Sara Fuentes-soriano

Biography

Education: B.S., Biology, Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México, México, 1995 M.S., Electron Microscopy, Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México, México, 1997 M.S., Plant Systematics, Ecology and Evolution, University of Missouri-St. Louis, Missouri 2002 Ph.D., Plant Systematics, Ecology and Evolution, University of Missouri-St. Louis, Missouri, 2010 Appointments: 2017 – present. Assistant Professor, Herbarium Director and Curator of NMC and NMCR Herbaria, Department of Animal and Range Sciences, ACES. New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM. 2015 – 2016. Post-Doctorate, United States Department of Agriculture, College of Agriculture & Human Services. Prairie View Texas A & M, Prairie View, TX. 2012 – 2015. Post-Doctorate, United States Department of Agriculture, Indiana University Bloomington, Department of Biology, Bloomington, IN. 2010 – 2012. Scientific Editor, Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Research and Conservation Division, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO. 2009 – 2010. Research Associate, Flora Mesoamericana Project, Research and Conservation Division, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO. 1994 – 2000. Lab Manager & Head Technician. Electron Microscopy Lab. Institute of Biology (IBUNAM), Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México (UNAM), México.

Research Interest

My interest focuses in the study of plant systematics with emphasis in plant evolutionary history with the aim of understanding the patterns and mechanisms that give rise to morphologic and genomic diversity of flowering plants.