Dr. Douglas E. Soltis

Dr. Douglas Soltis is a North American botanist and Distinguished Professor in the Florida Museum of Natural History and Department of Biology at the University of Florida. He studies plant evolution using modern DNA approaches including next generation sequencing methods and the use of “big data” sets that require challenging computational analyses; specific interests include plant phylogeny, genome doubling (polyploidy), floral evolution, angiosperm diversification, and phylogeography.

Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Soltis has published the following:

Bremer, K., M. W. Chase, P. F. Stevens, A. Anderberg, A. Backlund, B. Bremer, B. Briggs, P. K. Endress, M. F. Fay, P. Goldblatt, M. H. G. Gustafsson, S. B .Hoot, W. S. Judd, M. Källersjö, E. A. Kellogg, K. A. Kron, D. H. Les, C. M. Morton, D. L. Nickrent, R. G. Olmstead, R. A. Price, C. J. Quinn, J. E. Rodman, P. J. Rudall, V. Savolainen, D. E. Soltis, P. S. Soltis, K. J. Sytsma, and M. Thulin (The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group). 1998. An ordinal classification for the families of flowering plants. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: 531–553.