Education

Ph.D. – Texas (2001)

M.Sc. – UBC (1996)

B.Sc. – Université d'Ottawa (1992)

Research & Teaching Interests

Plant evolutionary biology, including systematics, phylogeny, molecular evolution and speciation. Current research focuses on endangered species, invasive species, and floristics of the East Gulf Coastal Plain ecosystem.

Recent Publications

Jiang, K. and L. R. Goertzen. 2011. Spliceosomal intron size expansion in domesticated grapevine (Vitis vinifera). BMC Research Notes 4:52.

Goertzen, L. R., J. L. Trusty and R. S. Boyd. 2011. Clonal diversity and genetic structure in the endangered Alabama leather flower Clematis socialis Kral (Ranunculaceae). Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 138:41–51.

Yuying S., A. Rashotte, Y. Si, L. R. Goertzen and N. K. Singh. 2011. Expression, in vivo localization and phylogenetic analysis of a pyridoxine 5’-phosphate oxidase in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 49:88–95.

Jiang, K. and L. R. Goertzen. 2011. Alternative transcription and EST/cDNA assisted characterization of Vitis vinifera FCA gene. VITIS In press.

Yuying S., L. R. Goertzen, Y. Tzou, R. D. Locy, and N. K. Singh. 2010. Identification of a novel pyridoxamine 5’-phosphate oxidase (PPOX) locus in Arabidopsis thaliana. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 33:559–566.

Rashotte, A.M. and L.R. Goertzen. 2010. The CRF domain defines Cytokinin Response Factor proteins in plants. BMC Plant Biology 10:74.

Halanych, K.M. and L.R. Goertzen. 2009. Grand challenges in organismal biology: The need to develop both theory and resources. Integrative and Comparative Biology 49:475–479.

Trusty, J.L., I. Miller, V.C. Pence, B.L. Plair, R.S. Boyd, and L.R. Goertzen. 2009. Ex situ conservation of the federally endangered plan species Clematis socialis Kral (Ranunculaceae). Natural Areas Journal 29:500–508.

Trusty, J.L, B.G. Lockaby, W.C. Zipperer, and L.R. Goertzen. 2009. Horticulture, hybrid cultivars and exotic plant invasion: a case study of Wisteria (Fabaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 158:593–601.

Trusty, J.L., B.G. Lockaby, W.C. Zipperer, and L.R. Goertzen. 2009. Identity of Naturalized Exotic Wisteria (Fabaceae) in the Southeastern United States. Weed Research 47:479–487.

Goertzen, L.R. and R.S. Boyd. 2007. Genetic diversity and clonality in the federally endangered plant Clematis socialis Kral (Ranunculaceae). Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 134:433–440.

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