Email: jtate at ufl.edu

Education:

University of Texas at Austin, Ph.D., Plant Biology, 2002.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.S., Plant Biology, 1994.

University College of North Wales, Bangor (Study Abroad), 1993–1994.

Professional experience:

Postdoctoral research associate. Florida Museum of Natural History and Department of Botany, University of Florida. Advisors: Douglas E. Soltis and Pamela S. Soltis, 2002–present.

Graduate Research Assistant. University of Texas, Plant Resources Center. Flora of Texas Database project: data entry, managing and editing of files, 2000-2001.

Herbarium Assistant. Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois. Assisted Collections Manager and Curators with processing loans, preparing specimens, updating nomenclature and databasing specimen information, 1994–1996.

Peer-reviewed publications:

Tate, J. A., J. Fuertes Aguilar, S. J. Wagstaff, J. C. La Duke, T. A. Bodo Slotta, and B. B. Simpson. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships within the tribe Malveae (subfamily Malvoideae, Malvaceae) as inferred from ITS sequence data. American Journal of Botany 92: 584-602.

Simpson, B. B., J. A. Tate, and A. Weeks. 2005. The biogeography of Hoffmannseggia (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae, Caesalpinieae): A tale of many travels. Journal of Biogeography 32: 15-27.

Simpson, B. B., J. A. Tate, and A. Weeks. 2004. Phylogeny and character evolution of Hoffmannseggia (Caesalpinieae: Caesalpinioideae: Leguminosae). Systematic Botany 29: 933-946.

Tate, J. A., D. E. Soltis, and P. S. Soltis. 2004. Polyploidy in Plants in The Evolution of the Genome, T. R. Gregory (ed.), pp. 371-425, Elsevier.

Soltis, D. E., P. S. Soltis, J. C. Pires, A. Kovarik, J. A. Tate, and E. Mavrodiev. 2004. Recent and recurrent polyploidy in Tragopogon (Asteraceae): Genetic, genomic, and cytogenetic comparisons. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 82: 485-501.

Tate, J. A. and B. B. Simpson. 2004. Breeding system evolution in Tarasa (Malvaceae) and selection for reduced pollen grain size in the polyploid species. American Journal of Botany 91: 207-213.

Soltis, D. E., P. S. Soltis, and J. A. Tate. 2003. Advances in the study of polyploidy since Plant Speciation. New Phytologist 161: 173-191.

Tate, J. A. 2003. Andeimalva: a new genus of Malvaceae from Andean South America. Lundellia 6: 10-18.

Tate, J. A. and B. B. Simpson. 2003. Paraphyly of Tarasa Philippi (Malvaceae) and diverse origins of the polyploid species. Systematic Botany 28: 723-737.

Other publications:

Philippe, L. R., J. A. Tate, D. M. Ketzner, and J. E. Ebinger. 1999. Vascular Flora of Chauncey Marsh Natural Area, Lawrence County, Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Sciences 92(1-2):37-51.

Robertson, K. R. and J. A. Tate. 1996. A Directory of Illinois Systematists, Ecologists, and Field Biologists. Web publication http://ellipse.inhs.uiuc.edu/DISE. Programming by James W. Crowder.

Manuscripts submitted and in preparation:

Tate, J. A., Z. Ni, A.-C. Scheen, J. Koh, C. Gilbert, Z. J. Chen, P. S. Soltis, and D. E. Soltis. Transcriptome diversity and rapid elimination of homoeologous loci in Tragopogon miscellus (Asteraceae), a recent and reciprocally formed allopolyploid. In review.

Tate, J. A., M. C. Acosta, A. del V. Ordóñez, E. A. Moscone, B. B. Simpson, and A. A. Cocucci. The phylogeny of Nierembergia (Solanaceae) based on molecular, morphological, and cytological evidence.

Tate, J. A., J. T. Beck, and R. L. Small. Phylogeny, taxonomy, and character evolution in Tribe Malveae (subfamily Malvoideae, Malvaceae).

