Claudia L. Henriquez
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Claudia L. Henriquez
Department of Biology
Evolution, Ecology and Population Biology Program
Washington University in St. Louis
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130
Phone: (314) 262-0719
Email:
EDUCATION
2010 – Present Ph.D. candidate, Plant Evolutionary Biology, Washington University in St. Louis/Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO
Advisors: Dr. Barbara A. Schaal, Dr. Thomas B. Croat
2005 – 2008 Honors B.S., Genetics and Plant Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Research mentor: Dr. Chelsea D. Specht
2001 – 2005 Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2010 – Present Doctoral research, Washington University in St. Louis/ Missouri Botanical Garden Principal Investigators Dr. Barbara Schaal, Dr. Thomas B. Croat
· Plastid and mito phylogenomics of the plant family Araceae in collaboration with Dr. Chris J. Pires, University of Missouri, Columbia. Methods: library prep for next generation sequencing, quality-trimming and filtering data, reference-based genome assembly, phylogenetic analysis. Software: YASRA, Bowtie2, Geneious, DynamicTrim, PrinSeq, RAxML, Mr. Bayes,
· The role of KNOX genes in dissected vs. entire leaves in the genus Anthurium Methods: SEM imaging, plant microtechnique, immunolocalization
· Evolution of leaf morphology in the plant family Araceae Methods: ancestral character state reconstruction using parsimony and maximum likelihood
2007 - 2008 Undergraduate research, University of California, Berkeley
Principal Investigator Dr. Chelsea D. Specht
· Molecular and morphological analysis of the Mexican Milla complex in collaboration with El Instituto de Ecologia, A.C. Methods: plant collection, DNA extraction, PCR amplification, DNA sequencing with ABI 3100 Sequencer, sequence alignment, phylogenetic analysis
2005 Undergraduate research, Bridges to Baccalaureate, University of California, Irvine
Principal Investigator Dr. Arthur Weiss
· The structure of the seed bank of Brassica rapa and its role in evolution Methods: soil core extraction and analysis (UC Irvine Arboretum), preparation of organic samples for Tandem Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (TAMS)
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
2011 Southern blotting, cloning, primer design, Washington University in St. Louis
Instructor Dr. Kenneth M. Olsen
2007 Plant/animal microtechnique, University of California, Berkeley
Instructor Dr. Steven Ruzin
AWARDS
2012, 2011 GAANN Fellowship, Washington University in St. Louis
2012, 2010 Honorable Mention, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
2011 Morris B. Rettner Scholarship, Washington University in St. Louis
2008 Honors in Genetics and Plant Biology, University of California, Berkeley
2007 Student-Initiated Research Award ($2,000.00) Molecular and morphological analysis of the Mexican Milla complex, University of California, Berkeley
TEACHING AND MENTORING EXPERIENCE
2011 Research mentor, course instructor, Students in the Garden, Washington University in St. Louis/Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO
2011 Teaching Assistant, Evolution (Bio 3501), Washington University in St. Louis, Fall
2010 - 2011 Tutor, mentor, UrbanFUTURE, St. Louis, MO
2010 - present Volunteer, Association for Women in Science, St. Louis, MO
2010 - 2011 Volunteer, Young Scientist Program, Washington University in St. Louis
2005 Research mentor, COSMOS, University of California, Irvine
PRESENTATIONS
2013 Evolution of leaf morphology in the plant family Araceae, Munich Botanical Garden, Munich, Germany
2013 Evolution of leaf morphology in the plant family Araceae, Department of Biology, Plant Lunch, Washington University in St. Louis
2013 Plastid phylogenomics of the plant family Araceae, Evolution, Ecology and Population Biology seminar series, Washington University in St. Louis
2013 Plastid phylogenomics of the plant family Araceae, University of Missouri, Columbia
2012 Phylogenomics and evolution of leaf morphology in the plant family Araceae, Plant Lunch, University of California, Berkeley
2011 Phylogenomics and evolution of leaf morphology in the plant family Araceae, Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology seminar series, Washington University in St. Louis
2008 Molecular and morphological analysis of the Mexican Milla complex, Honors Research Presentation, University of California, Berkeley
2005 The structure of the seed bank of Brassica rapa and its role in evolution, MSP Bridges to Baccalaureate Symposium (funded by NIH), University of California, Irvine
PUBLICATIONS
Henriquez, CL, T Arias, TB Croat, CJ Pires, BA Schaal. Plastid and mito phylogenomics of the plant family Araceae (in prep)
ACADEMIC TRAVEL
2013 Germany, Munich, Munich Botanical Garden
2012 Ecuador, National Herbarium of Ecuador QCNE, forests of Northwest collecting Anthurium
2007 Mexico, Saltillo, Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Chihuahua Desert collecting Milla
2005 Costa Rica, San Jose, Universidad Latina, semester abroad
2002 Indonesia, Java, Bogor Botanical Gardens