Curriculum Vitae - Systematic Botany and Mycology
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Juan Carlos Villarreal A.<br />
http://www.sysbot.biologie.uni-muenchen.de/en/people/villarreal/<br />
Citizenship: Panama<br />
Current address:<br />
Institute of <strong>Systematic</strong> <strong>Botany</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Mycology</strong><br />
Menzinger Str. 67; 80638 Munich, Germany<br />
Email: jcarlos.villarreal@gmail.com<br />
Phone: +49 89 17861 194<br />
Google scholar: 242 citations, h-index<br />
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CAREER<br />
• Post-doctoral researcher, Institute of <strong>Systematic</strong> <strong>Botany</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Mycology</strong>, University of<br />
Munich (LMU): (2012-present)<br />
Supervisor: Susanne S. Renner<br />
EDUCATION<br />
• Ph.D., University of Connecticut, UCONN (2011) Evolutionary Biology<br />
Supervisor: Bernard Goffinet<br />
Thesis: Genetic <strong>and</strong> evolutionary consequences of a shift to asexuality in bryophytes:<br />
Insights from the Southern Appalachian hornwort Nothoceros aenigmaticus<br />
• M.Sc., Southern Illinois University–Carbondale, SIUC (2005)<br />
Supervisor: Karen Renzaglia<br />
Thesis: A comparative anatomical <strong>and</strong> ultrastructural study of two phylogenetically<br />
significant hornworts: Leiosporoceros dussii <strong>and</strong> Phaeomegaceros fimbriatus<br />
• B.Sc., University of Panamá (2003)<br />
Supervisor: Noris Salazar Allen<br />
Thesis: Estudio morfológico y anatómico del género Megaceros en Panamá<br />
RESEARCH<br />
Bryophyte systematics, plastid evolution <strong>and</strong> genomics of hornworts; symbioses in early<br />
l<strong>and</strong> plants<br />
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS<br />
1. Villarreal, J.C. & S.S. Renner. 2013. Correlates of monoicy <strong>and</strong> dioicy in hornworts, the<br />
apparent sister group to vascular plants. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13: 239.<br />
doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-239<br />
2. Bainard, J. & J. C. Villarreal. 2013. Genome size increases in recently diverged hornwort<br />
clades. Genome 56: 431-435.<br />
3. Desiró A., J.G. Duckett, S. Pressel, J.C. Villarreal & M. Bidartondo. 2013. Fungal<br />
symbioses in hornworts: A chequered story. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. 280:<br />
20130207.<br />
4. Villarreal, J.C., L.L. Forrest, N. Wickett & B. Goffinet. 2013. The plastid genome of the<br />
hornwort Nothoceros aenigmaticus: Phylogenetic signal in inverted repeat expansion,<br />
pseudogenization <strong>and</strong> intron gain. American Journal of <strong>Botany</strong> 100: 467-477.<br />
5. Villarreal, J.C. & S.S. Renner. 2012. Hornwort pyrenoids: carbon-concentrating<br />
mechanisms evolved <strong>and</strong> were lost at least five times during the last 100 million years.<br />
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 109: 18873–18878.<br />
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6. Johnson, M., ---36 authors, J.C. Villarreal & K. Wong. 2012. Evaluating methods for<br />
isolating total RNA <strong>and</strong> predicting the success of sequencing phylogenetically diverse<br />
plant transcriptomes. PLoS One 7(11): e50226.<br />
7. Villarreal, J.C., L.L. Forrest, K. McFarl<strong>and</strong> & B. Goffinet. 2012. Chloroplast, mitochondrial<br />
<strong>and</strong> nuclear microsatellites from the Southern Appalachian hornwort, Nothoceros<br />
