Loreen Allphin, plant ecologist/conservation geneticist, received her doctorate in 1996 from the University of Utah (biology with an ecology and evolution emphasis). She has served on the faculty at Brigham Young University from 1996-present. She is currently a faculty member in the Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences at Brigham Young University in Provo, UT, USA, where she serves as chair of the departmental graduate committee. Since 2003, she has also served as an adjunct curator of plants at the Utah Museum of Natural History in Salt Lake City, UT, USA. . Dr. Allphin teaches undergraduate courses in conservation biology, genetics and reproduction in natural populations, ecology, and medicinal botany. Her research interests include: ecological and conservation genetics of rare plant populations; systematics of Brassicaceae, primarily the genera Boechera and Draba in western North America; phylogeography of rare plant genera and species in western North America; exploration of biogeographic patterns associated endemism and rarity in plants; plant population and community ecology; and plant reproductive ecology.
Research Interests
Ecological and conservation genetics of rare plant populations; systematics of Brassicaceae, primarily the genera Boechera and Draba in western North America; phylogeography of rare plant genera and species in western North America; exploration of biogeographic patterns associated endemism and rarity in plants; plant population and community ecology; plant reproductive ecology.
Teaching Interests
Dr. Allphin teaches undergraduate courses in genetics and reproduction in natural populations, ecology, and medicinal botany. She also teaches a graduate course in quantitative ecology.
Honors and Awards
RSEC Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, Range Science Education Council and Society for Range Management
(2019 - 2019)
Fellow Award, Society for Range Management
(2018 - 2018)
Distinguished Service Award, College of Life Sciences, Brigham Young University
(2017 - 2017)
Citizenship Award, Faculty Women's Association
(2016 - 2016)
Faculty Award for Distinguished Contributions to Accessibility, University Accessibility Center, Brigham Young University
(2012 - 2012)
John A. Widstoe Fellowship, Brigham Young University
(2001 - 2002)
Memberships
Society for Range Management (2005 - Present)
American Fern Society (2000 - Present)
American Society of Plant Taxonomists (2000 - Present)
Ecological Society of America (1996 - Present)
Faculty Women's Association (1996 - Present)
Utah Native Plant Society (1996 - Present)
Botanical Society of America (1994 - Present)
Professional Citizenship
Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Rangeland Ecology and Management (2013 - Present)
Committee/Council Member, Society for Range Management; Student Activities Committee (2007 - Present)
Committee/Council Chair, Society for Range Management (2015 - 2019)
Courses Taught
Publications
Mikiah R McGinnSteven L PetersenMelissa S ChelakRandy T LarsenLoreen AllphinBrock R McMillanDennis Lee EggettTerry A MessmerMikiah C McGinnSteven L PetersenMelissa S ChalekRandy T LarsenBrock R McMillanDennis Lee EggettLoreen AllphinTerry A MessmerMichael D. WindhamKathleen M. PryerLoreen AllphinLeah N. KnightonSteven L. PetersonGail H. CollinsLoreen AllphinNeil C HansenHaley B. JohnstonRussell B. RaderScott L. JensenWilliam F ChristensenBruce A RoundyVal Jo AndersonStanley G KitchenLoreen AllphinThomas H BatesVal Jo AndersonRobert L JohnsonSteven L PetersenLoreen AllphinDustin RooksThomas H BatesVal Jo AndersonRobert L JohnsonSteven L PetersenLoreen AllphinDustin RooksMelissa LandeenStanley G KitchenSteven L PetersenLoreen AllphinMelissa L LandeenLoreen AllphinStanley G KitchenSteven L PetersenAndrew OrlemannSteven H. FlindersLoreen AllphinJulie A. MillerThomas Scott SmithJanene AugerHal L. BlackLoreen AllphinPatrick J AlexanderMichael D WindhamJames BeckIhsan Al-ShebazLoreen AllphinDonovan BaileyMichael D Windham Loreen AllphinFay Wei LiJames BeckCatherine RushworthIhsan Al-ShebazPatrick AlexanderC Donovan BaileyPatrick J AlexanderMichael D WindhamJames B BeckIhsan Al-ShehbazLoreen AllphinC Donovan BaileyJames B BeckPatrick J AlexanderLoreen AllphinIhsan A Al-ShehbazC. Donovan BaileyMichael D WindhamDelbert WiensLoreen AllphinMichael WallMichele R SlatonStephen D DavisLoreen AllphinMonica JohnsonDavid TaitLoreen AllphinL A HuntVal Jo AndersonLoreen AllphinN. BrianT. MatthesonD. WiensLoreen AllphinD. MansfieldG. ThackrayT. TischnerLoreen AllphinK. ChaseF. AdlerJ. OrfK. G LarkC. J. HansenLoreen AllphinM. D. WindhamLoreen AllphinM. D. WindhamLoreen AllphinD. WiensK. T. Harper
Presentations
Sidney WadsworthMadison HuieRandy T LarsenThomas Scott SmithSteven FlindersLoreen Allphin
Madison HuieSteven H FlindersSidney WadsworthHeather ShippLoreen Allphin
