OSCAR ALEJANDRO PÉREZ-ESCOBAR
TEAM
Current members
CHARLOTTE PHILLIPS
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Phd student - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Portsmouth University Project: Origin and evolution of the orchid flora in La Hispaniola Co-supervisor: Steven Dodsworth
Former members
RUDY DIAZ
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MSc student - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Queen Mary University of London MSc thesis: Unsupervised cluster analysis reveals molecular and morphological groups across cultivated coca (Erythroxylum spp. Erythroxylaceae) Co-supervisor: Alexandre Antonelli
SARAH K MORRIS
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MSc student - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Queen Mary University of London MSc thesis: Origin and evolution of the hyper diverse flora of the Choco biogeographic region in Tropical America Co-supervisor: Bente B. Klitgaard
Dr NATALIA PRZELOMSKA
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Postdoctoral researcher - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Projects: Origin and domestication of the coca tree (Erythroxylum spp; Erythroxylaceae) Main supervisor: Alexandre Antonelli
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RESEARCH NETWORK
My network of collaborators includes over 30 colleagues located in 8 countries across Europe, America, and Asia and associated with 15 different institutions. We work jointly on several projects across several plant, animal, and fungal lineages.
VOSviewer (2023)
O. Perez (2019)
O. Perez (2021)
VOSviewer (2023)
I am very privileged for having the opportunity of working and interacting with such a large set of collaborators from diverse ethnical backgrounds and genders, but also for having access to world-leading, tremendously inspiring scientists that have mentored me over the years. See bellow the full list of mentors and current main collaborators.
MENTORS
ALEXANDRE ANTONELLI
Professor - University of Gothenburg - Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Sweden
Director of Science - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK
Subjects: Phylogenomics and diversification of tropical orchids - Evolution of useful plants (coca and date palms)
SUSANNE S. RENNER
Professor - Systematic Botany and Mycology, Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany
Subjects: Domestication and comparative genomics of the watermelon
RICHARD BATEMAN
Honorary Research Associate - Royal Botanic Gardens Kew - Visiting Professor - University of Reading
Subjects: Phylogenomics of European orchids
PAULA RUDALL
Senior Research Scientist - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK
Subjects: Phylogenomics of European orchids
ERIC HAGSATER
CEO - Instituto Chinoin & Herbarium AMO (Mexico)
Subjects: Taxonomy of Epidendrum
JOCHEN HEINRICHS (1969-2018+)
Professor - Ludwig Maximilians University, Germany
Subjects: Phylogenetics and evolution of bryophytes
ILIA J LEITCH
Senior Researcher - Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, UK
Subjects: Genome (size) and repetitive content evolution
COLLABORATORS
DIEGO BOGARÍN
Associate researcher - Jardín Botanico Lankester, Costa Rica
Subjects: Phylogenomics and diversification of tropical orchids - Systematics of Pleurothallidinae
STEVEN DODSWORTH
Senior Lecturer - University of Portsmouth
Subjects: Phyogenomics and diversification of Neotropical orchids - Gene evolution and diversification in Dendrobium
SIDONIE BELLOT
Research Leader - Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, UK
Subjects: Phylogenomics and diversification of tropical orchids - Comparative genomics and genome evolution of the date palm
GUILLAUME CHOMICKI
Professor - University of Durham
Subjects: Phylogenomics of watermelon and aDNA
ROWAN SCHLEY
Postdoctoral researcher - University of Edinburgh
Subjects: Biogeography of the Leguminosae - Origin and evolution of the flora in the hyperdiverse Chocó biogeographical region
JUAN A. BALBUENA
Professor - University of Valencia
Subjects: Phylogenetic incongruence, software development
NATALIA PRZELOMSKA
Lecturer - University of Portsmouth
Subjects: Evolution of coca, population genomics of birds
FABIEN CONDAMINE
Research Scientist - CNRS
Subjects: Origin and evolution of orchids
EVE J LUCAS
Research Leader - Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, UK
Subjects: Floristics and Systematics of diverse plant groups - AI and discovery of useful plants and molecules for society