aenigmaticus (Dendrocerotaceae). American Journal of <strong>Botany</strong> 99: e88-e90.<br />
8. Villarreal, J.C., L.V. Campos & B. Goffinet. 2012. Parallel evolution of endospory in<br />
hornworts: the case of Nothoceros renzagliensis, sp. nov. <strong>Systematic</strong> <strong>Botany</strong> 37: 31-37.<br />
9. Garcia, C., C. Sergio, J.C. Villarreal & F. Lara. 2012. The genera Dendroceros Nees <strong>and</strong><br />
Megaceros Campb. in São Tomé e Príncipe (Africa, Gulf of Guinea) <strong>and</strong> description of a<br />
new species, Dendroceros paivae. Cryptogamie, Bryologie et Lichenologie 33: 3-21.<br />
10. Sérusiaux, E., J.C. Villarreal, T. Wheeler & B. Goffinet. 2011. Recent origin, active<br />
speciation <strong>and</strong> dispersal for the lichen genus Nephroma (Peltigerales) in Macaronesia.<br />
Journal of Biogeography 38: 1138–1151.<br />
11. Villarreal, J.C., D.C. Cargill, A. Hagborg, L. Söderström & K.S. Renzaglia. 2010. Hornwort<br />
diversity: Patterns, causes <strong>and</strong> future work. Phytotaxa 9: 150-166.<br />
12. Villarreal, J.C., B. Goffinet, R.J. Duff & D.C. Cargill. 2010. Phylogenetic delineation of the<br />
genera Nothoceros <strong>and</strong> Megaceros. The Bryologist 113: 106-113.<br />
13. Villarreal, J.C., B. Goffinet & D.C. Cargill. 2010. Phaeomegaceros squamuliger<br />
subspecies hasselii (Dendrocerotaceae, Anthocerotophyta), a new taxon from the<br />
Southern Hemisphere. Nova Hedwigia 91: 349-360.<br />
14. Duff, R.J., J.C. Villarreal, D.C. Cargill & K.S. Renzaglia. 2007. Progress <strong>and</strong> challenges in<br />
developing a phylogeny <strong>and</strong> classification of the hornworts. The Bryologist 110: 214-243.<br />
15. Villarreal, J.C., G. Hässel de Menéndez & N. Salazar Allen. 2007. Nothoceros superbus<br />
(Dendrocerotaceae), a new species of hornwort from the Neotropics. The Bryologist 110:<br />
279-285.<br />
16. Villarreal, J.C. & K.S. Renzaglia. 2006. Structure <strong>and</strong> development of Nostoc str<strong>and</strong>s in<br />
Leiosporoceros dussii (Anthocerotophyta): a novel symbiosis in l<strong>and</strong> plants. American<br />
Journal of <strong>Botany</strong> 93: 693-705. (Journal cover).<br />
17. Villarreal, J.C. & K.S. Renzaglia. 2006. Sporophyte structure in the Neotropical hornwort<br />
Phaeomegaceros fimbriatus: implications for phylogeny, taxonomy <strong>and</strong> character<br />
evolution. International Journal of Plant Sciences 167: 413-427.<br />
18. Dauphin, G., T. Pócs, J.C. Villarreal & N. Salazar Allen. 2006. Nuevos Registros de<br />
Hepáticas y Anthocerotófitas para Panamá. Tropical Bryology 27: 73-85.<br />
19. Cargill, D.C., R.J. Duff, J.C. Villarreal & K.S. Renzaglia. 2005. Generic concepts in<br />
hornworts: historical review, contemporary insights <strong>and</strong> future directions. Australian<br />
<strong>Systematic</strong> <strong>Botany</strong> 18: 7-16.<br />
OTHER PUBLICATIONS<br />
20. Hanson, D., K.S. Renzaglia & J.C. Villarreal. 2013. Diffusion limitation <strong>and</strong> CO 2<br />
concentrating mechanisms in bryophytes. In Advances in Photosynthesis <strong>and</strong> Respiration:<br />
Photosynthesis in Early L<strong>and</strong> Plants, D.T. Hanson & S.K. Rice (eds). Vol. 37: 95-112<br />
Springer, Dordrecht.<br />
21. Villarreal, J.C. 2013. Hornworts (genera Anthoceros <strong>and</strong> Phaeoceros) in The liverworts<br />
<strong>and</strong> hornworts of the Tristan da Cunha, J. Váňa & J.J. Engel, J.J. (eds.). Memoirs of the<br />
New York Botanical Garden 105 pp. 32-35, 85-86.<br />
22. Villarreal, J.C., W. Frey & D.C. Cargill (eds.). 2010. Bryology in the Southern<br />
