College of Arts and Sciences

Education:

• BA, University of Chicago (1995)
• PhD, Cornell University (2003)

Curriculum Vitae:

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Research Interests:

• Botany
• Phylogenetic reconstruction
• Evolution of plant specialized metabolism
• Plant-insect interactions
• Plant functional morphology

Bio:

Tatyana Livshultz, PhD, is currently assistant curator of the Botanical Herbarium of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Before coming to the Academy in 2008, she was an assistant professor of biology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a post-doctoral fellow of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. She has published 12 papers in peer reviewed scientific journals, is a member of the Collections Committee of the American Society for Plant Taxonomy and vice-president of the Philadelphia Botanical Club. Livshultz’s research focus on the evolution and pollination of the predominantly tropical milkweed family requires frequent fieldwork in the tropics and subtropics. Current projects are located in Taiwan, the Bahamas and Mississippi.

Selected Publications:

• Straub, S.C.K., Fishbein, M., Livshultz, T., Foster, Z., Parks, M., Weitemier, K., Cronn, R.C., & Liston, A. 2011. Building a model: Developing genomic resources for common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) with low coverage genome sequencing. BMC Genomics. 12(1): 211.
• Livshultz, T. 2010. The phylogenetic position of milkweeds (Apocynaceae subfamilies Secamonoideae and Asclepiadoideae): Evidence from the nucleus and chloroplast. Taxon 59: 1016-1030.
• Meve, U., Laurente, O., Alejandro, G.J., & Livshultz, T. 2009. Systematics of Clemensiella (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae). Edinburgh Journal of Botany 66:447-457. Livshultz, T. 2007. The identity of Dischidia micholitzii (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae). Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 64: 311-315.
• Livshultz, T., D. J. Middleton, M. E. Endress, and J. K. Williams. 2007. Phylogeny of Apocynoideae (Apocynaceae) and the APSA clade. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 94: 324-359.
• Simões, A. O., T. Livshultz, E. Conti, and M. E. Endress. 2007. Phylogeny and systematics of Rauvolfioideae (Apocynaceae) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 94: 268-297.
• Luckow, M., R. H. Fortunato, S. Sede, T. Livshultz. 2005. The phylogenetic affinities of two mysterious monotypic mimosoids from southern South America. Systematic Botany 30(3): 585-602.