CURRICULUM VITAE ALEJANDRA VASCO

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE ALEJANDRA VASCO Institute of Systematic Botany The New York Botanical Garden 200th St. & Kazimiroff Boulevard Bronx, New York Telephone: (1) URL: I PERSONAL INFORMATION Born in Medellín, Colombia, 8 September Languages. Spanish, English, Portuguese, German. II EDUCATION Plant Sciences PhD. City University of New York (CUNY)/ New York Botanical Garden, Advisor: Dr. Robbin C. Moran Master in Biological Sciences (MSc) City University of New York (CUNY)/ New York Botanical Garden, Advisor: Dr. Robbin C. Moran Biology (B.Sc.). University of Antioquia, Biology Department. Medellín, Colombia. Advisor: Dr. Ricardo Callejas III REFEREED PUBLICATIONS Submitted Submitted Vasco, A., Moran, R.C., Rouhan, G. Submitted. Circumscription and phylogeny of the morphologically singular Elaphoglossum ciliatum group (sect. Lepidoglossa, Dryopteridaceae) based on cpdna sequences. Taxon. Vasco, A., Moran, R.C., Rouhan, G. Submitted. Monograph of the Elaphoglossum ciliatum group (Dryopteridaceae). Brittonia Vasco, A Elaphoglossum gemmatum (Elaphoglossaceae), a new proliferous species from Colombia. Brittonia 58: 1-3.

2 2005 Benavides, A., Duque, A., Duivenvoorden, J., Vasco, A. & Callejas, R A first quantitative census of vascular epiphytes in rain forests of Colombian Amazonia. Biodiversity and Conservation 14: Abstracts 2008 Vasco, A., Rouhan, G. & Moran, R.C Monographic and Phylogenetic Study of the Elaphoglossum ciliatum Clade (Dryopteridaceae). In: Abstracts of Botany 2008 (Botanical Society of America Annual Meeting), Vancouver, Canada Vasco, A., Moran, R.C., & Rouhan, G Taxonomic Revision of the Elaphoglossum ciliatum group (Dryopteridaceae). In: Abstracts of Botany 2007 (Botanical Society of America Annual Meeting), Chicago, USA Vasco, A Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the genus Elaphoglossum: molecular and morphological evidences. In: Resúmenes del Cuarto Congreso Colombiano de Botánica. Actualidades Biológicas, Supplement 1. Page Vasco, A., Moran, R.C., Rouhan, G Revisión Taxonómica del Grupo de Elaphoglossum ciliatum (Dryopteridaceae). In: Resúmenes del Cuarto Congreso Colombiano de Botánica. Actualidades Biológicas, Supplement 1. Page Benavides, A.M., Duque, A., Duivenvoorden, J.F. & Vasco, A Epiphyte distribution in the Amazonian landscapes. In: Abstracts 4 th International Canopy Conference, Tropical versus Temperate forest, Leipzig, Germany. Page Vasco, A., Duque, A. & Callejas, R Composición florística y distribución de epífitas vasculares en el Parque Nacional Natural Chiribiquete, Amazonia Colombiana. In: Libro de resúmenes del VIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Botánica. Cartagena de Indias October de Page Book Reviews 2008 Vasco, A Helechos arborescentes de Guatemala: distribución, diversidad, usos y manejo, by MarioVéliz and Jorge Vargas. American Fern Journal 98 (3): 0-0. IV NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS 2002 Vasco, A Composición florística y distribución de epífitas vasculares en el Parque Nacional Natural Chiribiquete, Amazonía Colombiana. Undergrad Senior Thesis. University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia

3 V HONOURS Oliver Hazard Perry Fellowship New York Botanical Garden Graduate Studies Program. Research assistantship awarded to one student per year. The research assistantship covers tuition and stipend during five years to carry out PhD. studies Huygens Scholarships Program Nuffic: Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education Scholarship covering tuition and stipend to spend three months at the Amsterdam University Best student in the Biology program. Awarded fellowship to do Masters research at the University of Antioquia. Medellín, Colombia. Declined 1999 Best advanced student in the Biology program. Tuition fellowship to finish the bachelor in science. VI FUNDING 2008 Research Grant Program for CUNY Doctoral Students Studies of high elevation tropical ferns in Costa Rica: a proposal to support field collection and training. Award to assit to the OTS course Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes and to do field work in Costa Rica. CUNY Graduate Center, New York. NY, USA Explorers Club, exploration fund grant Systematics of Elaphoglossum subsection Muscosa: what does a group of tropical ferns tell about Andean biogeography? Award to cover part of the costs to do fieldwork in Colombia 2006 Cuatrecasas Award Monograph and phylogenetic study of Elaphoglossum subsection Muscosa (Dryopteridaceae). Award to visit the US National Herbarium for two weeks Delzie Demaree Travel Award. Award to attend the 53 rd Annual Systematics Symposium at the Missouri Botanical Garden and visit the MO herbarium.

