CURRICULUM VITAE Personal Information Name and title: Cristina Isabel Pokorny Montero, PhD. Place of birth / Nationality: London, ON, Canada / Spanish Languages: Native speaker of Spanish. Fluent in English. Fluent reading knowledge of French, Italian, and Portuguese. Basic knowledge of German. Academic Achievements 13/V/2012 PhD in Biology. Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Dissertation title: Pleurocarpous mosses in space and time: biogeography and evolution of the Hookeriales. Supervisor: Professor A.J. Shaw. 16/III/2004 MS in Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity (Diploma de Estudios Avanzados). Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Spain. Thesis title: Bryological study of the city of Trento (Italy) [In Spanish]. Supervisors: Professors V. Mazimpaka and F. Lara. 25/VII/2001 BS in Biological Sciences (Licenciatura). UAM, Spain. Teaching Experience VI-VII/2012 Teaching Assistant (TA), Field Ecology and Conservation Biology. Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates (SEE-U), Earth Institute (EI), Columbia University in the city of New York. Punta Cana, DR. 2010-2011 TA, Organismal Diversity. Duke University. Durham, NC, USA. Spring 2011 TA, Genetics and Evolution. Duke University, USA. Fall 2010 TA, Organismal Diversity. Duke University, USA. V-VI/2010 TA, Field Ecology. SEE-U, EI, Columbia University. Punta Cana, DR. 2001-2003 Lab and field instructor, Introduction to Botany and General Botany. UAM, Spain. Research projects Participation IX/2011-VIII/2012 The 1Kp Project (Non-Flowering Plants Subproject). PI, Gane Ka-Shu Wong. V-VIII/2012 REVSYS: Systematics and evolution of the Pacific Rim clade of Sphagnum section Subsecunda. PI, A.J. Shaw. VIII/2006-VIII/2012 Systematics of the Daltoniaceae. PI, A.J. Shaw. I-IV/2006 Phylogeny and speciation in Sphagnum section Subsecunda. PI, Dr. A.J. Shaw. IV-VII/2005 Phylogenetic and geographic patterns in the diversity of peatmosses (Sphagnum). PI, A.J. Shaw. VII-IX/2004 Biodiversity, rarity, life history and phylogeny: a case study in the hepatic family Lophoziaceae. PI, L.G. Söderström. I/2003-XII/2005 Bioindication and biomonitoring using epiphytic bryophytes to evaluate the conservation status of forests in Madrid. PI, V. Mazimpaka. IV/2002-V/2003 Study of the distribution of various species of mosses in the “Luz” and “Aure” districts, National Park of the Pyrenees. PI, L. Villar. VIII-XII/2001 Collective agreement to study the distribution of various species of mosses in the Natura 2000 area of “Néouvielle”, National Park of the Pyrenees. PIs, R. Garilleti & L. Villar. XII/2000-XII/2003 Iberian Bryophyte Flora. 2nd stage. PI, Mª Eugenia Ron Álvarez. 1 Lisa Pokorny, PhD Reviewer II/20013 Committee for the selection of 2013–2014 Fulbright fellows incoming from USA. Honours and Awards 15-22/VI/2012. Bryophyte Bonanza Challenge NSF Fellowship to attend the joint meeting of MOSS 2012 and The 3rd International Symposium on Molecular Systematics of Bryophytes at The NY Botanical Garden. New York, USA. I-V/2012 Duke Biology Department one-semester fellowship. I/2012 Sigma Xi Grant-In-Aid of Research. V/2011 Duke Biology Department Grant-In-Aid. VII/2011 Duke Graduate School Travel Award to attend the International Botanical Conference (IBC) in Melbourne, Australia VIII/2009 International Association of Bryologists (IAB) Travel Award to attend the 2009 IAB meeting. Rawsonville, South Africa. VIII/2006-VII/2008 Graduate