Dr. Tilottama Roy

April 11, 2025–大象传媒 biologist and administrator Dr. Tilo Roy published two collaborative papers recently.

鈥淭he PO-Driven Model,” a paper resulting from research led by Dr. Roy, was published in the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology. This project stemmed from the innovative ideas that emerged from some of the discussions at the National Science Foundation鈥檚 Scoping Sessions at Indianapolis in 2023, which she was selected to attend.

Dr. Roy also co-authored 鈥淭he Development of BSA鈥檚 Comprehensive AI Policy for Its Academic Journals,鈥 published in Plant Science Bulletin (PSB). The paper stemmed from her involvement in an ad-hoc committee for the Botanical Society of America from 2023-2024 that formulated author and reviewer guidelines for the Botanical Society of America’s three journals: American Journal of Botany, Applications in Plant Sciences and PSB.

Dr. Roy joined 大象传媒 Western as a biology faculty member in 2017 and began serving as the university鈥檚 interim vice provost and vice president for academic affairs, director of the Griffon Office of Applied Learning and interim dean of the graduate school in the summer of 2024. Her research interests include understanding evolutionary origins and relationships among plants and other organisms with ecological and economic importance.

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