4 2006 Research Grant Program for CUNY Doctoral Students Colombia an unexplored country: Monograph and phylogenetic study of Elaphoglossum subsection Muscosa. Award to visit some Colombian herbaria and do preliminary field work. CUNY Graduate Center, New York. NY, USA Lehman College OTPS Plant Sciences Award to buy field supplies. Department of Biological Sciences. City University of New York - Lehman College, Bronx, NY, USA TROPENBOS foundation Young Researchers Grant. Floristic composition and distribution of vascular epiphytes in the Chiribiquete National Park, Colombian Amazonia. Award to carry out field work and herbarium work during the undergrad Senior Thesis TROPENBOS foundation, Colombia and The Netherlands. VII RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Research Assistant. Systematics of the fern genus Megalastrum NSF grant (DEB ). New York Botanical Garden. Project organization, and execution; databasing; WebPage designing and management; field work. Supervisor: Dr. Robbin Moran Herbarium Curatorial Assistant. Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY, USA Sorting; filing; databasing; loan management Supervisor: Dr. Lawrence Kelly 2004 Research assistant. Molecular phylogeny of Elaphoglossum NSF grant (DEB ). New York Botanical Garden. DNA extraction, amplification, cloning, and sequencing; data analysis; field work; manuscript preparation and submission. Supervisor: Dr. Robbin Moran Contributor. Antioquia s vascular plants check list (Elaphoglossum) Herbarium University of Antioquia (HUA), Colombia, and Herbarium of the Missouri Botanical Garden Herbarium (MO), USA. VIII TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2006 & 2007 Guest Lecturer, Biological Systematics

5 Department of Biology, Lehman College, CUNY Developed and facilitated workshop on assembling and analyzing morphological data Professor: J. Rachlin 2007 Teaching Assistant: Taxonomy of Ferns and Lycophytes Tutor: Dr. Jefferson Prado (Sao Paulo Botanical Garden) IV Colombian Botanical Conference, Medellín-Colombia. April Teaching Assistant: Biology of Ferns and Lycophytes Tutor: Dr. Robbin C. Moran (New York Botanical Garden) Humboldt Field Research Institute, Steuben, Maine, USA August Teacher of General Biology and Laboratory. School of Natural and Exact Sciences 2001 Teaching Assistant. Vascular Plant Morphology Biology Department 2000 Teaching Assistant. Vascular Plant Taxonomy Biology Department 1998, 1999 Teaching Assistant. General Botany Biology Department VIII SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS 2008 Cladistics Whorkshop Teachers: Dr. Steve Farris, Dr. Paulo Goloboff, Dr. John Wenzel, Dr. Ward Wheeler Ohio State University. Columbus, Ohio, USA July Ferns from Colombia: Speaker American Fern Society, New York Chapter New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, USA March Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes: Assistant

6 Teachers: Dr. Don Farrar, Dr. Robbin C. Moran, Dr. Kathleen Pryer, Dr. Eddie Watkins, Dr. Michael Windam University of Costa Rica and Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS). Costa Rica January Symposium Comparative Biology of Ferns and Lycophytes : Coordinator and speaker Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the genus Elaphoglossum: molecular and morphological evidences. IV Colombian Botanical Conference, Medellín-Colombia. April rd Annual Systematics Symposium: Assistant Missouri Botanical Garden. Saint Louis Missouri USA, October rd Annual Systematics Symposium: Assistant Missouri Botanical Garden. Saint Louis Missouri USA, October A Basic Introduction on the Ordination Methods and Analysis of Ecological Patterns: Assistant Tutor: Dr. Alvaro Duque (University of Amsterdam) Medellín Botanical Garden & University of Antioquia. Medellín- Colombia October Structures in terrestrial ecosystems: Student Tutor: Joost Duivenvoorden (University of Amsterdam) Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. June 15 July Systematic of Tropical Plants: Student Various tutors University of Costa Rica and Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS). Costa Rica June 10-July Firsts Aids: Student Colombian Red Cross. Medellín- Colombia. January-December IX OTHER ACTIVITIES Ad hoc reviewer for Brittonia, Darwiniana. Member of the American Fern Society, Asociación Latinoamericana de Pteridología, Botanical Society of America, Grupo de Estudios Botánicos UdeA, New York Academy of Sciences,

7 Society of Systematic Biology, Sigma Delta Epsilon/Graduate Women in Science, Torrey Botanical Club. X REFERENCES Robbin C. Moran Curator New York Botanical Garden (NY) The New York Botanical Garden 200th Street & Southern Blvd. Bronx, NY Tel: Fax: [email protected] Ricardo Callejas Posada Professor School of Natural and Exact Sciences. University of Antioquia Apartado Aéreo 1226, Medellín-Colombia Tel [email protected] New York, September 2008