Profile (CV) of the research teaching staff

Catalán Rodríguez, María Pilar
Department: Departamento de Ciencias Agrarias y del Medio Natural
Field: Botánica
Faculty: Escuela Politécnica Superior

Research Institute: INSTITUTO DE BIOCOMPUTACIÓN Y FÍSICA DE SISTEMAS COMPLEJOS (BIFI)
Group: A01_23R: BIOFLORA

UNESCO codes
  • Taxonomía vegetal
  • Otras

Number of 6-year periods of research productivity evaluation
  • CNEAI research evaluation. 01/01/21
  • CNEAI research evaluation. 01/01/15
  • CNEAI research evaluation. 01/01/09
  • CNEAI research evaluation. 01/01/03
Academic position: Cated. Universidad
Email: pcatalan@unizar.es
Personal web page: http://bifi.es/bioflora/
ORCID number: 0000-0001-7793-5259

Research interests
  • Filogenia
  • Genómica
  • Biología evolutiva
  • Botánica sistemática
  • Biodiversidad

University degrees
  • Licenciatura en Biología. Universidad de Navarra. 1980

PhDs
  • Doctor en Biología. Universidad del País Vasco. 1987

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My research focuses on plant evolutionary biology, speciation, hybridization, polyploidization, ecological adaptation, landscape genetics and comparative genomics of monocots, especially temperate grasses (Pooideae, Brachypodium, Loliinae). My lab has implemented new approaches in analysis of genomic inheritance in plant polyploids. I was one of the coauthors proposing Brachypodium distachyon as model plant for monocots and grasses in the early 90’s. Since then, I have conducted phylogenetic, genetic and phenotypic analysis within the B. distachyon complex, describing the three currently accepted annual species (B. distachyon, B. stacei, B. hybridum), and of the whole genus, providing the first genus-wide phylogenetic framework for the 20 annual and perennial species of Brachypodium. I have performed the comparative genomics and phylogenomic analysis of the sequenced Brachypodium species and the genealogical analysis of the B. distachyon pangenome. I have being investigating the phylogeny of Pooideae and the evolution and systematics of Loliinae since 1997. Coworkers of my lab and I have reconstructed the largest and most updated molecular phylogenies of Loliinae (Festuca and close allied genera) to date. I am currently Professor in Botany at the Universities of Zaragoza (Spain) and have been invited Professor in Botany at Tomsk State University (Russia) from 2014 to 2021. I was awarded corresponding member of the Botanical Society of America.


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