Jose Antonio Barba Montoya
PhD
student, GEE Department
University College London
London,
UK
Interests
Evolution,
plant molecular phylogenetics, genomics and
bioinformatics.
Research
The explosive increase of molecular
sequence data has produced a wealthy of opportunities for addressing a number
of evolutionary problems. In my PhD
research project I am exploring the use of molecular sequence data, combined
with statistical summaries of the fossil record, to date species divergence. In
particular we will examine the origin and divergences of angiosperms (flowering
plants), and attempt to resolve the apparent conflict between the molecular
dates and fossil evidence. The project will involve compilation of sequence and
fossil datasets and phylogenetic analysis of genome-scale data sets.
Studies
I studied a Bachelor in Biology at the
Science Faculty at UNAM and a master in Biological Sciences at the Biology
Institute in this same University. In both cases my research was oriented and
developed by questions about molecular evolution and within a framework of phylogenetics reference. These questions include the
evolution of the pollination syndromes, the relation and age of the Pachycereeae clades (Cactaceae, Caryophyllales) and the diversification rates.
Pubications
Barba-Montoya J. A. & S. Magallón. 2012. ¿Por qué tantos cactos
columnares? El papel de los
murcielagos nectarívoros en
su diversificación. Oikos. 6-CEZ.indd. México.
Contact
jose.montoya.12@ucl.ac.uk
Last updated:
March 2013