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Mario Vallejo-Marin

Professor of Ecological Botany at Uppsala University

National Geographic Bio

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Contact: Plant Ecology and Evolution Program, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University.
Uppsala, 752 36. Sweden. Email

Associate Editor for:   AoBPlants. 
Other links: Research Gate Profile    

Orcid ID:  orcid.org/0000-0002-5663-8025

Postdocs:

Lilian Melo (starting April 2024)

Lilian’s research focuses on exploring how pollinator behaviour affects patterns of pollen transfer and male fitness in buzz pollinated species. She will conduct experiments using flight arenas and bumblebees visiting Solanum flowers. Funding: Wenner-Gren Stiftelserna.

Vanessa Marcelo (2023-to date)

Vanessa will investigate patterns of pollen transfer in buzz pollinated plants. Her work builds on a recently developed model investigating how pollen placement and pollinator grooming affects pollen transfer patterns. Funding: CNPq, Brazil.

Vanessa’s Research Gate webpage.



Charlie Woodrow (2023-to date)

Charlie is using theoretical and empirical tools to study bee and flower vibrations and deploy micro-robotic actuators (“robo bees”) to study buzz pollination.
Funding: Human Frontier Science Program: Bridging robotics and pollination: Reconstructing a bee’s buzz through micro-robots.

Twitter: @CharlieZoology
Webpage: https://ecologyforthemasses.com/charlie-woodrow/

Ph.D. Students:

Lisette van Kolfschotten


Lisette van Kolfschoten (2022-to date)

Lisette started her PhD on fig-fig wasps interactions. She is currently studying buzz pollination in Swedish blueberry (blåbär, Vaccinium myrtillus, Ericaceae). Funding: Uppsala University. Co-supervisors: Charlotte Jandér and Jon Ågren.


M.Sc. Students

Luc Jensen (2024 to date)

Luc’s research focuses on evaluating how flower size influences bee visitation during buzz pollination.

Karin Alexandersson Ros (2023 to date)

Karin is conducting a project using behavioural assays and biomechanical analyses to study buzz pollination.


Undergraduate research students:

  • Emelie Dahlqvist (2024)

Short term visitors and sabbatical professors:

  • Lislie Solis-Montero. Sabbatical research (2024)
  • Sarah Scott. Newton Fellow, Royal Society of London (2024)

Exchange students:

  • Eloi Chauvet (2024)
  • Fesiha Yavuz (2024)

Lab Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellows:


Daniela Scaccabarozzi (2023)

High speed videography to study the behaviour of bees during buzz pollination.
Funding: Human Frontier Science Program: Bridging robotics and pollination: Reconstructing a bee’s buzz through micro-robots.

Current Post: Postdoc with Prof. Nina Slevtold at Uppsala University on orchid pollination and Arabidopsis adaptation.

Daniela’s Research Gate profile


Carlos Eduardo Pereira Nunes (2019-2022)

Buzz pollination: Integrating bee behaviour and floral evolution. Funding: The Leverhulme Trust

Current Post: Lecturer, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Diamantina, Brazil.

Carlos’ Research Gate Profile


David Pritchard (2019-2021)

Buzz pollination: Integrating bee behaviour and floral evolution. Funding: The Leverhulme Trust

Current post: Lecturer at the University of Lincoln, UK.


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Jurene Kemp (2019-2021)

Newton International Fellow. Evolution and function of buzz pollination: An experimental test using fluorescent nanoparticles. Funding: The Royal Society of London

Jurene’s Google Scholar page


Dr. Sofie Meeus (2014-2016)

Currently a Researcher at Meise Botanic Gardens, Belgium.

Genome evolution and fertility restoration during polyploid speciation. Funding: Plant Fellows


Violeta Simon Porcar

Dr. Violeta Simon-Porcar (2014-2016)

Currently a Marie Curie-Zolodowska fellow at the University of Seville.

Phenotypic variation and local adaptation in clonal vs. sexual populations: a test using introduced populations of monkey flowers. Funding: Plant Fellows


PhD Students:


Douglas Moore Ph.D. (2023)

Currently a postdoctoral fellow

Chemical ecology of buzz pollination. Funding: NERC: DTP-IAPETUS program. Co-supervisors: Tiina Sarkinen (Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh), Phil Stevenson (Kew), Matt Tinsley (Stirling)

Lucy Nevard Ph.D. (2022)

Currently a data analysis for the Scottish Government

Ecology and Evolution of Buzz Pollination. Funding: NERC: DTP-IAPETUS program. Co-supervisor: Adrian Brennan (Durham University)


Karen

     Anna Karen Zapata Carbonell Ph.D. (2019)

Currently a team leader in the plant growth industry

Evolution of anther dimorphism and reproductive ecology of Solanum houstonii (Solanaceae). Funding: Consejo Quintanarroense de Ciencia y Tecnologia/Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACyT), Mexico.


