Camila Martinez
Camila Martinez
Address
Laboratory of Botany and Systematics. Department of Biological Sciences, Universidad de los Andes. AA 4976. Bogotá, Colombia.
CTPA Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
Ancon, Panama City – Panamá APO, AA 34002-0948
camilamartineza@gmail.com
c.martinez2016@uniandes.edu.co
Education and Degrees
2009–current: M.Sc. Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Universidad de los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia.
2004–2009: B.Sc. Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Universidad de los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia.
B.Sc. Biology. Universidad de Antioquia. Medellin. Colombia, 2001.
Grants & Fellowships:
- Senacyt Fellowship. Program to Stimulate Activities of Science and Technology. Panama. 2009.
- Short-term fellowship for Latin-American students. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Panama. 2008.
Research Interests
My research interests are paleobotany and systematic botany. Dating plant phylogenies based on fossil record and molecular data. Biogeographic reconstructions. Diversification process in the Neotropics.
Current Research
I am working in the identification of a leaf morphotype from the Guaduas Formation of Colombia, Late Cretaceous, based on morphological and anatomical characters.
Selected Bibliography
Martínez, C., C. A. Jaramillo & S. Madriñán. 2009. Reconstruyendo el registro fósil de Hedyosmum (Chloranthaceae), una angiosperma basal. Abstracts book, V Colombian Botanical Congress, Pasto, Colombia.
Martínez, C. 2008. Tracing back the pollen fossil record of Hedyosmum (Chloranthaceae), a basal angiosperm. Thesis B.Sc. Biology, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.