Robert K. Jansen, Sidney F. and Doris Blake Centennial Professor in Systematic Botany, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin
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Jansen, Sidney F. and Doris Blake Centennial Professor in Systematic Botany, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin Birthdate: 4/23/1954 Birthplace: Green Bay, Wisconsin Work Address: Department of Integrative Biology University of Texas at Austin Biological Laboratories 212 Austin TX 78712 Phone: 512-471-8827 (office), 512-471-8854 (lab) Email: [email protected] Date of Appointment: 1991 Education: B.S. 1976 Univ. of Wisconsin-Oshkosh - Biology Ph.D. 1982 Ohio State University - Botany Experience: 1976-1982 Research/Teaching Assistant, Ohio State University 1982-1983 Assistant Professor, Columbus College of Art and Design 1982-1983 Research Associate, Botany Department, Ohio State Univ. 1983-1984 Visiting Assistant Professor and Acting Curator of Beal- Darlington Herbarium, Michigan State University 1984-1987 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Univ. of Michigan 1987-1991 Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Connecticut 1991-1998 Associate Professor, Department of Botany, The University of Texas at Austin 1998-1999 Professor, Department of Botany, The University of Texas at Austin 1999- 2015 Chair, Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin 1999 - Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin 2000- Sidney F. and Doris Blake Centennial Professor in Systematic Botany 2011- Distinguished Adjunct Professor, King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Science, Biotechnology Section, Department of Biological Sciences 2016- Director, Billie L. Turner Plant Resources Center Honors or Distinctions: B.S. Biology (cum laude) 1976, Sigma Xi member, 1977- present; ISI Highly cited. 2 Fields of Specialization: Research in my lab is concentrated in four areas: (1) organization and evolution of plastid genomes; (2) computational methods for comparative genomics, (3) coordinated evolution between mitochondrial. nuclear and plastid genomes, and (4) systematics and the evolution of the Geraniaceae, Fabaceae and diatoms. Professional Societies: American Society of Plant Taxonomists, Botanical Society of America, International Association of Plant Taxonomists, Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biology National and International Offices: 1983-1984 ASPT Committee for Floristics of Temperate North America, Acting Chairman 1988-1989 ASPT Nominations Committee member 2001- Editorial Committee, Systematic Botany 1996-1999 Council Member, ASPT 1996-1999 ASPT Awards Committee 1990- Advisory Board, Plant Systematics and Evolution 1990- Editorial Board, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 1998-2001 Member, Committee of Visitors, Arnold Arboretum, Harvard Univ. 1998-2001 Editorial Board, Journal of Plant Biology 2001- Scientific Advisory Board, Seacology 2005 ASPT Local host of Annual Meetings 2005- BMC Evolutionary Biology, Editorial Board 2007- Editorial Board, Journal of Plant Biology 2010 -2017 Advisory Committee of Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Member Manuscript Reviews: American Journal of Botany Annals of Botany Annals of the Entomological Society of America Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Biochemical Systematics and Ecology Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society BMC Evolutionary Biology BMC Genomics BMC Plant Biology Brittonia Canadian Journal of Botany C R Biologies Current Plant Biology DNA Research Evolution Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution Frontiers in Plant Science 3 Genetics Genome Biology and Evolution Genome Research Journal of Molecular Evolution Lundellia Molecular Biology and Evolution Molecular Ecology Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution National Geographic Society Nature New Phytologist New Zealand Journal of Botany Photosynthesis Research Plant Biotechnology Journal Plant Cell Plant Cell Reports Plant Molecular Biology Plant Systematics and Evolution Planta PloS One Proceedings of the National Academy of Science Science Systematic Biology Systematic Botany Systematic Botany Monographs Taxon Trends in Genetics Nucleic Acids Research Grant Reviews National Science Foundation: Systematic Biology Population Biology New Young Investigators - panel member (1993) Committee of Visitors - Systematics and Population Biology Cluster - member (1993) NSF/DOE/USDA Collaborative Research in Plant Biology Panel (1994) Systematic Biology Panel Member (1997,1998, 2000) National Geographic Society Past Graduate Students: Linda Raubeson, Ph.D. 1992 Yale - currently an Associate Professor at Central Washington University Roberta Mason-Gamer, Ph.D. 1993 University of Connecticut - currently an Associate Professor at University of Illinois at Chicago Mary Beth