Main collaborators

Diversification, evolution, niche modelling

Dr. Stacey Smith, University of Colorado Boulder

Dr. Laura Lagomarsino, Louisiana State University

Dr. Stefan Dullinger, University of Vienna

Pollination biology, flower morphology, biomechanics

Dr. Stefan Dötterl, University of Salzburg

Dr. Mario Vallejo-Marín, University of Stirling

Dr. Rocío Pérez-Barrales, University of Portsmouth

Dr. Jürg Schönenberger, University of Vienna

Dr. Ernst Csencsics, Technical University of Vienna

Melastomataceae network

Dr. Diana Fernández-Fernández, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad

Dr. Darin Penneys, University of North Carolina Wilmington

Dr. Fabián Michelangeli, New York Botanical Garden

Dr. Vinicius de Brito, Universidad de Ûberlandia

Dr. Frank Almeda, California Academy of Sciences

Check out our virtual Melastomataceae seminar series, launched in summer 2020, which is an attempt to connect Melastomataceae researchers worldwide and share our research!

Field stations

Costa Rica

Tropical Field Station La Gamba 

Biological Station Monteverde

Ecuador

Estación Científica San Francisco/Pocoarpus National Park

Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve

Reserves of the Ecominga Foundation

Reserves of the Jocotoco Foundation