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PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (in progress), University of Kansas Advanced to candidacy May 2023 MSc, Biology (2021), Humboldt State University Thesis. BSc, Botany (2019), Humboldt State University
University of Kansas Graduate Studies Summer Research Scholarship (2024) University of Kansas EEB Obee Botany Scholarship (2024) Botanical Society of America Paleobotany Section Remy, Remy, and Winslow Travel Award (2024) University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Kolsky Endowment Travel Award (2024) Association for Women Geoscientists Osage Chapter Graduate Research Scholarship (2023) Kansas City Association of Earth Science Clubs Research Grant (2023) Botanical Society of America Student Travel Award (2023) University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Weidemann Endowment Graduate Student Travel Award (2022, 2023) University of Kansas EEB Botany Endowment Travel Award (2022, 2023, 2024) Botanical Society of America Bill Dahl Graduate Student Research Award (2021) Gregory Mark Jennings Award for Excellence in Botany (2021) 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)
Nibbelink, M., B. Atkinson, R. Mindell, K. Matsunaga. In prep. "An anatomically-preserved cyathealean fertile frond from the Late Cretaceous of British Columbia, Canada."
Nibbelink, M., A.M.F. Tomescu. 2022. “Exploring zosterophyll relationships with a more complete sampling of character space: a focus on anatomy.” International Journal of Plant Sciences - Francis Hueber Tribute. 183(6):535-547. PDF. Matrix. Supplementals.
Teaching Assistant University of Kansas January 2022 - present Courses: Systematics, Biostatistics, Biometry* Teaching Assistant Humboldt State University August 2019 - May 2021 Courses: General Botany, Evolutionary Morphology of Vascular Plants*, Developmental Plant Anatomy* Data and Software Workshop Instructor The Carpentries June 2022 - present Workshops: Data Carpentry Ecology: R (Helper) Workshop website.
Supplemental Instruction Leader Humboldt State University January 2018 - May 2019 Course: General Botany About Supplemental Instruction. Tutor Humboldt State University September 2016 - May 2017 Courses: Precalculus, Statistics, Chemistry, Physics, Botany, Biology
Nibbelink, M., R. Serbet, K. Matsunaga. "A rare anatomically-preserved lycopod fossil from the Triassic of Anatarctica". Botanical Society of America Conference. Boise, ID. July 2023.
Nibbelink, M.* "A phylogenetic exploration of zosterophylls and the impact of broader anatomical sampling in fossil plant phylogeny." Willi Hennig Society Breaking Isolation virtual lecture series. November 18, 2022 You can watch the recording here.
Nibbelink, M., B. Atkinson, R. Mindell, K. Matsunaga. "A new permineralized cyathealean fertile frond segment from the Late Cretaceous of British Columbia, Canada." Botanical Society of America Conference. Anchorage, AK. July 2022. Abstract.
Nibbelink, M., A.M.F. Tomescu. "What does a broader sampling of character space reveal about zosterophyll relationships?" Botanical Society of America Conference. Virtual. July 2021. Abstract.
Nibbelink, M., A.M.F. Tomescu. "The impact of broader sampling of character space on zosterophyll relationships." Progressive Paleontology Conference. Virtual. June 2021. Abstract.
Nibbelink, M., A.M.F. Tomescu. "Exploring zosterophyll relationships under a broader sampling of character space." Midcontinental Paleobotanical Colloquium Conference. Virtual. June 2021. Abstract.
Nibbelink, M., A.M.F. Tomescu. "Exploring zosterophyll diversity in the Emsian (Early Devonian) permineralized assemblages of the Battery Point Formation (Quebec, Canada)" Botanical Society of America Conference. Tucson, AZ. July 2019. Abstract.
Journal of Paleontology (1)
Review of Paleobotany and Palynology (1 - supervised)
Paleobotany Collections Assistant University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute August 2021 - December 2021 Staff Botanist TransTerra Consulting, LLC. May 2019 - August 2021
Dennis K. Walker Greenhouse Assistant Humboldt State University May 2017 - May 2021 Core Research Facility Assistant Humboldt State University College of Nat. Res. and Sciences August 2018 - May 2019
Outreach Liaison to the Girl Scouts of America University of Kansas Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Organization August 2021 - present Vice President University of Kansas Student Chapter of the Botanical Society of America April 2022 - December 2022 Vice President Humboldt State University Biology Graduate Student Association August 2019 - December 2019
In Defense of Plants Podcast guest ep.431 - "The Mysteries of Lycopod Evolution" Listen here. Outreach tabling KU Natural History Museum Paleobotany Division Biodiversity Institute Plant Sale (Fall 2021), HawkWeek (Fall 2022), Can You Dig It? (Fall 2022), Celebrating Women in Science (Spring 2023), National Fossil Day Celebration (Fall 2023) Graduate Student panelist University of Kansas Diversify the Natural Sciences Graduate Admissions Workshop (Fall 2023)
American Fern Society Botanical Society of America Paleobotanical section Pteridological section American Society of Plant Taxonomists
Society for the Study of Evolution Society of Systematic Biologists Willi Hennig Society Association for Women Geoscientists Geological Society of America Paleontological Society