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TEAM

Current members

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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

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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

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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.

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 ChinoinHerbarium 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 

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