Maribeth Latvis
Adjunct Faculty / Associate Graduate Faculty
Biography
If you would like my CV or more information, please feel free to contact me at my SDState email address noted.
Education
Academic and Professional Experience
Academic Interests
Academic Interests
- Botany
- Evolutionary biology
- Molecular systematics
- Phylogenetics
Academic Responsibilities
Director of the Taylor Herbarium
Courses:
- Grasses and Grasslike Plants (BOT 405-505)
- Range Plant Identification (RANG 210)
- Plant Systematics (BOT 301)
Committees and Professional Memberships
- American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT)
- Botanical Society of America (BSA)
- Society of Herbarium Curators (SHC)
- Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB)
Work Experience
- Postdoctoral researcher. University of Idaho, Department of Biological Sciences. 2014-2017
- Lecturer. University of Idaho, Department of Biological Sciences. 2016
- Laboratory manager. Harvard University, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. 2005-2007
Research and Scholar Work
Areas of Research
I build phylogenies (hypotheses about evolutionary history) using molecular data to understand patterns of plant biodiversity at multiple scales - from deep divergences in the flowering plant tree of life, to recent speciation and hybridization events. Much of my work has been focused within the Orobanchaceae, the largest clade of parasitic angiosperms. I am also interested in plant community assembly, floristics and managing natural history collections.
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