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DrMaria Clara Castellanos

Associate Professor (Ecology and Evolution)

School of Life Sciences

Orcid identifier0000-0002-9967-355X
  • Associate Professor (Ecology and Evolution)
    School of Life Sciences

BIO

I am an evolutionary ecologist. Research in our group aims to understand plant evolution and resilience in respose to interactions with animals and environmental factors.  We use fieldwork, greenhouse experiments, and quantitative genomic approaches in our work. Currently we are particularly interested in flower evolution and pollination. 

 

 

For current lab members and more on projects, visit the Plant Evolutionary Ecology Lab webpages.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor
    University of Sussex, Department of Ecology & Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Brighton, United Kingdom2024
  • Editor-in-Chief
    Journal of Pollination Ecology, www.pollinationecology.org1 Jun 2021
  • Senior Lecturer
    University of Sussex, Department of Ecology & Evolution, United Kingdom2022 - 2024
  • Lecturer
    University of Sussex, Department of Ecology & Evolution, United Kingdom2019 - 2022
  • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow
    University of Sussex, Department of Ecology & Evolution, United Kingdom2017 - 2019
  • Juan de la Cierva/JAE research fellow
    CIDE-CSIC, Spain2008 - 2015
  • Postdoctoral fellow
    Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Spain2004 - 2006

DEGREES

  • PhD
    University of Toronto, Canada
  • MSc
    Stony Brook University, United States
  • Bs Biology
    Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 15 Life on Land
  • 13 Climate Action
  • 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

FIELDS OF RESEARCH