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     Pauline Pantoja Ph.D. (2018)

Currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Universidad Federal de Goias

Ecological genomics of introduced Mimulus in the United Kingdom. Funding: Science Without Borders, Brazil.


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  Zarah Pattison. Ph.D. (2016)

Currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Stirling.

Effect of changing flow regimes on the distribution and abundance of invasive riparian plants (co-supervised with Nigel Willby). Funding: Scottish Natural Heritage/Scottish Environment Protection Agency


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Lislie Solis-Montero. Ph.D. (2014)

Currently a CONACyT Researcher at El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (Ecosur), Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico.

Reproductive strategies in heterantherous Solanum rostratum. Funding: Horizon PhD Studentship, University of Stirling


Technicians:

  • Catriona Walker (2011)
  • Sophie Webster (2013)
  • Jessica Goodman (2019)

M.Sc. Students:

  • William Smith (2014). Niche modelling of invasive species: A case study with Mimulus guttatus
  • Gilbert Gauci (2016). Pollinator diversity in green roofs in Malta
  • Angel Olivares Espinosa (2016). Shifts in ecological niche following hybridisation
  • Sara Bisset (2017)
  • Aaron Martin (2017)
  • Jack Reid (2017)
  • Rebecca Brown (2021)
  • Darren Elder (2021)
  • Nicole Leadbetter (2022)
  • Sikar Aman (2022)

Honours Students

  • Philip Friston-Reilly (2009)
  • Stacey Anderson (2009)
  • Kirsty McVean (2010)
  • Stephanie Warren (2010)
  • Catriona Walker (2011)
  • Chris Chandler (2011)
  • Daniel Souto (2011)
  • Darryl Cox (2012). Currently Information Officer at the Bumblebee Conservation Trust
  • Michelle Lee (2012)
  • Stuart Gilmer (2012)
  • Thomas Booker (2012). Currently an Assistant Professor at UBC, Canada.
  • William Smith (2012)
  • Kirsten Kellet (2013)
  • Rebecca Pincott (2013)
  • Leanna Murray (2013)
  • Allison Prudlove (2014)
  • Chris McDougall (2014)
  • Tan Morgan (2014)
  • Alisdair Gordon (2015)
  • Louise Hynd (2015)
  • Rachael Woods (2015)
  • Andrew Laing (2016)
  • Claire Wallace (2016)
  • Emma Clarke (2016)
  • Jane Devlin (2016)
  • Ruby Cumming (2016)
  • Rachel Leonard (2017)
  • Mollie Cooper (2017)
  • Kate Harvey (2018)
  • Shannon Moffat (2018)
  • Ceit Beattie (2018)
  • Gregor Cowan (2018)
  • Rebecca Brown (2019)
  • Clara Sanasi (2019)
  • Lorna Graham (2019)
  • Samantha Smith (2020)
  • Conor Watts (2020)
  • Anya Foxworthy-Bowers (2021)
  • Georgia Dineley (2021)

Short-Exchange Students

  • Eudes Jouet-Pastre (2013)
  • Clement Bergounhou (2013)
  • Bertrand Travacca (2013)
  • Mathieu Quenu (2015)
  • David Real Fernandez (2016)
  • Enrique Maguilla Salado (2016). Currently a Juan de la Cierva Researcher at the University of Seville, Spain.
  • Blanca Arroyo Correa (2016, 2018). Currently a PhD student at CSIC Doñana, Spain.
  • Esther Senden (2016)
  • Alba Casillas (2017)
  • Aime Rubini Pisano (2017)
  • Daniele Da Re (2017)
  • Elodie Morel (2023)
  • Christian Ary Vasquez Castro (2023)
  • Bernardo Garcia Simpson (2023)
  • Leticia Rodrigues Novaes. (2023). Currently a PhD students at U. Seville, Spain

Sabbatical visitors, visiting Professors and Scholars

  • Vinicius Britto (2019-2020, 2021-2022)
  • Paul de Luca (2010)

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