Fulbright Fellowship, co-funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC) and the Ramón Areces Foundation for the Enhancement of Scientific Research in Spain. V/2008 University of Washington Biostatistics Award to attend the Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics. Seattle, USA. VIII/2007 American Bryological and Lichenological Society (ABLS) Travel Award to attend the 2007 ABLS meeting. Xalapa, Mexico. I/2003-XII/2005 FPU Graduate Fellowship. Future faculty training program funded by the MEC. VII-IX/2004 FPU-MEC Travel Award. Temporary stay at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. X/2001-XII/2002 UAM Graduate Scholarship. VII-VIII/2001 Natural Sciences Museum of Trento (MTSN) Travel Award. Temporary stay at the MTSN to study the bryophyte flora of Trento, Italy. VII-IX/2000 MTSN Travel Award. Temporary stay at the MTSN to digitize the “Venturi Historical Herbarium of Bryophytes”. Publications Published 1. Rothfels, C.J., E. Gaya, L. Pokorny, Paul Rothfels, Peter Rothfels, and G.R. Feulner (2012). Five new records for the Arabian Peninsula and other significant fern, lichen and bryophyte collections from the UAE and northern Oman. Tribulus 20: 4–20. 2. Huttunen, S., N. Bell, V.K. Bobrova, V. Buchbender, W.R. Buck, C.J. Cox, B. Goffinet, L. Hedenäs, B.-C. Ho, M.S. Ignatov, O. Kuznetsova, I.A. Milyutina, A. Newton, S. Olsson, L. Pokorny, A.J. Shaw, M. Stech, A. Troitsky, A. Vanderpoorten & D. Quandt (2012). Disentangling knots of rapid evolution: origin and diversification of the moss order Hypnales. J. Bryol. 34(3): 187–211. 3. Ho, B.-C.*, L. Pokorny*, B.C. Tan, J.-P Frahm, A. J. Shaw & D. Quandt (2012). Molecular evolution and diversification of the moss Family Daltoniaceae (Hookeriales, Bryophyta) with emphasis on unravelling the phylogeny of Distichophyllum and its allies. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 170(2): 157–175. *Equal contribution. 4. Pokorny, L.*, B.-C. Ho*, J.-P. Frahm, D. Quandt, A. J. Shaw (2012). Phylogenetic analyses of morphological evolution in the gametophyte and sporophyte generations of the moss order Hookeriales. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 63(2): 351–364. *Equal contribution. 2 Lisa Pokorny, PhD 5. Pokorny, L., G. Oliván & J. Shaw (2011). Phylogeographic Patterns in Two Southern Hemisphere Species of Calyptrochaeta (Daltoniaceae, Bryophyta). Syst. Bot. 36(3): 542-553. 6. Shaw, J., L. Pokorny, B. Shaw, M. Ricca, S. Boles & P. Szövényi (2008). Genetic structure and genealogy in the Sphagnum subsecundum complex (Sphagnaceae: Bryophyta). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 49(1): 304-317. 7. Pokorny, L., F. Lara & V. Mazimpaka (2006). The bryophyte flora of the city of Trento (North Italy). Cryptogamie, Bryol. 27(2): 265-284. 8. Infante, M., P. Heras & L. Pokorny (2006). Liverworts from Cantabria: preliminary catalogue and additions. [In Spanish]. Bol. Soc. Esp. Briol. 28: 35-55. 9. Elías, M. J., B. Albertos, M. Brugués, G. Calabrese, M. J. Cano, B. Estébanez, M. T. Gallego Morales, R. Garilleti, J. Guerra Montes, P. Heras Pérez, M. Infante Rodríguez, F. Lara García, M. A. Martín, V. Mazimpaka, R. Medina, J. Muñoz, L. Pokorny, F. Puche & J. A. Sánchez (2006). Contributions to the Spanish bryophyte flora. Note XV: mosses, hornworts, and liverworts from Sierra de Gredos (Ávila). [In Spanish]. Bol. Soc. Esp. Briol. 28: 25-31. 