Hemisphere. A tribute in honour of Gabriela Hässel de Menéndez†. Nova Hedwigia 91(3-<br />
4): 1–250 pp. (contributed peer-reviewed papers on biogeography, niche modeling, cryomicroscopy,<br />
floristics <strong>and</strong> evolution of Southern Hemisphere bryophytes).<br />
23. Renzaglia, K.S., J.C. Villarreal & R.J. Duff. 2009. New insights into morphology, anatomy<br />
<strong>and</strong> systematics of hornworts. In Bryophyte Biology II, B. Goffinet & J. Shaw (eds.), pp<br />
139-171.<br />
24. Duff, R.J., D.C. Cargill, J.C. Villarreal & K.S. Renzaglia. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships<br />
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of the hornworts based on rbcL sequence data: novel relationships <strong>and</strong> new insights.<br />
Monographs in <strong>Systematic</strong> <strong>Botany</strong> from the Missouri Botanical Garden 98: 41-58.<br />
NON-PEER REVIEWED AND POPULAR PUBLICATIONS<br />
25. Pressel, S., J. Duckett & J.C. Villarreal. In press. Hornwort heaven: recount of the<br />
expedition into the Himalayan foothills of northern Indian. Field bryology.<br />
26. Villarreal, J.C. & N. Salazar Allen. 2012. The enigmatic hornworts of the miniature forest<br />
of Cape Horn (English <strong>and</strong> Spanish). In Miniature forest of Cape Horn: Ecotourism with a<br />
h<strong>and</strong> lens. B. Goffinet, R. Rozzi, L. Lewis, W. Buck & F. Massardo (eds.) University of<br />
North Texas Press, pp. 118-126.<br />
27. Villarreal, J.C. 2010. Before the vascular plants. Book review of “Syllabus of Plant<br />
Families A. Engler’s Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien. 3. Bryophytes <strong>and</strong> seedless vascular<br />
plants.” 2009. Eds.: W. Frey, M. Stech & E. Fischer. The Bryologist 113: 431–434.<br />
IAB blog, including http://internationalassociationofbryologists.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/an-alienin-need-of-protection.html;<br />
http://internationalassociationofbryologists.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/atropical-invader-of-european-l<strong>and</strong>s.html<br />
UNDER REVIEW<br />
28. Li, F.-W., J.C. Villarreal, ----32 authors, K.M. Pryer. Horizontal gene transfer of a chimeric<br />
photoreceptor, neochrome, from hornworts to ferns. Submitted to Proceedings of the<br />
National Academy of Sciences, USA.<br />
29. Villarreal, J.C. & S.S. Renner. A review of molecular clock calibrations <strong>and</strong> substitution<br />
rates in liverworts, mosses, <strong>and</strong> hornworts, <strong>and</strong> a timeframe for the hornwort genus<br />
Nothoceros. Submitted to Taxon.<br />
30. Sustaita, D., C.L. Owen, J.C. Villarreal & M.A. Rubega. Morphometric tools for<br />
distinguishing between sexes of California populations of the loggerhead shrike. Submitted<br />
to Journal of Field Ornithology.<br />
RESEARCH GRANTS<br />
• $223,791 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (2012-present):<br />
“Underst<strong>and</strong>ing the evolution of key traits in hornworts, the sister group to<br />
vascular plants”. (PI: S. S. Renner, co-PI: J.C. Villarreal).<br />
• $4,950 SYNTHESYS Grant (2012): “ Barcoding of European hornworts”. (PI: J.C.<br />
Villarreal, co-PI: L.L. Forrest <strong>and</strong> D. Long. Hosted by the Royal Botanic Garden of<br />
Edinburgh (RBGE).<br />
• $1,650 University of Munich (LMU), STIBET grant (2012):<br />
“Tutoring <strong>and</strong> training masters <strong>and</strong> doctoral students in DNA techniques <strong>and</strong><br />
