After successfully defending her thesis, "Seeds as Artifacts of Communities of Practice: The Domestication of Erect Knotweed in Eastern North America", Natalie Mueller accepted a postdoctoral research position at the School of Integrated Plant Sciences at Cornell University. Her research on uncovering the first agricultural systems of North America has been featured in a number of regional and industry publications.
Mueller was recently featured on AgCultures, an online wesbite devoted to telling the stories of farmers, ranchers, and scientists working to understand agriculture. In a video on the site, Mueller describes the pre-columbian city of Cahokia and the crops thought to have been domesticated right outside of St. Louis.
WATCH "CAHOKIA AND ANCIENT AGRICULTURE"
Her newest publication, "Growing the lost crops of eastern North America's original agricultural system", was co-authored with Dr. Gayle Fritz and published in the journal Nature Plants.
Read a news article in The Columbus Dispatch about Dr. Mueller's work on lost crops in Ohio