Plants Research Area
Postdoctoral Scientist (Mattfeld-Quadbeck Research Curatorship)
Telefon
+49 30 838 68443
E-Mail
m.vasile@bo.berlin
Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin
Freie Universität Berlin
Königin-Luise-Straße 6-8
14195
Berlin
Deutschland
Lebenslauf
- 2011–2016: BSc in Biotechnology, School of Food, Biotechnology and Development, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece (equivalent to a MSc degree due to the 5-year duration). Thesis title: “Studying the genetic variability of fig tree varieties and genotypes (Ficus carica L.) using ISSR molecular markers”.
- 2017–2019: MSc in Plant Sciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences & Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bonn. Thesis title: “Phylogenetic and ontogenetic insights into fruit evolution of Hydrophyllaceae, with special reference to the genus Phacelia”.
- 2019–2024: Research assistant, Nees-Institut for Plant Biodiversity, University of Bonn.
- 2020–2024 Ph.D. in Biology at Bonn Institute of Organismic Biology (BIOB), Plant Biodiversity Section, Biologie department, University of Bonn. Thesis title: “Understanding the evolution of Boraginales: insights from morphology, phylogeny, biogeography and taxonomy”.
- 2024–2025 Postdoctoral researcher at Bonn Institute of Organismic Biology (BIOB), Plant Biodiversity Section (formerly Nees Institute for Plant Biodiversity), University of Bonn.
- Since 2025 Postdoctoral researcher at the BGBM, Freie Universität Berlin.
Forschungsinteressen
- Evolution, Systematics and Biogeography of Flowering Plants
- Functional Morphology of Flowering Plants
- Integrative Taxonomy
- Boraginales
- Boraginaceae of Eastern Mediterranean
Forschungsprojekte
- Integrative Taxonomy of Boraginaceae in Eastern Mediterranean focusing on the flora of Greece
- Systematics, Biogeography and Taxonomy of Boraginales
- Flower and Fruit Evolution of Boraginales
- Coordination of the Boraginales Taxonomic Expert Network (WFO)
Externe Links
- ResearchGate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maria-Anna-Vasile
- ORCiD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6247-7010
- Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RDjCr84AAAAJ&hl
- FLO–R–ES networkhttps://floresorg.wordpress.com/who-we-are/
Papers in peer reviewed journals (published and in press)
- Vasile Μ-Α., Böhnert Τ., Jeiter J., Moonlight P.W., Cardoso D., Weigend M. 2025: An updated phylogeny of Boraginales based on the Angiosperms353 probe set: a roadmap for understanding morphological evolution. – Annals of Botany 136 (1): 77-97. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf061
- Vasile M-A. 2024: Understanding the evolution of Boraginales: insights from morphology, phylogeny, biogeography and taxonomy. Dissertation, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. https://doi.org/10.48565/bonndoc-350
- Vasile M-A., Böhnert T., O’Leary N., Weigend M. 2024: Is it all Phacelia pinnatifida? Molecular delimitations and taxonomic revision of Phacelia sect. Glandulosae in South America based on ddRADseq.– TAXON73 (6): 1437-1459 https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.13265
- Jeiter J.*, Vasile M-A.*, Lewin E.M., Weigend M. 2023: The odd one out: a comparison of flower and fruit development in holoparasitic Pholisma arenarium (Lennoaceae, Boraginales) to that in closely related Ehretiaceae. – International Journal of Plant Sciences 184 (1): 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1086/722593 *Shared 1st authorship
- Vasile M-A.,Weigend M., Ziegler A., Jeiter J. 2022: Flower and fruit development of three species of Hydrophylleae sheds new light on flower evolution in Hydrophyllaceae. – International Journal of Plant Sciences183 (5): 331–347. https://doi.org/10.1086/719907
- Vasile M-A.,Luebert F., Jeiter J., Weigend M. 2021: Fruit evolution in Hydrophyllaceae. – American Journal of Botany108 (6): 925-945. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1691
- Vasile M-A., Jeiter J., Weigend M., Luebert F. 2020: Phylogeny and historical biogeography of Hydrophyllaceae and Namaceae, with a special reference to Phacelia and Wigandia. – Systematics and Biodiversity18 (8): 757–770. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2020.1771471
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