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Ecology and Evolution
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2026

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Best Female Scientists

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152
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Plant Science and Agronomy

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161
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8
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2

Ecology and Evolution

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19
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9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Pamela S. Soltis is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within agricultural and biological sciences, as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Key subfields include ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, plant science, molecular biology, genetics, and nature and landscape conservation.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics such as plant diversity and evolution, plant and animal studies, chromosomal and genetic variations, genetic diversity and population structure, genomics and phylogenetic studies, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, and species distribution and climate change.

Recent notable publications include:

  • Polyploidy: an evolutionary and ecological force in stressful times (2020, The Plant Cell)
  • The Earth BioGenome Project 2020: Starting the clock (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Plastid phylogenomic insights into relationships of all flowering plant families (2021, BMC Biology)
  • Polyploidy: A Biological Force From Cells to Ecosystems (2020, Trends in Cell Biology)
  • The Cycas genome and the early evolution of seed plants (2022, Nature Plants)

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers in the field, including Douglas E. Soltis, Ryan A. Folk, Robert Guralnick, Heather R. Kates, and Matthew A. Gitzendanner.

Publication venues where Pamela S. Soltis has frequently contributed include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, American Journal of Botany, and Applications in Plant Sciences.

In addition to journal articles, the scientist has published books, including a title released by Frontiers Media titled Recent Advances in Museomics: Revolutionizing Biodiversity Research in 2023.

Pamela S. Soltis has been recognized with awards such as:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2017)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2016)

Best Publications

  • An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II

    K. Bremer;M. W. Chase;J. L. Reveal;D. E. Soltis

  • Ancestral polyploidy in seed plants and angiosperms

    Yuannian Jiao;Norman J. Wickett;Saravanaraj Ayyampalayam;André S. Chanderbali

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments

    Amy E. Zanne;David C. Tank;William K. Cornwell;Jonathan M. Eastman

  • Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from 18S rDNA, rbcL, and atpB sequences

    Douglas E. Soltis;Pamela S. Soltis;Mark W. Chase;Mark E. Mort

  • The Role of Hybridization in Plant Speciation

    Pamela S. Soltis;Douglas E. Soltis

  • Polyploidy and angiosperm diversification

    Douglas E. Soltis;Victor A. Albert;Jim Leebens-Mack;Charles D. Bell

  • Polyploidy: recurrent formation and genome evolution

    Douglas E Soltis;Pamela S Soltis

  • Phylotranscriptomic analysis of the origin and early diversification of land plants

    Norman J. Wickett;Siavash Mirarab;Nam Nguyen;Tandy Warnow

  • The role of genetic and genomic attributes in the success of polyploids

    Pamela S. Soltis;Douglas E. Soltis

  • Comparative phylogeography of unglaciated eastern North America.

    Douglas E. Soltis;Ashley B. Morris;Ashley B. Morris;Jason S. McLACHLAN;Paul S. Manos

  • Molecular Systematics of Plants

    Douglas E. Soltis;Pamela S. Soltis;Jeff J. Doyle

  • Isozymes in plant biology

    Douglas E. Soltis;Pamela S. Soltis;G. Ledyard Stebbins

  • Earth BioGenome Project: Sequencing life for the future of life.

    Harris A. Lewin;Gene E. Robinson;W. John Kress;William J. Baker

  • The earliest angiosperms: evidence from mitochondrial, plastid and nuclear genomes

    Yin Long Qiu;Jungho Lee;Fabiana Bernasconi-Quadroni;Douglas E. Soltis

  • Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from multiple genes as a tool for comparative biology

    Pamela S. Soltis;Douglas E. Soltis;Mark W. Chase

  • Advances in the study of polyploidy since Plant speciation

    Douglas E. Soltis;Pamela S. Soltis;Jennifer A. Tate

  • The age and diversification of the angiosperms re-revisited

    Charles D. Bell;Douglas E. Soltis;Pamela S. Soltis

  • Widespread genome duplications throughout the history of flowering plants

    Liying Cui;P. Kerr Wall;James H. Leebens-Mack;Bruce G. Lindsay

  • Patterns of genetic variation in rare and widespread plant congeners

    Matthew A. Gitzendanner;Pamela S. Soltis

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas E. Soltis
Douglas E. Soltis University of Florida
Jim Leebens-Mack
Jim Leebens-Mack University of Georgia
Robert P. Guralnick
Robert P. Guralnick Florida Museum of Natural History
Mark W. Chase
Mark W. Chase Royal Botanic Gardens
Claude W. dePamphilis
Claude W. dePamphilis Pennsylvania State University
Sangtae Kim
Sangtae Kim Catholic University of Korea
Paul G. Wolf
Paul G. Wolf University of Alabama in Huntsville
Hong Ma
Hong Ma Pennsylvania State University
Gane Ka-Shu Wong
Gane Ka-Shu Wong University of Alberta
Stephen A. Smith
Stephen A. Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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