Hannah Butler
'Butterfly and Bird Pollination in the Paintbrush Lilly'
Hannah is a PhD student in Botany at the University of Kwazulu-Natal in the Pollination Research Lab in the Centre for Functional Biodiversity, at the School of Life Sciences. Hannah shares her presentation titled, 'Butterfly and Bird Pollination in the Paintbrush Lilly'.
Hannah's special interest in flowers started from a young age and she counts herself lucky that she now gets to call it her career! Hannah's research focuses on floral and fruit morphology and the mechanisms by which these traits mediate and are mediated by pollinator and disperser behaviour.
This is based on plant reproductive characters as well as breeding systems and assesses the evolutionary consequences this has on plant-pollinator and disperser interactions and ultimately reproductive output. Hannah's primary focus in on the African Amaryllidaeceae. Thus far she has worked on breeding systems in the genus Cyrtanthus. For her PhD in Botany, supervised by Professor Stephen D Johnson, Hannah is exploring the pollination, breeding and seed dispersal systems of select species in the sister genera Scadoxus and Haemanthus.
Hannah is passionate about bringing her knowledge and enthusiasm to undergraduates and others who will listen and is looking forward to pursuing a career in academia. She is currently a post-graduate representative for the School of Life Sciences and the current curator of the pollination lab's blog. Hannah is also reigning School of Life Sciences best brownie baker (until someone is brave enough to take up the challenge!)
Hannah can be contacted on 215048231@stu.ukzn.ac.za or https://pollinationresearch.wordpress.com/
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