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CURRICULUM VITAE
 
Johanna R. Jantzen
Postdoctoral Researcher
Université de Montréal, IRBV
Email: johanna dot jantzen at umontreal dot ca
Twitter: @JohannaJantzen
 
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EDUCATION      
2015 – 2020                      PhD Botany                                                                                       
                                          Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
                                          Dissertation: Evolution in Neotropical Tibouchina s.s. (Melastomataceae)
                                          Advisors: Dr. Pamela Soltis and Dr. Douglas Soltis

2013 – 2014                        MSc Biodiversity & Taxonomy of Plants                                                                                                                        Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh & University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
                                           Thesis: Phylogenetic investigation into the evolution of Coelocarpum (Verbenaceae)                                               leading to a taxonomic revision
                                           Advisor: Dr. Alan Forrest
                                           Graduated with distinction
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2007 – 2011                        BSc Biology  
                                           University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
                                           Graduated with distinction 
 
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
6. Jantzen, J.R.*, Amarasinghe, P.*, Folk, R.A., Reginato, M., Michelangeli, F.A., Soltis, D.E., Cellinese, N., and Soltis, P.S. 2020. A two-tier bioinformatic pipeline to develop probes for target capture of nuclear loci with applications in Melastomataceae. Applications in Plant Sciences 8(5): e11345. DOI: 10.1002/aps3.11345

5. Jantzen, J.R., Whitten, M.W., Neubig, K.M., Majure, L.C., Soltis, D.E., and Soltis, P.S. 2019. Effects of taxon sampling and tree reconstruction methods on phylodiversity metrics. Ecology and Evolution 9(17): 9479-9499. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5425.

4. Allen, G.A., McCormick, L.J., Jantzen, J.R., Marr, K.L., and Brown, B.N. 2017. Distributional and morphological differences between native and introduced Common Reed (Phragmites australis, Poaceae) in Western Canada. Wetlands 110: 1-9.

3. Sutherland, B.J.G., Poley, J.D., Igboeli, O.O., Jantzen, J.R., Fast, M.D., Koop, B.F., and Jones, S.R.M. 2015. Transcriptomic responses to emamectin benzoate in Pacific and Atlantic Canada salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis with differing levels of drug resistance. Evol. Appl. 8(2): 133-148.

2. Rondeau, E.B., Minkley, D.R., Leong, J.S., Messmer, A.M., Jantzen, J.R., Von Schalburg, K.R., Lemon, C., Bird, N.H., and Koop, B.F. 2014. The genome and linkage map of the Northern Pike (Esox lucius): Conserved synteny revealed between the Salmonid sister group and the Neoteleostei. PLoSOne 9(7): e102089.

1. Sutherland, B.J.G., Hanson, K.C., Jantzen, J.R., Koop, B.F., and Smith, C.T. 2014. Divergent immunity and energetic programs in the gills of migratory and resident Oncorhynchus mykiss. Mol. Ecol. 23(8): 1952-1964. DOI: 10.1111/mec.12713.
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 *Co-first-authors

MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS
7. Freitas Oliveira, A.L., de Jesus Rocha, K.C., Rodrigues, J.L., Jantzen, J.R., and Viana, P.L. Tibouchina carajensis (Melastomataceae), a new species endemic to the Serra dos Carajás in the Brazilian Amazon. In review at Phytotaxa.

FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS
2019                       Society of Herbarium Curators, Student Research Award ($500)
2019                       Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, NHCCN Travel Grant
2016-2019             American Society of Plant Taxonomists, Student Travel Grant                                                     
2018                       American Philosophical Society, Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research                                   ($5,000)
2018                       University of Florida Biology Graduate Student Association Michael May Grant ($300)
2017                       Botanical Society of America, Graduate Student Research Award ($500)
2017                       Florida Museum of Natural History, Department of Natural History Travel Award ($1,000)
2017                       International Association for Plant Taxonomy, Research Grant ($1,000)
2017                       Society for the Study of Evolution, Rosemary Grant Graduate Student Research Award                                          ($2,340)
2016                       Society of Systematic Biologists, Graduate Student Research Award ($1,500)
2016                       American Society of Plant Taxonomists, Graduate Research Award ($750)
2016-2019             Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada
                              Postgraduate Scholarship – Doctoral ($63,000 over 3 years)
2015-2016/           University of Florida, Graduate Student Fellowship ($25,000/year for 4 years)
2019-2022                             
 
