Martin Wojciechowski is an evolutionary biologist interested in plants and microorganisms, specifically their evolutionary relationships, biogeographic and ecological distributions, chromosome evolution and genome structure, dates and rates of diversification, as deduced from the application of molecular data and phylogenetic methods. His major focus is the systematics and evolutionary history of the legumes, a large and diverse family of flowering plants which includes peas, beans, alfalfa, clovers, locoweeds, acacias, mesquites, and paloverdes — many of which are agriculturally and/or ecologically important worldwide. He is a founding member of the Legume Phylogeny Working Group, an international team of legume scientists, and serves as the legume family editor for The Jepson Manual Project (flora of vascular plants of California, UC Berkeley Press) and the soon-to-be published Legumes of Arizona, An Illustrated Flora and Reference. Recently, his work has expanded into the genomics of cacti with an emphasis on the columnar species of North America such as the saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea).
Trained as a botanist and microbiologist, Wojciechowski has worked on topics as diverse as DNA structure and enzymology, P transposable element evolution in Drosophila, cyanobacterial ecology and evolution, and the regulation of DNA recombination and repair systems in bacteria. Before coming to ASU, he was a museum research scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, a visiting scholar at University of California, Davis, an adjunct Research Professor and NSF-sponsored Research Training Group coordinator at the University of Arizona, Tucson. He currently serves as the Associate Dean for Facilities in The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at ASU.
Molecular systematics, biogeography, ecology and evolution of green plants (esp. legumes, cacti). Molecular biology and genetics of bacteria, organelles. Evolution of genes and genomes, especially in bacteria and plants. Theoretical aspects of phylogeny reconstruction and molecular evolution.
Spring 2021 | |
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MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 494 | Special Topics |
MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
PLB 502 | Perspectives in Plant Biology |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Fall 2019 | |
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BIO 303 | Plant Diversity and Evolution |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 549 | Phylogenetic Biology&Analysis |
Summer 2018 | |
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PLB 590 | Reading and Conference |
PLB 790 | Reading and Conference |
Spring 2018 | |
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MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 498 | Pro-Seminar |
PLB 591 | Seminar |
BIO 591 | Seminar |
Fall 2017 | |
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BIO 345 | Evolution |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Summer 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PLB 590 | Reading and Conference |
PLB 790 | Reading and Conference |
Spring 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 498 | Pro-Seminar |
PLB 591 | Seminar |
Fall 2016 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 345 | Evolution |
PLB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Summer 2016 | |
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PLB 590 | Reading and Conference |
PLB 790 | Reading and Conference |
Associate Editor, Systematic Botany, 2009 - present
Advisory Board, Turkish Journal of Botany, 2011- present
Family Fabaceae (Leguminosae) Editor, The Jepson Manual Project, 2006 - present
Botanical Society of America American Society of Plant Taxonomists