Updated on 1/9/2007

 

 

Robert K. Jansen, Blake Centennial Professor and Chair

Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin

 

 

Birthdate:   4/23/54 Birthplace: Green Bay, Wisconsin

 

Home Address:        10911 Sierra Oaks

                                    Austin, TX 79759

                                    (512) 335-6098

 

Work Address:         Section of Integrative Biology

                                    University of Texas at Austin

                                    Patterson Labs 141

                                    Austin TX 78712

                                    Phone: 512-471-8827 (office), 512-471-8854 (lab)

                                    Email: jansen@mail.utexas.edu

 

Date of Appointment:  1991

 

Education:     B.S.      1976   Univ. of Wisconsin-Oshkosh - Biology

                        Ph.D.  1982   Ohio State University - Botany

 

Experience:   1976‑1982       Research/Teaching Assistant, Ohio State

                                                University

                        1982‑1983       Assistant Professor, Columbus College of Art and Design

                        1982‑1983       Research Associate, Botany Department, Ohio State Univ.

                        1983‑1984       Visiting Assistant Professor and Acting Curator of Beal-
                                    Darlington Herbarium, Michigan State University

                        1984‑1987       Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Univ. of Michigan

                        1987‑1991       Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Connecticut

                        1991-1998       Associate Professor, Department of Botany, The University of Texas at Austin

                        1998-1999       Professor, Department of Botany, The University of Texas at Austin

                        1999-               Professor and Chair, Section of Integrative Biology, The

                                                University of Texas at Austin

2000-                Blake Centennial Professor in Systematic Botany

 

Honors or Distinctions:  B.S. Biology (cum laude) 1976, Sigma Xi member, 1977-present

 

Fields of Specialization: Plant Molecular Systematics and Evolution, Chloroplast Genome Evolution, Evolution and Systematics of the Asteraceae and Campanulaceae, Origin and Evolution of Oceanic Island Floras

 

 

Professional Societies:  American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society of Plant Taxonomists, Botanical Society of America, International Association of Plant Taxonomists, Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biology; Sigma Xi

 

National and International Offices:

 

            1983‑1984       ASPT Committee for Floristics of Temperate North America,

                                    Acting Chairman

            1988‑1989       ASPT Nominations Committee member

            2001-               Editorial Committee, Systematic Botany

            1996-1999       Council Member, ASPT

            1996-1999       ASPT Awards Committee

            1990-               Advisory Board, Plant Systematics and Evolution

            1990-               Editorial Board, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

            1998-               Member, Committee of Visitors, Arnold Arboretum, Harvard

                                    Univ.

            1998-               Editorial Board, Journal of Plant Biology

            2001-               Scientific Advisory Board, Seacology

            2002-               Committee on Committees, Botanical Society of America

            2005                ASPT Local host of Annual Meetings

            2005-               BMC Evolutionary Biology, Editorial Board

 

Manuscript Reviews:

 

            American Journal of Botany

            Annals of Botany

            Annals of the Entomological Society of America

             Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

             Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

             Canadian Journal of Botany

             Brittonia

             Evolution

             Genetics

             Journal of Molecular Evolution

             Molecular Biology and Evolution

             Molecular Ecology

             Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution

             National Geographic Society

             New Zealand Journal of Botany

             Plant Systematics and Evolution

             Proceedings of the National Academy of Science

             Science

             Systematic Botany

             Systematic Botany Monographs

             Taxon

             Nucleic Acids Research

 

 

Grant Reviews

 

National Science Foundation:        Systematic Biology

                                                            Population Biology

                                                            New Young Investigators - panel member (1993)

                                                            Committee of Visitors - Systematics and

                                                            Population Biology Cluster - member (1993)

                                                            NSF/DOE/USDA Collaborative Research in Plant

                                                                        Biology Panel (1994)

                                                            Systematic Biology Panel Member (1997,1998, 2000)

 

Past Graduate Students:

 

            Linda Raubeson, Ph.D. 1992 Yale - currently an Associate Professor at Central

                        Washington University

            Roberta Mason-Gamer, Ph.D. 1993 University of Connecticut - currently an

                        Assistant Professor at University of Illinois at Chicago

            Mary Beth Cosner, Ph.D. 1993 Ohio State University - deceased

            Jeannette Whitton, Ph.D. 1994 University of Connecticut - currently an Associate

                        Professor at the University of British Columbia

            Youngdong Kim, Ph.D. 1994 Univeristy of Texas - currently an Assistant

                        Professor at Han Lim University, Korea

            Alice Hempel, Ph.D. 1995 Univ. of Texas - Associate Professor at Texas A&M

                        Kingsville

            Dennis Loockerman, Ph.D. 1996 Univeristy of Texas - currently employed in the

                        DNA fingerprinting lab in the Texas Department of Public Safety

Kathy Gould Mathews, Ph.D. 1997 University of Texas - currently an Assistant

            Professor at Western Carolina University

            Hyi-Gyung Kim, Ph.D. 1997 University of Texas - currently a Research Associate

                        at the University of Texas

            Carolyn Ferguson, Ph.D. 1998 University of Texas, currently an Assistant

                        Professor at Kansas State University

            Zaiming Zhao, Ph.D. 1999 University of Texas, currently a Lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences at University of Texas

            Doug Goldman, Ph.D. 2000 University of Texas, currently a Research Assistant at

                        Harvard University

            Jan Barber, Ph.D. 2000 University of Texas, currently an Assistant Professor at

                        Saint Louis University

            Les Goertzen, Ph.D. 2001 University of Texas, currently an Assistant Professor at

                      Auburn University.

            Sarah Simmons, Ph.D. (co-advisor with Beryl Simpson) 2002 University of Texas,

                        currently the Program Coordinator of Undergraduate Research, College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas.

            Katie Hansen, Ph.D. 2004 University of Texas, currently a Lecturer and Research Fellow at University of Texas.

            Stacia Wyman, Ph.D. (co-advisor with Ben Kuipers, computer science) 2004 University of Texas, currently a postdoctoral fellow at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Institute, Seattle, Washington.

            Bonnie Crozier, Ph.D.  (co-advisor with Jose Panero) 2005 University of Texas,

                        currently a research fellow at University of Texas.

            Mike Moore, Ph.D. 2005 University of Texas, currently a postdoctoral fellow at

                        University of Florida.

            Romey Haberle, Ph.D. 2006 University of Texas, currently a  postdoctoral fellow

                        University of California, Davis.

 

Current Graduate Students:

 

            Timothy Chumley, Ph.D.

            Barbara Goodson, Ph.D.

            Mary Guisinger, Ph.D.

            Pamela Steele, Ph.D.

            Debra Hansen, Ph.D. (co-advised with Beryl Simpson)

            Zhengqiu Cai, Ph.D.

            Sayantani Ghosh Dastidar, Ph.D.

            Taylor Sultan Quedensley, Ph.D.

 

Postdoctoral Fellows: