I currently have two ongoing projects that seek to determine the historical processes and present day genetic structure of the Fagaceae species in Colombia, with support from the Humboldt Institute and their Conservation Biology Program, and the Biotechnology Research Unit at CIAT . Bachelor Thesis with Eliana Gonzales-V. Universidad del Valle. Comparative analysis of genetic diversity and divergence of the common oak Quercus humboldtii and and Colombobalanus excelsa using chloroplast sequences and AFLP nuclear data. Cross-Amplification of Microsatellite Loci in a neotropical quercus species and standardization of DNA extraction from mature leaves dried in silica gel. L. J. Nason, D.R. Campbell, and J.F. Fernandez . 1999.
Landscape approaches to historical and contemporary gene flow in plants.
Sork, V. L., D. Campbell, R. Dyer, J Fernandez , J. Nason, R. Petit, P. Smouse, and E. Steinberg. Proceedings from a Workshop on Gene Flow in Fragmented, Managed, and Continuous Populations. National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, California. Research Paper No. 3. Conservacion de la biodiversidad - flora.