Meg Nibbelink


Meg Nibbelink
  • Doctoral Candidate

Contact Info

BI - Haworth Hall

Biography

Advisor: Kelly Matsunaga

Research Interest: Paleobotany, plant evolution, plant anatomy, plant morphology, systematics, lycophytes, ferns

Hometown: Fort Collins, Colorado

Education

B.S. in Botany, Humboldt State University
M.S. in Biology, Humboldt State University

Selected Publications

  • Nibbelink, Megan, Tomescu, Alexandru M. F. “Exploring zosterophyll relationships with a more complete sampling of character space: a focus on anatomy.” In prep.

Selected Presentations

  • Nibbelink, Megan, Tomescu, Alexandru M. F. “What does a broader sampling of character space reveal about zosterophyll relationships?” Botanical Society of America Virtual Conference. July 2021.
  • Nibbelink, Megan, Tomescu, Alexandru M. F. “The impact of broader sampling of character space on zosterophyll relationships”. Progressive Paleontology Virtual Conference. June 2021.
  • Nibbelink, Megan, Tomescu, Alexandru M. F. “Exploring zosterophyll relationships under a broader sampling of character space”. A Virtual Midcontinental Paleobotanical Colloquium. June 2021.
  • Nibbelink, Megan, Tomescu, Alexandru M. F. “Exploring zosterophyll diversity in the Emsian (Early Devonian) permineralized assemblages of the Battery Point Formation (Québec, Canada)”. Botanical Society of America Conference, Tucson, AZ. July 2019.

Awards & Honors

  • Nibbelink, M. Bill Dahl Graduate Student Research Award. The Botanical Society of America. $1,500. Spring 2021.
  • Nibbelink, M. Gregory Mark Jennings Award for Excellence in Botany. Humboldt State University. $1,000. Spring 2021.
  • Nibbelink, M. Milton J. Boyd Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award. Humboldt State University. $1,000. Spring 2020.
  • Nibbelink, M. Vernon Cheadle Travel Grant. Botanical Society of America. $500. Summer 2019.