards geographic range limits in a Pacific coast dune plant
- Genetic variation across species' geographical ranges
Research Interests
- Â Evolution across geographic range
- Molecular and ecological genetics of local adaptation
- Plant adaptations to their environments
- The effects of hybridization on endangered species
Grants
Infrastructure funding for evolutionary and ecological genetic laboratory- Leaders Opportunity Fund
- Canada Foundation for Innovation
- New Scholars Grant
- University of Prince Edward Island