phylogenetic analyses”. (PI: J.C. Villarreal).<br />
• $9,594 Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, US National Science Foundation<br />
(2009): “Genetic <strong>and</strong> evolutionary consequences of the shift to asexuality in<br />
bryophytes: Insights from the Southern Appalachian hornwort Nothoceros<br />
aenigmaticus”. (PI: B. Goffinet, co-PI: J.C. Villarreal).<br />
• $3,100 Ronald Bamford Endowment Fund, UCONN (2009):<br />
“Microsatellite library development, transcriptomic work in N. aenigmaticus”. (PI:<br />
J.C. Villarreal).<br />
• $300 Southern Appalachian Botanical Society (2008): “Exploratory fieldwork in<br />
Southern Appalachians”. (PI: J.C. Villarreal).<br />
• $1000 International Association of Plant Taxonomists (2008): “Origin of the clonal<br />
Southern Appalachian endemic Megaceros aenigmaticus”. (PI: J.C. Villarreal).<br />
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• $2000 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, STRI (2008): “Barcoding the<br />
Bryophytes of Panamá”. (PI: L. Forrest, co–PIs: N. Salazar Allen <strong>and</strong> J.C. Villarreal).<br />
• $1000 International Association of Bryologists, Stanley Green Research Grant (2007):<br />
“Phylogeny of Nothoceros” (PI: J.C. Villarreal)<br />
• $500 Botanical Society of America, BSA - Graduate research award (2004): “ A novel<br />
symbiotic association in l<strong>and</strong> plants, cyanobacterial str<strong>and</strong>s in Leisporoceros<br />
dussii”. (PI: J.C. Villarreal)<br />
AWARDS<br />
• $500 A.J. Sharp Award, American Bryological <strong>and</strong> Lichenological Society (ABLS)<br />
(2010): Best student paper, BSA Meeting, Rhode Isl<strong>and</strong>.<br />
• $5000 Presidential Summer Graduate Research Award, UCONN (2009): Nominationbased<br />
award.<br />
• $500 Extraordinary Doctoral Travel Award, UCONN (2009)<br />
• $500 William Sullivant Award (ABLS): Best published paper in the Bryologist 2007, for<br />
"Progress <strong>and</strong> challenges toward developing a phylogeny <strong>and</strong> classification of<br />
the hornworts".<br />
• ~$500 William Steere Foundation of the NY Botanical Garden (2005): Funded two week<br />
visit to NY Botanical Garden to study type material.<br />
• $500 Organization of Tropical Studies- Post-Course Research Award (Declined after<br />
acceptance at SIUC).<br />
• $500 Corredor Biologico Mesoamericano del Pacífico Panameño-Travel Award (2002):<br />
• $500 Humboldt Field Research Institute, Maine, Travel Award 2001.<br />
FELLOWSHIPS<br />
• $2000 Doctoral Fellowship, UCONN (2009).<br />
• $2000 Organization of Tropical Studies <strong>and</strong> University of Costa Rica (2003): Fellowship<br />
to attend graduate course.<br />
• $3000 STRI, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2000-2003): Learning molecular techniques<br />
<strong>and</strong> fieldwork in Panamá.<br />
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE<br />
• Post-doctoral researcher, Institute of <strong>Systematic</strong> <strong>Botany</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Mycology</strong>, University of<br />
Munich (LMU), Germany: Oct. 2011-present, employed within DFG project<br />
“Underst<strong>and</strong>ing the evolution of key traits in hornworts, the sister group to vascular<br />
plants.”<br />
• Consultant, The Field Museum, Chicago, Biodiversity Synthesis Group, Encyclopedia of<br />
Life (May 2009): compiled <strong>and</strong> verified worldwide checklist of hornworts; identification of<br />
biodiversity hotspots with scientists from New Zeal<strong>and</strong>, USA <strong>and</strong> Australia.<br />