Abstracts:

Tate, J. A., Z. J. Chen, D. S. Soltis, and P. S. Soltis. 2005. Genetic and genomic consequences of recent and recurrent allopolyploidy in Tragopogon (Asteraceae). Paper presentation. International Botanical Congress, Vienna, Austria.

Tate, J. A., J. T. Beck, R. L. Small. 2005. Phylogeny, taxonomy, and character evolution in tribe Malveae (Malvaceae, subfamily Malvoideae). Paper presentation. Botanical Society of America meeting, Austin, Texas.

Tate, J. A., Z. J. Chen, D. S. Soltis, and P. S. Soltis. 2004. Gene expression in Tragopogon miscellus (Asteraceae), a recent and reciprocally formed allopolyploid. Paper presentation. Botanical Society of America meeting, Snowbird, Utah.

Tate, J. A., A.-C. Scheen, Z. J. Chen, D. S. Soltis, and P. S. Soltis. 2004. Gene expression in allotetraploid Tragopogon miscellus: implications for recent and reciprocal polyploid origins. Paper presentation. Polyploidy Workshop, Plant and Animal Genome Conference XII. San Diego, California.

Tate, J. A., A.-C. Scheen, Z. J. Chen, D. S. Soltis, and P. S. Soltis. 2003. Gene expression in a recent allopolyploid of recurrent origin. Poster presentation. International Polyploidy Conference. London, England.

Tate, J. A., A.-C. Scheen, Z. J. Chen, D. S. Soltis, and P. S. Soltis. 2003. Patterns of gene expression in a recent allopolyploid of recurrent origin: revisiting the Tragopogon system. Paper presentation. Botanical Society of America meeting, Mobile, Alabama.

Tate, J. A. and B. B. Simpson. 2001. Double trouble: Multiple origins of polyploidy in Tarasa (Malvaceae). Paper presentation. Botanical Society of America meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Tate, J. A. and B. B. Simpson. 2000. Towards a phylogeny of Tarasa (Malvaceae): Evolution in the high Andes. Poster presentation (recent developments). Botanical Society of America meeting, Portland, Oregon.

Tate, J. A. and B. B. Simpson. 1999. Evolution of the polyploid genus Tarasa (Malvaceae) in the high Andes. Poster presentation. XVI International Botanical Congress, St. Louis, Missouri.

Research Grants:

National Science Foundation, “Collaborative research: Patterns and mechanisms of gene expression in recent allotetraploids of recurrent origin,” 2004-2006, $309,281 (co-PI; D. E. Soltis, PI; P. S. Soltis and Z. J. Chen, co-PIs).

National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, “Systematics and evolution of Tarasa (Malvaceae): an enigmatic Andean polyploid genus,” 1999-2001, $10,000 (with B. B. Simpson).

Botanical Society of America, J.S. Karling Award, 1999, $500.

American Society of Plant Taxonomists, Graduate Student Research Award, 1998, $500.

Sigma Xi, Grants-in-Aid of Research, 1998, $1,000.

University of Texas at Austin, Institute of Latin American Studies, Faculty Sponsored Grant for Field Research in Latin America, 1998, $1,800.

University of Texas at Austin, Department of Botany, Graduate Student Research Award, 1998, $400.

Fellowships, Honors, and Awards:

Memorial Scholarship for outstanding research in organismal biology, Plant Biology Graduate Program, University of Texas at Austin, 2002, $100.

University Continuing Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, 2000-2001, $15,000.

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Austin, Division of Biological Sciences, 2000, $500.

Outstanding Teaching Assistant in Plant Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 2000.

Special Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, College of Natural Sciences, 2000, $1,000.

Summer Tuition Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, Office of Graduate Studies, 1998, $400.

Teaching Experience:

Teaching Assistant, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1996-2002

Lecture/Discussion courses: Cellular and Molecular Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Economic Botany, Structure and Function of Organisms

Laboratory courses: Field Biology, General Botany: Survey of the Plant Kingdom, Cellular and Molecular Biology Laboratory

Referee for Scientific Journals and Grants:

Annals of Botany

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Systematic Botany

National Science Foundation

Professional Societies:

American Society of Plant Taxonomists

Botanical Society of America

Society of Systematic Biologists

Updated: 13 December 2005