AWARDS, HONOURS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2020                      UF Department of Biology Graduate Student Service Award
2019                       UF International Center Certificate of Excellence
2014                       Top Student Award, MSc Biodiversity & Taxonomy of Plants
2013                       Scotland Saltire Scholarship
2013                       University of Edinburgh School of Biological Sciences Bursary Award
2010                       UVic Melburn-Brenton Scholarship
2007-2010             UVic Renewable Excellence Scholarship
 
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
Jantzen, J.R., Freitas Oliveira, A.L., Soltis, D., and Soltis, P. 2020. Investigating geographic drivers of diversification in Neotropical Tibouchina s.s. (Melastomataceae). Presented at the Humboldt Symposium, UF Biodiversity Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Feb 28, 2020.

Jantzen, J.R., Freitas Oliveira, A.L., Soltis, D., and Soltis, P. 2019. Using a phylogenomic approach to resolve the systematics and taxonomy of Tibouchina s.s. Presented at the Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, MG, Brazil, Oct 31, 2019.
 
Jantzen, J.R., Soltis, D., and Soltis, P. 2019. The role of xylopodia in the evolution of Tibouchina s.s. (Melastomataceae). Colloquium: Time to dig: the importance of underground storage organs in plant evolution. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America.
 
Jantzen, J.R., Whitten, W.M., Neubig, K.M., Majure, L.C., Soltis, D.E., and Soltis, P.S. 2018. Alternative taxon sampling and tree reconstruction strategies can affect patterns of phylogenetic diversity: Evidence from the Ordway-Swisher Biological Station. Symposium: Collaborations in Biodiversity Research, May 7, 2018.

 
CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS & POSTERS
Oral Presentations
Jantzen, J.R., Freitas Oliveira, A.L., Soltis, D., and Soltis, P. 2019. Using a phylogenomic approach to resolve the systematics and taxonomy of Tibouchina s.s. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America.
 
Jantzen, J.R., Whitten, W.M., Neubig, K.M., Majure, L.C., Soltis, D.E., and Soltis, P.S. 2018. Alternative taxon sampling and tree reconstruction strategies can affect patterns of phylogenetic diversity: Evidence from a case study in Florida. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America.
 
Jantzen, J.R., Whitten, W.M., Neubig, K.M., Majure, L.C., Soltis, D.E., and Soltis, P.S. 2017. Patterns of phylogenetic diversity based on alternative taxonomic sampling and tree reconstruction strategies: a case study from Florida. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America.
 
Jantzen, J.R., Whitten, W.M., Neubig, K.M., Majure, L.C., Soltis, D.E., and Soltis, P.S. 2016. The effects of taxonomic and spatial scale on measures of phylogenetic diversity using a test case in Florida. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America.

 
Poster Presentations
Jantzen, J.R., Freitas Oliveira, A.L., Soltis, D., and Soltis, P. 2020. Biogeography of Tibouchina s.s.: identifying the origins of cerrado and campos rupestres plant diversity. Presented at the fourth Society of Systematic Biologists standalone meeting.
 
Jantzen, J.R., Freitas Oliveira, A.L., Soltis, D., and Soltis, P. 2019. Biogeography of Tibouchina s.s.: identifying the origins of cerrado and campos rupestres plant diversity. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America.
 
Amarasinghe, P., Jantzen, J., Folk, R., Soltis, D., Soltis, P., Cellinese, N. 2019. Developing a new bioinformatics pipeline to capture low-copy nuclear loci for two distant clades of Melastomataceae. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America.
 
Jantzen, J., Freitas Oliveira, A.L., Soltis, D., and Soltis, P. 2018. Niche divergence among Tibouchina s.s. (Melastomataceae). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections.
 
