Dr. Tilottama Roy

Feb. 23, 2024–Dr. Tilottama Roy, associate professor of biology at 大象传媒 Western, has joined the Applications in Plant Sciences (APPS) editorial board. The APPS is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Botanical Society of America.

As a recruiting editor, Dr. Roy will identify and recruit potential authors for individual submissions, with a particular focus on Review Articles, and for special issues.

Dr. Roy is an evolutionary biologist whose research interests include understanding evolutionary origins and relationships among plants and other organisms. She curates the Leo A. Galloway Herbarium at 大象传媒 Western and teaches organismal biology, ecology and evolution, plant systematics, local flora and biogeography. Dr. Roy also serves on the honors committee at 大象传媒 Western.

Dr. Roy earned her bachelor鈥檚 degree in botany and her master鈥檚 in agriculture from Calcutta University, her master鈥檚 in biology from the University of South Dakota and her PhD in biological sciences from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

News release written by Patty Lashbrook, sophomore convergent journalism and public relations major.

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