• Visiting researcher, The Field Museum, Chicago, with K. Feldheim & M. von Konrat<br />
(June 2008): developed microsatellites for Nothoceros aenigmaticus. Helped develop a<br />
database on hornwort biodiversity.<br />
• Research assistant, Department of Plant Biology, SIUC, with K. Renzaglia, (2003-<br />
2005): collaborative project funded by US National Science Foundation: Research,<br />
Biodiversity, Phylogeny <strong>and</strong> Biogeography of Hornworts. Personal responsibilities:<br />
gathering ultrastructural <strong>and</strong> anatomical data, collecting <strong>and</strong> culturing specimens,<br />
taxonomic work, preparing illustrations <strong>and</strong> manuscript writing.<br />
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• Intern, STRI, Molecular Biology Laboratory <strong>and</strong> Bryophyte <strong>Systematic</strong>s, Panamá, with E.<br />
Bermingham <strong>and</strong> N. Salazar Allen (Spring 2003): PCR methods. Bryophyte collections in<br />
Panamá <strong>and</strong> Costa Rica.<br />
TECHNICAL AND FIELD ASSISTANTSHIPS:<br />
• STRI, Panamá (with N. Salazar Allen)(2001-2003): collected <strong>and</strong> databased bryophyte<br />
specimens from Panamá <strong>and</strong> Costa Rica. Maintained bryophyte cultures.<br />
• University of Panamá & Autoridad del Canal de Panamá (2001): collected bryophyte<br />
<strong>and</strong> parasitic plant specimens during environmental assessment of canal expansion in<br />
three remote areas of Central Panamá.<br />
• University of Panamá, National Herbarium, Panamá (with M. Correa) (2000): collected<br />
<strong>and</strong> databased vascular plant specimens.<br />
INVITED SEMINARS (* speaker):<br />
• Villarreal, J.C.* 2013. Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK.<br />
• Villarreal, J.C.* 2013. Annual Paper Readings of the British Bryological Society, London.<br />
• Griffiths, H.*, M. Meyer, J.C. Villarreal. 2013. C4 + CAM Biology, Urbana- Champaign,<br />
Illinois, USA. Keynote for plenary session. Invitation to H. Griffiths.<br />
• Villarreal, J.C.* 2013. Keynote address in the Bryophyte Biology session of the<br />
International Congress of Bryologists, London, UK.<br />
• Villarreal, J.C.* & S.S. Renner. 2013. A symposium organized by the “Botanische<br />
Staatssammlung München” on the occasion of its 200th anniversary, Munich, Germany<br />
• Villarreal, J.C.* 2012. Job interview, RBGE. Short-listed of 11 from 110 applicants.<br />
• Pressel, S*., J. Duckett & J.C. Villarreal. 2012. Jaypee University, Shimla, India.<br />
• Villarreal, J.C.* 2012. International symposium of molecular systematics of bryophytes,<br />
New York Botanical Garden, New York, USA.<br />
• Villarreal, J.C.* 2012. Institute of Plant <strong>Systematic</strong>s, University of Bonn.<br />
• Griffiths, H.*, M. Meyer, J. Royles, A. Horwath, J. Ogée, L. Wingate & J.C. Villarreal.<br />
2012. Society of Experimental Biology, Salzburg, Austria. Invitation to H. Griffiths.<br />
• Villarreal, J.C.*, K. McFarl<strong>and</strong>, K.S. Renzaglia & B. Goffinet. 2009. V Congreso<br />
Colombiano de Botánica, Nariño, Colombia.<br />
• Villarreal, J.C.*, K. McFarl<strong>and</strong> & B. Goffinet. 2009. Early L<strong>and</strong> Plants<br />
Today/Encyclopedia of Life Meeting. Field Museum, Chicago, USA.<br />
• Villarreal, J.C.*, R.J. Duff & K.S. Renzaglia. 2008. Department of <strong>Botany</strong>, The Field<br />
Museum, Chicago, USA.<br />
• Renzaglia, K.S., J.C. Villarreal, S. Schuette, J. Duckett* & R. Ligrone. 2007. World<br />
