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Jesús Martínez-Gómez

Education:

B.A., Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Washington; Ph.D., Plant Biology, Cornell University

Dissertation:

A morphological and phylogenetic comparative investigation into the evolution of reproductive branching architecture in Monocotyledons

Thesis Advisor:

Chelsea D. Specht, Professor of Plant Biology, Cornell University

Research Topic:

Developmental indeterminacy as an adaptation to a heterogeneous environment: An Evolutionary and Developmental approach to the characterization of distinct life history strategies in Monkey flower

Mentor:

Benjamin Blackman, Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, and Yun S. Song, Professor of Computer Science and Statistics, University of California, Berkeley

Current Position:

President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley

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