Cosner, Ph.D. 1993 Ohio State University - deceased Jeannette Whitton, Ph.D. 1994 University of Connecticut - currently an Associate 4 Professor at the University of British Columbia Youngdong Kim, Ph.D. 1994 Univeristy of Texas - currently an Associate Professor at Han Lim University, Korea Alice Hempel, Ph.D. 1995 Univ. of Texas - Associate Professor at Texas A&M Kingsville Dennis Loockerman, Ph.D. 1996 Univeristy of Texas - currently employed in the DNA fingerprinting lab in the Texas Department of Public Safety Kathy Gould Mathews, Ph.D. 1997 University of Texas - currently an Assistant Professor at Western Carolina University Hyi-Gyung Kim, Ph.D. 1997 University of Texas - currently a Research Associate at the University of Texas Carolyn Ferguson, Ph.D. 1998 University of Texas, currently an Associate Professor at Kansas State University Zaiming Zhao, Ph.D. 1999 University of Texas, currently a Lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences at University of Texas Doug Goldman, Ph.D. 2000 University of Texas, currently a Research Assistant at Harvard University Jan Barber, Ph.D. 2000 University of Texas, currently an Associate Professor at Saint Louis University Les Goertzen, Ph.D. 2001 University of Texas, currently an Associate Professor at Auburn University. Sarah Simmons, Ph.D. (co-advisor with Beryl Simpson) 2002 University of Texas, currently the Program Coordinator of Undergraduate Research, College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas. Katie Hansen, Ph.D. 2004 University of Texas, currently a Lecturer and Research Fellow at University of Texas. Stacia Wyman, Ph.D. (co-advisor with Ben Kuipers, computer science) 2004 University of Texas, currently a postdoctoral fellow at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Institute, Seattle, Washington. Bonnie Crozier, Ph.D. (co-advisor with Jose Panero) 2005 University of Texas, currently a research fellow at University of Texas. Mike Moore, Ph.D. 2005 University of Texas, currently an Assistant Professor at Oberlin College. Romey Haberle, Ph.D. 2006 University of Texas, currently an Assistant Professor at Pacific Luthern University. Barbara Goodson, Ph.D. 2007. University of Texas, currently a Research Fellow at Tennessee Tech University. Timothy Chumley, Ph.D. 2007. University of Texas, currently an environmental consultant in San Diego CA. Mary Guisinger, Ph.D. 2009. University of Texas, Microsoft. Pamela Steele, Ph.D. 2009. University of Texas, currently an Assistant Professor at University of Nebraska at Omaha. Zhengqiu Cai, Plant Biology, Ph.D. 2010. University of Texas, currently a bioinformatician at Harvard Medical School Debra Hansen (co-advised with Beryl Simpson), Plant Biology, Ph.D. 2012, currently a lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences, UT-Austin. Taylor Sultan Quedensley, Plant Biology, Ph.D. 2012, currently an Assistant Professor at Missouri Western University. Michael Gruenstaeudl, Plant Biology Ph.D., 2013, currently a postdoctoral fellow 5 at Free University of Berlin. John C, Blazier, Plant Biology PhD., 2013, currently a postdoctoral fellow at Texas A & M University Maolun Weng, Plant Biology PhD., 2015, currently an Assistant Professor at Westfield State University. Jin Zhang, Plant Biology PhD., 2015, currently a software engineer at Pinterest, San Francisco CA Erika Schwarz, Plant Biology, PhD., 2016, currently interim Assistant Professor at St. Edwards University Anna Yu, Plant Biology, PhD., 2017, currently employed at Microsoft Aldanah Alqahtani, Plant Biology, MS., 2018, currently a PhD student in Plant Biology at UT-Austin with R. Jansen as advisor Deise Gonçalves, PhD,, 2019, currnently a postdoctoral fellow at University of Michigan Current Graduate Students: Chaehee Lee, Ph.D. candidate, Plant Biology Bikash Shrestha, Ph.D. candidate, Plant Biology Aldanah Alqahtani, Ph.D., Plant Biology Sarah Lozano, Ph.D., Plant Biology Todd Farmer, Ph.D. Ph.D., Plant Biology Postdoctoral Fellows: Dr. Robert S. Wallace - Rutgers University - Oct 1987- Aug 1990 Dr. Jan Johannson - University of Lund - Sep 1989 - Jun 1990 Dr. Ki-Joong Kim - University of Texas - Dec 1989 - Aug 1994 Dr. Linda Raubeson - Yale University - May 1991 - Dec 1991 Dr. Jose Panero - University of Tennessee - Jun 1991- Dec 1993 Dr. Jun Wen - Ohio State University - Mar 1991 - Dec 1991 Dr. Javier Fuertes - Univ. of Salemanca, Spain - Oct 1994 - Jun 1996 Dr. Javier Francisco-Ortega - Univ. of Birmingham, Great Britain - Jan 1994 - Dec 1996 Dr. Juli Caujape-Castells - University of Barcelona, Spain - Jan 1997 - Sep 1998 Dr. Seonjoo Park - Korea University, Korea - Sep 1998 - May 2000. Dr. William Eddie - University of Edinburgh - Apr 2000 - Sep 2003 Dr. Tracey Ruhlman – University of Central Florida – July 2009 – May 31, 2011 Dr. Seongjun Park – Yeungnam University, Korea – November 5, 2012 – November 30, 2014. Dr. Matt Ashworth – University