Jennifer R. Mandel
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
The University of Memphis
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Mandel joined the department in 2014. She received a B.A. from Carson Newman University with a focus in organismal biology, ecology, and natural history. Her Ph.D work involved plant conservation and evolutionary genetics both in rare, endangered species as well as weedy, invasive. Following this, her post-doctoral research at The University of Georgia was aimed at identifying the genetic basis of evolutionary and agronomically important traits in cultivated sunflower. Her research at the UofM includes plant population and quantitative genetics, evolutionary genetics, and phylogenetics. She employs field, laboratory, and greenhouse approaches to gain an understanding of the processes and mechanisms that lead to the genetic, phenotypic, and ecological diversity we see in the world. Courses taught include Ecological Genetics 7795/8705, Plant Ecology 4053/6053, and General Biology 1110.
Research Interest
Plant Biology, Ecological and evolutionary genomics, Phylogenetics, phylogenomics, Conservation and biodiversity, Evolutionary significance of heteroplasmy.
Publications
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Folk, R.A, J.R. Mandel, J.V. Freudenstein. (2015) A Protocol for Targeted Enrichment of Intron-Containing Sequence Markers for Recent Radiations: A Phylogenomic Example from Heuchera (Saxifragaceae). Applications in Plant Sciences, 3(8): 1500039.
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Mandel, J.R., D. E. McCauley. (2015) Pervasive mitochondrial sequence heteroplasmy in natural populations of wild carrot, Daucus carota spp. carota L. PLoS ONE, 10(8): e0136303.
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Mandel, J.R., A.J. Ramsey, M. Iorizzo, P.W. Simon. (2016) Patterns of gene flow between crop and wild carrot, Daucus carota (Apiaceae) in the United States. PLoS ONE, e0161971.
