Anna Wyngaarden

Graduate Student
Plant Biology Undergraduate Association (PBUA) Liaison
Lab:
DeMarche Lab | Miller Plant Sciences
Research Interests:

My research explores plant population dynamics and distribution patterns to understand the ecology of natural populations' responses to environmental change across space and through time. I approach ecological questions from applied and theoretical perspectives, and am partial to rare species and insular ecosystems with high levels of endemism. 

Grants:

2025 Graduate International Travel Award

2025 Southern Appalachian Botanical Society Travel Award

2024 Catherine H. Beattie Fellowship in Conservation Horticulture

2024 Palfrey Student Research Grant... 2023 Plant Science Fellow at Oak Spring Garden Foundation

2021-2023 GAIN Fellow

2023 Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance Travel Scholarship

2023 Graduate Student Travel Award

2022 US Fish & Wildlife Granite Outrop Pool Enhancement Award

2022 Palfrey Student Research Grant...2022 Haines Family Field Botany Grant

2022 Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance Travel Scholarship

Education:

Admission to the M.S. Program in the Plant Biology Department at the University of Georgia, 2021.

B.S. Horticulture, North Carolina State University, 2019.

Other Affiliations:
Articles Featuring Anna Wyngaarden

Anna Wyngarden, a PhD student in the DeMarche lab, was a guest on the In Defense of Plants podcast on May 5. Anna is interested in rare and endemic plant species and their habitats, particularly their range limits and…