September 04, 2024
Linda Blaser
Research by Camila Pizano featured at global symposium and in The Economist
The Economist featured research conducted by Assistant Professor of Biology Camila Pizano in an article covering 100 years of research on Barro Colorado Island in Panama.
The weekly newspaper included Pizano in its coverage of the 100th anniversary celebratory symposium of Barro Colorado Island at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama, June 17–20, 2024.
The symposium marked a century of research on the island that continues to shed light on natural life. “The world’s most studied rainforest is still yielding new insights” was included in The Economist on July 6, 2024.
Of the dozens of presentations made during the celebratory symposium, The Economist included a summary of Pizano’s work, who presented her research talk on tropical tree speciation at the Barro Colorado Island 100-Year Celebration Symposium. Her session, “The two cryptic species of Trema micrantha of Barro Colorado Island: A model for tropical tree speciation?,” covered ecological differences between two morphopecies of the commonly known Jamaican nettletree, distinguished by the size of their seeds and the types of habitats each prefers in Panama tropical forests.
Related links:
- Meet Assistant Professor of Biology Camila Pizano
- Explore the Department of Biology
- Study on ‘zombie fern’ with illustrations, research by Camila Pizano published