Amarasinghe, P., Jantzen, J., Soltis, D., Soltis, P., and Cellinese, N. 2018. Developing tools to capture loci of two distant clades of Melastomataceae. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America.
 
Jantzen, J., Freitas Oliveira, A.L., Soltis, D., and Soltis, P. 2018. Niche divergence among Tibouchina s.s. (Melastomataceae). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America. 


TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Jan-Apr 2020      Teaching Assistant – Biology Department, University of Florida
                             Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience: Plants on the Tree of Life
Jan-Apr 2016      Teaching Assistant – Biology Department, University of Florida
                             Integrated Principles of Biology Lab 2

WORKSHOPS PRESENTED
“Using Digitized Herbarium Data in Research: A Crash Course”: iDigBio/BiotaPhy workshop presented at Botanical Society of America Botany conferences
2017-2018                            Developed and presented “Community Phylogenetics” Module
2016                                       Assisted with workshop presentation and activities
 
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE
2019                       Principles of Effective Instruction Certificate
                               5 Modules Completed: Aligning Assessments to Objectives, Applying Educational Theory,                                     Effective Feedback, Flexible Assessments, Recognize and Respond to At-Risk Students
2018                       “How to prepare your data for publication, and what to do with open data”
                               Presented by Canadensys and iDigBio in Vancouver, Canada (Nov 7-9)
 
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Plant systematics and evolution; origins of plant diversity and endemism; biogeography; campos rupestres; collections-based research; community phylogenetics
 
UNDERGRAD MENTORING
2019                    Bruna Gentiles, 2nd year, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (Oct 2019-present)
                            Chromosome counts (cytology) in Tibouchina s.s.
2019                    Cecilia Novais, 2nd year, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (Oct 2019-present)
                            Chromosome counts (cytology) in Tibouchina s.s.
2019                    Anthony Portugues, 1st year, University of Florida (Jun 2019-present)
                            Morphology of underground organs in Tibouchina s.s.
2019                    Alina Alvarez, 2nd year, University of Florida (Apr 2019-present)
                            Using machine learning to understand phenology in Tibouchina s.l.
2019                    Nhi Doan, 1st year, University of Florida (Apr 2019-present)
                            Using machine learning to understand phenology in Tibouchina s.l.
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2018                    Gabriel Leme, Santa Fe College (Nov 2018-Feb 2019)
                            Measured SLA for silica dried plant tissue; was student at Santa Fe College (UF transfer)


SERVICE & OUTREACH
Departmental Service
2019-present     Founding member of FLMNH Natural History Collections Club and Student Group
2019-2020          Biology Graduate Student Association: President
2019-2020          Graduate representative on Mentorship Committee
2018-2020     Established and coordinated BGSA Writing Group
2018-2020     Member of BGSA Mental Health Committee
2018-2019           Biology Graduate Student Association: Vice-President
2017-2018           Biology Graduate Student Association: Faculty Recruitment Coordinator
2016-2017           Biology Graduate Student Association: Seminar Committee Member
 
Society Service
2019-present       ASPT Collections Committee – Student Representative
2019-2020            Member of organizing committee for SSB2020
2019                      Contributor to BSA Student Newsletter
 
Community Outreach
2017-2019            Girls Who Code Club, Facilitator – Eastside High School, Gainesville, FL
                                Instructor for local high school club which meets once a week
2018                     WeDigBio volunteer – Florida Museum, Gainesville, FL
                                 Demonstrated and supervised public participation in Notes from Nature activity
2017, 2018            She’s a Scientist outreach event – Florida Museum, Gainesville, FL
                                 Event for Girl Scouts: assisted girls with plant- and evolution-based activities 

      
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
2019                                  Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
2017-present                    Society of Herbarium Curators  
2017-present                    International Association for Plant Taxonomy     
2017-present                    Society for the Study of Evolution
2017-2020                        Torrey Botanical Society
2016-present                    American Society of Plant Taxonomists
2016-present                    Botanical Society of America
2016, 2019-present          Society of Systematic Biologists

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