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Auburn University > COSAM > Academic Depts. > BioSciences > Leslie Goertzen

Leslie Goertzen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

 Office Location: 
313 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.

Mailing Address:
Department of Biological Sciences
101 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Auburn University, AL 36849
Tel: (334) 844-1637
Fax: (334) 844-1645
goertzen@auburn.edu

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Education

Ph.D. 2001 Texas

Research & Teaching Interests

Plant evolutionary biology, including systematics, phylogeny, molecular evolution and speciation. Current research focuses on endangered species, invasive species, and the emerging model system Vitis (grapevine).

Recent Publications

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.

Trusty, J. L., K. J. Johnson, B. G. Lockaby, and L. R. Goertzen. 2007. Bi-parental cytoplasmic DNA inheritance in Wisteria (Fabaceae): evidence from a natural experiment. Plant and Cell Physiology.

Trusty, J. L., B. G. Lockaby, W C. Zipperer, and L. R. Goertzen. 2007. Identity of Naturalized Exotic Wisteria (Fabaceae) in the Southeastern United States. Weed Research.

Hansen, C. and L. R. Goertzen. 2006. The recent introduction of invasive Cayratia japonica (Vitaceae) in Alabama. Castanea 71: 248–251.

Goertzen, L. R. 2005. The application of grapevine genomic resources to evolutionary studies, with an example concerning the higher-level classification of the Vitaceae. Proceedings of the International Grape Genomics Symposium, pp. 50-51. Editors: W.P. Qiu and L. Kovacs. (St. Louis, July 12-14, 2005) Missouri State University Press, Springfield, Missouri.

Courses
Undergraduate Graduate
BIOL5120  Plant Systematics BIOL6120  Plant Systematics
BIOL4970  Intro to Phylogenetic Methods BIOL7970  Intro. to Phylogenetic Methods
BIOL7970  Systematics Discussion Group