User:Paalexan

Full name: Patrick Alexander Hometown: Bloomington, Indiana Current location: Las Cruces, New Mexico Education: Bachelor of Arts from Indiana University, 2004, double-major in Philosophy & Biology. Doctor of Philosophy from New Mexico State University, 2011, research on phylogenetics and hybrid speciation in Brassicaceae. Website: http://www.polyploid.net/ Joined wikipedia: November, 2005. Interests: I'll probably write or modify pages relating to either botany, general biology, or southwestern US geography. Within botany my main interests are in general procedural/ideological problems (species concepts, methods of phylogenetic reconstruction, cladism, etc.) and in mustards & ferns (though my interests span all plants at one point or another). Within SW geography my biases are towards the aspects of topography that influence botany--meaning elevations, ecosystems, rock types, etc. rather than culture or history.