Dr. Carlos M. Baeza Perry, PhD

Universidad de Concepción

Taxonomic Focus: Plants

Address: Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile
Phone: 56 (43) 204418
E-mail: cbaeza@udec.cl

Research:

Cytology and Cytogenetics of Vascular Plants (Asteraceae, Amaryllidaceae, Alstroemeriaceae), Biodiversity, Evolution, Systematic.

Related Publications:

Samuel, R., T. Stuessy, K. Tremetsberger, C. Baeza & S. Siljak-Yakovlev. 2003 Phylogenetic relationships among species of Hypochaeris (Asteraceae, Lactuceae) based on ITS, plastid trnL intron, trnL-F spacer, and matK sequences. Am. J. Bot. 90(3):496-507.

Stuessy, T. F., K. Tremetsberger, A. Mullner, J. Jankovicz, Y. Guo, C. M. Baeza & R. M. Samuel. 2003. The melding of systematics and biogeography through investigations at the populational level: examples from the genus Hypochaeris (Asteraceae). Basic and Applied Ecology 4(4):287-296.

Tremetsberger, K., Yan-Ping Guo, H. Weiss, R. Samuel, C. M. Baeza & T. Stuessy. 2003. Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) variation within and among populations of Hypochaeris acaulis (Remy) Britton (Asteraceae) of Andean southern South America. Taxon 52:237-245.

Tremetsberger, K., T. F. Stuessy, R. Samuel, C. M. Baeza, & M. F. Fay 2003. Genetics of colonization in Hypochaeris tenuifolia (Asteraceae, Lactuceae) on Volcán Lonquimay, Chile. Molecular Ecology 12:2649-2659.

Weiss, H., T. Stuessy, S. Siljak-Yakovlev, M. Baeza & J. Parker 2003. Systematic and evolutionary implications of karyotypes of species of Hypochaeris (Asteraceae, Lactuceae) from South America. Plant Systematic and Evolution 241(3-4):171-184.

Muellner, A., Tremetsberger, K., Stuessy, T. & C. M. Baeza. 2005. Pleistocene refugia and recolonization routes in the southern Andes: insights from Hypochaeris palustris (Asteraceae, Lactuceae). Molecular Ecology 14:203-212.

Academic Background:

BS (’84) in Biology, Universidad de Concepción (Chile)
PhD (’95) in Biological Science-Botany, University of Concepción (Chile) and University of Muenchen (Germany)
Post-Doc (’03–’04), Federal Centre for Breeding Research on Cultivated Plants, Institute of Horticultural Crops, Quedlinburg, Germany with Georg Foster Stipendium der Alexander von Humboldt Stiftumg
Asst. Professor of Botany, University of Concepción (’96–present)

Biography:

Born in 1962, Los Angeles, Chile. Hobbies include field trips, soccer, tennis, and family. Researcher of the CIEP project (Patagonian Ecosystem Research Center) a new research center located in the Chilean Patagonia, Aysen Region. Molecular cytogenetic analysis and karyotype differentiation between the species of Gattungen Allium (Alliaceae) and Alstroemeria (Alstroemeriaceae). Humboldt Foundation, BDFZ Quedlinburg. 2003-2004. Principal Investigator. Project “Chilean Flora”. Andrew Mellon Foundation. 1987 - present (until 2012). Member of five scientific societies: Sociedad de Biología de Concepción, Chile. Asociación Latinoamericana de Pteridología (ALAPTER). IUCN Species Survival Commission. Sociedad de Botánica de Chile. Sociedad de Biología de Chile.

Website:

Personal: University Profile at www.natura.udec.cl