Megan Nibbelink


Megan Nibbelink
  • Ph.D Student - Paleobotany

Contact Info

Haworth Hall

Research

Research areas include plant evolution, plant anatomy, plant morphology, systematics, lycophytes, ferns. 

Advisor: Kelly Matsunaga

Teaching

Graduate Student Teaching Assistant - Humboldt State University: August 2019 – May 2021

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. 

Grants & Other Funded Activity

Botanical Society of America Bill Dahl Graduate Student Research Award (2021)

Humboldt State University Gregory Mark Jennings Award for Excellence in Botany Awards (2021)

Humboldt State University Milton J. Boyd Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award (2020)

Humboldt State University Master’s Student Grant (2020, 2021)

Botanical Society of America Vernon Cheadle Travel Grant (2019)