Conference of Bryology, Malaysia. Invitation to K.S. Renzaglia.<br />
• Villarreal, J.C.* & K.S. Renzaglia. 2007. Department of Biology, University of New<br />
Mexico, Albuquerque, USA.<br />
• Villarreal, J.C.* & K.S. Renzaglia. 2006. IX Congreso Latinoamericano de Botánica-VII<br />
Simposio Latinoamericano de Briología. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.<br />
• Renzaglia, K.S., J.C. Villarreal*, S. Schuette & R.J. Duff. 2004. XV World Congress of<br />
the International Association of Bryologists, Mérida, Venezuela. Invitation to K.S.<br />
Renzaglia.<br />
CONTRIBUTED RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS<br />
• Forrest, L.L.*, D.G. Long, M.L. Hollingsworth, J.C. Villarreal & P.M. Hollingsworth. 2013.<br />
International Congress of Bryologists, London, UK.<br />
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• Wickett, N*., ---25 authors; J.C. Villarreal, K. Wong. 2012. Botanical Society of America,<br />
National Congress, Columbus, Ohio, USA.<br />
• Villarreal, J.C.*, K. McFarl<strong>and</strong>, J. Bainard & B. Goffinet. 2011. All Taxa Bioinventory in<br />
the Southern Appalachians, USA.<br />
• Villarreal, J.C.*, K. McFarl<strong>and</strong> & B. Goffinet. 2010. Botanical Society of America,<br />
National Congress, Rhode Isl<strong>and</strong>, USA.<br />
• Sérusiaux, E., J.C. Villarreal A., T. Wheeler & B. Goffinet*. 2010. Botanical Society of<br />
America, National Congress, Rhode Isl<strong>and</strong>, USA.<br />
• Forrest, L.L.*, D.G. Long, M.L. Hollingsworth, J.C. Villarreal A., A. Clark, J. Tosh & P.<br />
Hollingsworth. 2010. Botanical Society of America, National Congress, Rhode Isl<strong>and</strong>.<br />
• Villarreal, J.C.*, K. McFarl<strong>and</strong> & B. Goffinet. 2008. Botanical Society of America,<br />
National Congress, Vancouver, Canada.<br />
• Villarreal, J.C.* & K.S. Renzaglia. 2005. Botanical Society of America, National<br />
Congress, Austin, USA.<br />
• Villarreal, J.C.*, R.J. Duff & K.S. Renzaglia. 2005. XVII International Botanical Congress,<br />
Vienna, Austria.<br />
• Villarreal, J.C.*, S. Schuette, J. Duff, D.C. Cargill & K.S. Renzaglia. 2004. Botanical<br />
Society of America, National Congress, Utah, USA.<br />
• Villarreal, J.C.*, S. Schuette, J. Witters, K.S. Renzaglia & W. Taylor. 2004. Botanical<br />
Society of America, Utah, USA.<br />
• Villarreal Aguilar, J.C.* & N. Salazar Allen. 2002. 8 vo Congreso Latinoamericano y<br />
Segundo Colombiano de Botánica, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional<br />
de Colombia, Cartagena, Colombia.<br />
TEACHING ASSISTANT EXPERIENCE<br />
• Department of Ecology <strong>and</strong> Evolutionary Biology, UCONN<br />
Evolution of Green Plants (course taught by L. Lewis & B. Goffinet): Spring 2010.<br />
Biology of Bryophytes <strong>and</strong> Lichens (course taught by B. Goffinet): Spring 2008.<br />
Introduction to <strong>Botany</strong> (course taught by P. Lewis & B. Goffinet): Fall 2006, 2007,<br />
2009 <strong>and</strong> 2010.<br />
Introduction to Biology (course taught by A. Fry): Spring 2006, Spring 2008 <strong>and</strong><br />
Fall 2008.<br />
• Department of Plant Biology, SIUC<br />
Plant diversity (course taught by S. Sipes): Fall 2004.<br />
• McGill University, City of Knowledge, Panamá<br />
Neotropical Environments (course taught by C. Potvin, H. Barrios & Y. Aguila):<br />
Jan. 2001.<br />
Social change in Panamá (course taught by U. Locher): Feb. 2001.<br />
Environmental Management (course taught by T. Meredith): Mar. 2001.<br />
COURSES ATTENDED<br />
• Woods Hole Marine Laboratories, USA (2009):Workshop on Molecular Evolution<br />
