Asia T. Hightower

This paper introduces the Euler Characteristic Transform (ECT) for classifying plant shapes and predicting leaf venation from blade geometry using deep learning.

This study shows that high urban heat limits fruit morphology and reproduction in Capsella bursa-pastoris but not growth or survival.

The paper introduces a Python-based method using pseudo-landmarks and Procrustes analysis to compare leaf shapes across species and development, showing shape transitions and genetic correlations.

This study uses geometric morphometric modeling to show that Capsella bursa-pastoris leaf shape variation is strongly linked to temperature, with no change in variation over 100 years.