Vicente Garcia
Curriculum Vitae
Vicente Fontanilla Garcia
Department of Integrative Biology
University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
Email: vicente at berkeley.edu
Professional Preparation
2001-present Ph. D. Candidate, Department of Integrative Biology
University of California, Berkeley
2001 B. S. w/ College Honors, Botany (major), Dance (minor)
University of Washington, Seattle
Appointments
2004, 2005 Graduate Student Instructor, Intro. to California Plant Life, UC-Berkeley
2002 Graduate Student Instructor, Medical Ethnobotany, UC-Berkeley
1999-2001 Undergraduate Researcher, Richard Olmstead Lab, UW
1999 Peer Teaching Assistant, Plant Identification and Classification, UW
1998 Undergraduate Instructor, Freshman Interest Group Seminar, UW
Grants and Fellowships
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, 2005
Robert and Nancy Beim Endowed Graduate Field Research Award, University of California, Berkeley, 2004
Botany In Action Fellowship, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, 2004
Integrative Biology Summer Research Grant, University of California, Berkeley, 2003/05
Integrative Biology Travel Grant, University of California, Berkeley, 2002/03
Polynesia Education and Research Laboratories (PEARL) Graduate Student Research Fellowship, University of California, Mo'orea, 2002
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, 2001-04
Katz Graduate Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, 2001
Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship (declined), University of California, Berkeley, 2001
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, Honorable Mention, 2001
Bonderman Honors Travel Fellowship, University of Washington, 2001
Ronald E. McNair Fellow, University of Washington, 2000-01
Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Fellowship, University of Washington, 2000
Publications
Clarkson, J. J., Knapp, S., Garcia, V. F., Olmstead, R. G., Leitch, A. R., and M. W. Chase. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships in Nicotiana (Solanaceae) inferred from multiple plastid DNA regions. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 33(1) 75-90.
Garcia, V. F. and R. G. Olmstead. 2003. Phylogenetics of tribe Anthocercideae (Solanaceae) based on ndhF and trnL/F sequence data. Systematic Botany, 28(3) 609-615.
Scientific Meeting Abstracts
Garcia, V. F. 2003. Phylogenetic and ethnobotanical studies of Piper (Piperaceae) taxa from the South Pacific. Botany 2003 Conference, Mobile, AL.
Garcia, V. F. and R. G. Olmstead. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships of the Australian tribe Anthocercideae (Solanaceae) based on chloroplast DNA sequences. Botany 2001 Conference, Albuquerque, NM.
Garcia, V. F. 2001. Evolutionary relationships of the Australian tribe Anthocercideae (Solanaceae) based on chloroplast DNA sequences. Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Washington.
Societies with Affiliation
American Society of Plant Taxonomists
Bay Area Biosystematists
Botanical Society of America
Society of Systematic Biologists
Field Collections
2004 Thailand: Loei, Khon Kaen, Nakhon Rachatsima, Suphanburi
2003 Fiji: Viti Levu; Vanuatu: Efate, Espiritu Santo
2002 French Polynesia: Huahine, Moorea, Raiatea, Tahiti
Academic Service
2004.5Faculty Search Committee, Evolutionary Medicine, Department of
Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Co-Chair, Integrative Biology Graduate Student Association
Organizer, 21st Graduate Student Meeting, Tiburon, CA, Cal. Bot. Soc.
Graduate Student Representative, California Botanical Society
Invited Speaker
2005 Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Botany in Action
2001.3UC Botanical Garden Docent Training
Journals Reviewed
Novon
Community Involvement
Performing Member, Cheer San Francisco, San Francisco, 2003-present
Clinical Mentor, Instituto Familiar De La Raza, San Francisco, 2002-03
Volunteer, Shanti AIDS Organization, Seattle, 1998-00
President, University of Washington Ballroom Dance Club, Seattle, 1997-98
Tutor, Sacajawea Boys’ and Girls’ Club, Seattle, 1996-97
Tutor, Bryant Elementary School, Seattle, 1996-97
Collaborators
Arunrat Chaveerach, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Vincent Lebot, CIRAD, Vanuatu
Richard Olmstead, University of Washington, Seattle
Marika Tuiwawa, South Pacific Regional Herbarium, The University of the South Pacific, Fiji
Graduate Advisor
Brent D. Mishler, University of California, Berkeley
Thesis Advisors
Bruce Baldwin, University of California, Berkeley
Rosemary Gillespie, University of California, Berkeley
Tom Carlson, University of California, Berkeley