Mx Charlotte Phillips
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Overview
Overview
Biography
I work as a Demonstrator on the Statistics and Data Science module for the Bioinformatics MSc course, alongside finalising my PhD at the University of Portsmouth in collaboration with Royal Botanic Garden, Kew.
My PhD research focuses on the evolution and ecology of Nicotiana section Suaveolentes, a group of wild tobacco found across聽Australia, some Pacific Islands, and Namibia. I am investigating how environmental factors influence species' distributions and their underlying genetic structures (i.e. chromosome number and genome size), inferring and resolving the sections taxonomy, and delve into population genetics to determine the inter and infra species diversity and gene flow from islands to mainland.聽My earlier research experience encompassed plant spatial ecology, conservation and Redlisting, and agrobiodiversity.
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Supervision and teaching
Supervision and teaching
Teaching
Teaching modules
- Statistics and Data Science
- Practical Skills for the Biosciences
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Publications
Publications
Article
- Phillips, Charlotte and Guignard, M. and Cauz-Santos, L.A. and Christenhusz, M.J.M. and Ferreira de Ara煤jo, L. and Nollet, F. and Chase, M.W. and Dodsworth, Steven (2026) . Taxon 75 (3), ISSN 0040-0262.