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Why Do I Study Systematics?I am an evolutionary biologist that focuses on plant systems. My research takes advantage of molecular tools to provide a baseline phylogenetic context to investigate a diversity of questions pertaining to the tempo and mode of evolution across trait space, ecological niche space, and geographic space.
I strongly believe that systematics is a fundamental, exciting, and constantly "evolving" subdiscipline of biology. Apart from viewing the concept of clades (including species) as testable hypotheses, an evolutionary context is critical for defining what we are studying across other biological subdisciplines, including ecology, developmental biology, and epidemiology. The diverse questions that my collaborators and I seek to address require an integrative approach to systematics that leverages data gathered using a diversity of approaches; utilizing newly generated datasets as well as reanalyzing old or "classic" datasets using new methods. No matter what question I am asking, my research recognizes that museum (i.e., herbarium) specimens serve as a long-term repository for a wealth of information about an organism and should be well-utilized in modern, cutting-edge research in the era of "Big Data." Throughout my career as a plant systematist, I have remained an enthusiastic field biologist, with a focus on the flora of eastern North America. As a result, I have nurtured a passion for and gained expertise in a wide variety of organisms, ranging from mosses to ferns to flowering plants. This passion is reflected in the phylogenetic diversity of the organisms that I study. |
PolemoniaceaeVariation in a hybrid swarm of Polemonium brandegeii and Polemonium viscosum. Larimer County, Colorado.
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MorphometricsDiversity of leaf shapes in maples (Acer; Sapindaceae).
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SalviaSalvia reflexa. El Paso County, Colorado.
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BryophytesSporophytes of Diphysicum foliosum (Diphysicaceae). Keweenaw County, Michigan.
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Contact Me
Jeff Rose
Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison
430 Lincoln Dr.
Madison, WI, 53706
jeffrey.p.rose.3[at]gmail[dot]com
Jeff Rose
Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison
430 Lincoln Dr.
Madison, WI, 53706
jeffrey.p.rose.3[at]gmail[dot]com