Carolina M. Siniscalchi

Post-Doctoral Associate

Mississippi State University

Biography

I’m a Post Doctoral Associate at Mississippi State University. My two main research lines are macroevolution of the nitrogen fixation symbiosis in flowering plants and systematics and evolution of the sunflower family.

Interests

Plant Evolution
Systematics
Taxonomy
Compositae

Education

PhD in Biology (Botany), 2018
Universidade de São Paulo
MSc in Biology (Botany), 2012
Universidade de São Paulo
BSc in Biology, 2010
Universidade de São Paulo

Professional Background

Post-Doctoral Associate

Mississippi State University, Folk Lab

Jan 2020 – Present Mississippi State, MS, USA

Studying macroevolution of the nitrogen fixing symbiosis in flowering plants.

Research Associate

University of Memphis, Mandel Lab

Sep 2018 – Dec 2019 Memphis, TN, USA

Studied whole genome duplications in the sunflower family.

Doctorate student

Universidade de São Paulo

Jan 2014 – Apr 2018 São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Studied the systematics and evolution of the genus Chresta (tribe Vernonieae, family Asteraceae), using phylogenomics and population genetics methods.

Master’s student

Universidade de São Paulo

Sep 2010 – Sep 2012 São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Studied Leguminosae floristics at Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Projects

Compositae Systematics

Understanding the evolution of the sunflower family.

Macroevolution of Nitrogen Fixation

Understanding the drivers of the nitrogen fixing symbiosis in flowering plants.

Featured Publications

Biodiversity at the global scale: the synthesis continues

Traditionally, the generation and use of biodiversity data and their associated specimen objects have been primarily the purview of …

Ryan A Folk, Carolina M Siniscalchi

Biodiversity at the global scale: the synthesis continues

Lineage‐specific vs. universal: A comparison of the Compositae1061 and Angiosperms353 enrichment panels in the sunflower family

Phylogenetic studies in the Compositae are challenging due to the sheer size of the family and the challenges they pose for molecular …

Carolina M Siniscalchi, Oriane Hidalgo, Luis Palazzesi, Jaume Pellicer, Lisa Pokorny, Olivier Maurin, Ilia J Leitch, Felix Forest, William J Baker, Jennifer R Mandel

Lineage‐specific vs. universal: A comparison of the Compositae1061 and Angiosperms353 enrichment panels in the sunflower family

Publications

Aridity drives phylogenetic diversity and species richness patterns of nitrogen-fixing plants in North America

Joshua R. Doby, Daijang Li, Ryan A. Folk, Carolina M Siniscalchi, Robert P. Guralnick

Asteraceae as a model system for evolutionary studies: from fossils to genomes

Luis Palazzesi, Jaume Pellicer, Viviana D Barreda, Benoit Loeuille, Jennifer R Mandel, Lisa Pokorny, Carolina M Siniscalchi, Cristina Telleria, Ilia J Leitch, Oriane Hidalgo

Reevaluating genetic diversity and structure of Helianthus verticillatus (Asteraceae) after the discovery of new populations

Erika R. Moore, Carolina M Siniscalchi, Jennifer R Mandel

Comparative analyses of Mikania (Asteraceae: Eupatorieae) plastomes and impact of data partitioning and inference methods on phylogenetic relationships

Verônica A Thode, Caetano T Oliveira, Benoı̂t Loeuille, Carolina M Siniscalchi, José R Pirani

Photosynthesis metabolism in the Compositae: Current knowledge and future directions

Carolina M Siniscalchi, Robert D Edwards, Jorge L Gomez, Erika R Moore, Jennifer R Mandel

Novelties in Lepidaploinae (Asteraceae, Vernonieae) from the easternmost campos rupestres of Minas Gerais, Brazil: two new species and a range expansion

Guilherme M Antar, Carolina M Siniscalchi, Paulo M Gonella, Marcelo Monge, Benoit Loeuille

Extremely low nucleotide diversity among thirty-six new chloroplast genome sequences from Aldama (Heliantheae, Asteraceae) and comparative chloroplast genomics analyses with closely related genera

Benoit Loeuille, Verônica Thode, Carolina Siniscalchi, Sonia Andrade, Magdalena Rossi, José Rubens Pirani

The Effects of Herbarium Specimen Characteristics on Short-Read NGS Sequencing Success in Nearly 8000 Specimens: Old, Degraded Samples Have Lower DNA Yields but Consistent Sequencing Success

Heather R Kates, Joshua R Doby, Carol M Siniscalchi, Raphael LaFrance, Douglas E Soltis, Pamela S Soltis, Robert P Guralnick, Ryan A Folk