10. Pokorny, L., F. Lara & V. Mazimpaka (2004). Schistidium lancifolium (Kindb.) Blom & Schistidium pulchrum Blom new to Italy. In: T. L. Blockeel (ed.), New national and regional bryophyte records, 9. J. Bryol. 26: 63-66. 11. Pokorny, L., D. Cortés, J. A. Calleja & F. Lara (2003). New bryophytes for Toledo province. [In Spanish]. Bol. Soc. Esp. Briol. 22/23: 1-6 In preparation 12. L. Pokorny and A.J. Shaw. Historical Diversification Patterns, Ancestral State Evolution, and Character Correlations in the Pleurocarpous Moss Genus Calyptrochaeta Desv. 13. Simpson C., L. Pokorny, and W Kiessling. Environmental explanations of the temporal pattern of gains and losses of coral photosymbiosis. 14. Gaya, E., S. Fernández-Brime, L. Pokorny, R. Vargas, R. Lücking, and F. Lutzoni. Evolution in a hyper-diverse group of lichen-forming fungi: the Teloschistaceae as a case study. Peer reviewing American Journal of Botany, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Molecular Ecology. Participation in Scientific/Academic Conferences/Symposia/Panels Oral Communications – 15-22/VI/2012. Joint meeting of MOSS 2012 and the 3rd International Symposium of Bryophyte Systematics. New York, USA. Pokorny, L. & J. Shaw. Diversity rates and character evolution in Calyptrochaeta Desv. (Hookeriales, Bryophyta). – 23-30/VII/2011. XVIII IBC. Melbourne (Victoria), Australia. Pokorny, L., B.-C. Ho, J.-P. Frahm, D. Quandt & A.J. Shaw. Evolution of gametophytic versus sporophytic characters in the moss order Hookeriales (Bryophyta). – 16-21/VIII/2009. XVIII IAB Meeting. Rawsonville, South Africa. Pokorny L., B.-C. Ho, J.-P. Frahm, D. Quandt & A.J. Shaw. Backbone Phylogeny of the Hookeriales (Bryopsida). – 12-16/VIII/2007. ABLS Meeting. Xalapa, Mexico. Pokorny, L., G. Oliván & A.J. Shaw. Contrasting Phylogeographic Patterns in Two Southern Hemisphere Calyptrochaeta Species. – 28/VII-02/VIII/2006. Botany 2006, meeting of the Botanical Society of America (BSA), the ABLS, the American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT), and the American Fern Society (AFS). Chico (CA), USA. Pokorny, L. & A. J. Shaw. A molecular analysis of reproductive isolation in sympatric populations of the Sphagnum subsecundum complex. 3 Lisa Pokorny, PhD – 4-7/II/2005. XX Meeting of the Spanish Bryological Society (SEB). San Esteban de la Gomera, Spain. Pokorny, L., R. Garilleti, F. Lara & V. Mazimpaka. Changes in fir epiphytic bryophyte communities in the southernmost range of fir forests in the province of Huesca [In Spanish]. – 21-23/IX/2004. 5th European Bryophyte Conservation Conference (EBCC). Valencia, Spain. Pokorny, L., F. Lara, R. Garilleti, D. Cortés & V. Mazimpaka. Evaluation project of Pyrenean populations of Orthotrichum rogeri Brid. – 8-10/VII/2004. VII International Symposium of Pyrenean and Cantabrian Botany. Bagnères de Bigorre (Hautes-Pyrénées), France. Pokorny, L., B. Albertos, I. Draper, F. Lara, V. Mazimpaka & R. Garilleti. Wetland bryophytes from the Natura 2000 sites of “Néouvielle” and “Gavarnie-Troumouse- Estaubé” (Central Pyrenees, France). – 4-6/VII/2004. XIX Meeting of the SEB. Tragacete, Spain. Pokorny, L., F. Lara, R. Garilleti & V. Mazimpaka. Considerations prior to the study of the Pyrenean populations of Orthotrichum rogeri Brid. [In Spanish]. – 17-19/XII/2003. XIV Cryptogamic Botany National Symposium. Murcia, Spain. Pokorny, L., F. Lara & V. Mazimpaka. Bryological communities of the city of Trento (Italy) [In Spanish]. – 8-10/XI/2003. XVIII Meeting of the SEB. Barco de Ávila, Spain. Pokorny, L., F. Lara & V.