(organized by M. Cummings).<br />
• Universidad de Costa Rica & Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica (2003):<br />
Graduate course in Tropical Ecology <strong>and</strong> Conservation.<br />
• Humboldt Field Research Institute & University of Maine, USA (2001):<br />
Biosystematics <strong>and</strong> ecology of temperate bryophytes (taught by N. Slack & N. Miller).<br />
SERVICE<br />
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EXTERNAL DEGREE EXAMINATION<br />
• Benjamin Laenen (advised by A. V<strong>and</strong>erpoorten). Thesis: Large scale phylogenetic<br />
patterns of diversification in bryophytes. Université de Liège, Belgium. Ph.D c<strong>and</strong>idate,<br />
defense date October 30, 2013<br />
AD-HOC REVIEWER<br />
• Arctoa; Australian Journal of <strong>Systematic</strong> <strong>Botany</strong>; Biological Journal of the Linnean<br />
Society; Cryptogamie, Bryologie et Lichenologie; Bryologist; Cambridge University<br />
Press; Fieldiana; Journal of Bryology; Journal of Experimental <strong>Botany</strong>; Nova Hedwigia;<br />
Phytotaxa; Tropical Bryology.<br />
SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZATION<br />
• Co-organization of the symposium entitled: “Bryophyte biology, genomics <strong>and</strong> evolution<br />
on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Munich Herbarium” Germany. Coorganizer:<br />
S.S. Renner - March 2013.<br />
FIELD EXPERIENCE:<br />
• Colombia (Nariño); Costa Rica; Dominican Republic; India (East <strong>and</strong> West Himalayas,<br />
Darjeeling); Mexico; Panamá; UK (Scotl<strong>and</strong>); USA (especially Southern Appalachians,<br />
California); Venezuela (Mérida); Germany (Hessen); Belgium (Liège).<br />
RELEVANT SKILLS<br />
• Curational work <strong>and</strong> databasing. Taxonomic revisions. Anatomy, development <strong>and</strong><br />
taxonomy of bryophytes, particularly hornworts. Scanning <strong>and</strong> transmission electron<br />
microscopy. Plant DNA extraction, PCR amplification <strong>and</strong> cycle sequencing.<br />
Microsatellite primer design <strong>and</strong> testing. Plastid genome assembly <strong>and</strong> annotation.<br />
Phylogenetic <strong>and</strong> dating analyses. Paper-writing. M.Sc. <strong>and</strong> undergraduate training <strong>and</strong><br />
supervision in phylogenetic work. University lecturing experience (as a teaching<br />
assistant): botany, bryology, basic phylogenetic theory <strong>and</strong> techniques.<br />
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS<br />
• D.C. Cargill (Australia National Herbarium) – A worldwide taxonomic revision of<br />
hornworts; J. Engel/M. von Konrat (Field Museum, Chicago) – Hornwort floristics in Cape<br />
Horn, Chile; L. Forrest/J. Richardson (RBGE) <strong>and</strong> J. Uribe (Universidad Nacional de<br />
Colombia) – Barcoding of European hornworts <strong>and</strong> Páramo bryophyte flora; K. Renzaglia<br />
(SIUC) – Hornwort anatomy <strong>and</strong> character evolution; N. Salazar Allen (STRI) –<br />
systematics of Central American bryophytes; M. Bidartondo (Imperial College London), J.<br />
Duckett/S. Pressel (Natural History Museum London) – Fungal <strong>and</strong> cyanobacterial<br />
symbionts in hornworts; Howard Griffiths (Cambridge University) & D. Hanson (University<br />
of New Mexico) – Physiology of the hornwort pyrenoid; N. Wickett (Chicago Botanic<br />
Garden) – plastid genomics <strong>and</strong> transcriptomics of hornworts.<br />
Juan Carlos Villarreal – CV- November 2013