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Ph. D. in Biology, The City University of New York/ The New York Botanical Garden, 2010
B.S. in Biology, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia, 2002
My main research interests are taxonomy and systematics of ferns, the genetic networks controlling leaf development in ferns, and the comparative morpho-anatomy of leaves in ferns. As a Research Botanist I lead the Ferns and Lycophytes Taxonomy and Evolution Program at BRIT, where I work since 2017.
Mis intereses principales de investigación son la taxonomía y sistemática de helechos, las redes genéticas que controlan el desarrollo de las hojas en helechos y la morfo-anatomía comparada de las hojas de helechos. Dirijo el Programa en Taxonomía y Evolución de Helechos y Licofitas en el BRIT, donde trabajo desde 2017. Actualmente co-dirijo el proyecto Helechos de Colombia financiado por la Fundación Nacional de Ciencias de Estados Unidos.
Ph.D.
Herbarium and Research Assistant
Matos, F.B., & Vasco, A. 2022. Elaphoglossum matogrossense (Dryopteridaceae), a new and threatened species from Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Kew Bulletin. Available online: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-022-10043-2
Vasco, A., Ambrose, B.A. 2020. Simple and divided leaves in ferns: Exploring the genetic basis for leaf morphology differences in the genus Elaphoglossum (Dryopteridaceae). International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21, 5180. https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/15/5180/notes
Vasco, A., Smalls, T. L., Graham, S. W., Cooper, E. D., Wong, G.K-S., Stevenson, D. W., Moran, R. C. & Ambrose, B. A. 2016. Challenging the paradigms of leaf evolution: Class III HD-Zips in ferns and lycophytes. New Phytologist 212 (3): 745–758. doi: 10.1111/nph.14075
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