Research Associate, Goffinet Lab Ecology & Evolutionary Biology University of Connecticut Education
University of Connecticut, Storrs: Ph.D, Goffinet Lab, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. Graduated Spring 2015
The University of South Florida, Tampa: Bachelors of Science, Environmental Science & Policy, Graduated Spring 2007
Peer Reviewed Publications
Lewis LR, Rozzi R, Goffinet B. 2014. Direct long-distance dispersal shapes a New World amphitropical disjunction in the dispersal-limited dung moss Tetraplodon (Bryopsida: Splachnaceae). Journal of Biogeography DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12385.
Lewis LR, Behling E, Gousse H, Qian E, Elphick CS, Lamarre JF, Bety J, Liebezeit J, Rozzi R. 2014. First evidence of bryophyte diaspores in the plumage of transequatorial migrant birds. PeerJ 2:e424. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.424.
Rozzi, R., F. Massardo, Y. Medina, K. Moses, P. Caballero, E. Camelio, V. Morales, L. Lewis, B. Goffinet, M. Mendez, L. Cavieres, J. Chávez & S. Russell. 2010. Ecoturismo con lupa: integración de las ciencias ecológicas y la ética ambiental. Ambiente y Desarrollo XXIV (2): 30–37.
Books
Goffinet B, Rozzi R, Lewis L, Buck W, Massardo F. 2012. Miniature Forests of Cape Horn: Ecotourism with a Hand Lens. University of North Texas & Universidad de Magellanes, ISBN-13: 9781574414486.
Rozzi R, Lewis L, Massardo F, Medina Y, Moses Y, Méndez M, Sancho L, Vezzani P, Russell S, Goffinet B. 2012. Ecotourism with a Hand Lens at Omora Park. Ediciones Universidad de Magallanes, ISBN 978-956-9160-00-4.
Fellowships
UConn Graduate School Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship 2014 – Research Funding
- UConn College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Graduate Fellowship Fall 2014 – Tuition
- Switzer Environmental Fellowship 2013-2014 – Professional Development & Grant Award
*UConn Today Story! - NSF Graduate Research Fellow: 5/2010 – 5/2015 – Tuition & Stipend
- NSF Funded Bryophyte Bonanza Challenge Fellowship: 6/2012 – Conference & Associated expenses
- NSF International Research Experience for Students, Southern Chile, Univ. of N.Texas: 11/2009 – 1/2010: Field work & travel funding
Research Grants
- NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, “Resolving bipolar phylogeographic histories in dispersal limited mosses: a RAD-Seq approach”: 2013 – 2015
- UCONN Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Ronald Bamford Fund: 4/2012: Fieldwork funding
- UCONN Center for Conservation and Biodiversity, Silander Award: 2/2011: Research funding
Awards
- Sharp Best Student Talk – Honorable Mention, American Bryological & Lichenological Society Botany 2015: 7/2015, Presentation of RADseq work
- PeerJ Picks 2015 – Lewis et al. 2014, PeerJ 424 one of top 20 PeerJ papers
- Best Student Presentation 3rd Intl. Mtg for Systematics of Bryophytes 2012: 6/2012, Presentation on PhD thesis work
- Outstanding Graduate Student Leader – UConn Rainbow Center, 2013: 4/21/2013, Co-facilitator LGBTQIA Graduate & Non-Traditional Student Group