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50
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13485
World Ranking
3759
National Ranking
1315

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1988 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Vicki A. Funk was affiliated with the National Museum of Natural History in the United States. Their research focused extensively on botanical and molecular biology areas, contributing significantly to fields related to Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's work spanned several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Their main research topics were diverse, covering Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties, Natural product bioactivities and synthesis, Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies, Silymarin and Mushroom Poisoning, and Botanical Research and Chemistry.

Frequent co-authors in their research included Morgan R. Gostel, Carol L. Kelloff, Raymund Chan, Joel Calvo, and Jennifer R. Ackerfield. The scientist also published multiple papers in well-known venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Taxon, Scientific Reports, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, and PhytoKeys.

Some of the notable recent papers published by Vicki A. Funk include:

  • A prickly puzzle: Generic delimitations in the Carduus-Cirsium group (Compositae: Cardueae: Carduinae), 2020, Taxon
  • Microfluidic Enrichment Barcoding (MEBarcoding): a new method for high throughput plant DNA barcoding, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Dispersal and adaptive radiation of Bidens (Compositae) across the remote archipelagoes of Polynesia, 2020, Journal of Systematics and Evolution
  • An updated classification of the basal grade of Asteraceae (= Compositae): from Cabrera's 1977 tribe Mutisieae to the present, 2020, New Zealand Journal of Botany
  • Thistle be a mess: Untangling the taxonomy of Cirsium (Cardueae: Compositae) in North America, 2020, Journal of Systematics and Evolution

Vicki A. Funk was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1988.

Best Publications

  • The logical basis of phylogenetic analysis

    J. S Farris;N. I. Platnick;V. A. Funk

  • Phylogenetic Patterns and the Evolutionary Process.

    Vicki A. Funk;Niles Eldredge;Joel Cracraft

  • The Fishes and the Forest: Explorations in Amazonian Natural History.

    Ghillean T. Prance;Michael Goulding

  • Systematics, evolution, and biogeography of Compositae

    V. A. Funk

  • The Compleat Cladist: A Primer of Phylogenetic Procedures

    E. O. Wiley;D. Siegel-Causey;D. R. Brooks;Vicki Ann Funk

  • Hawaiian Biogeography: Evolution on a Hot Spot Archipelago

    Warren Lambert Wagner;V. A. Funk

  • Everywhere but Antarctica: using a supertree to understand the diversity and distribution of the Compositae.

    V. A. Funk;R.J. Bayer;S. Keeley;R. Chan

  • Amazon plant diversity revealed by a taxonomically verified species list

    Domingos Cardoso;Tiina Särkinen;Sara Alexander;André M. Amorim

  • The value of sampling anomalous taxa in phylogenetic studies: Major clades of the Asteraceae revealed

    J. L. Panero;Vicki Ann Funk

  • A fully resolved backbone phylogeny reveals numerous dispersals and explosive diversifications throughout the history of Asteraceae

    Jennifer R Mandel;Rebecca B Dikow;Carolina M Siniscalchi;Ramhari Thapa

  • Toward a phylogenetic subfamilial classification for the Compositae (Asteraceae)

    Jose L. Panero;Vicki A. Funk

  • Advances in cladistics

    D. R. Brooks;V. A. Funk;Norman I. Platnick

  • Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation

    Scott A. Thomson;Richard L. Pyle;Shane T Ahyong;Shane T Ahyong;Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga

  • Systematic data in biodiversity studies: use it or lose it

    V. A. Funk;K. S. Richardson

  • Mapping More of Terrestrial Biodiversity for Global Conservation Assessment

    Simon Ferrier;George G.V.N. Powell;Karen K.S. Richardson;Glenn Manion

  • A target enrichment method for gathering phylogenetic information from hundreds of loci: An example from the Compositae

    Jennifer R. Mandel;Rebecca B. Dikow;Vicki Ann Funk;Rishi R. Masalia

  • Collections-based science in the 21st Century

    Vicki A. Funk

  • Phylogenetic patterns and hybridization

    Vicki A. Funk

  • Checklist of the plants of the guianas (Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana)

    John K Boggan;Vicki Ann Funk;Carol L Kelloff;Michel Hoff

  • Phylogenetic Systematics as the Basis of Comparative Biology

    Vicki Ann Funk;D. R. Brooks

  • Hawaiian Biogeography: Evolution on a Hotspot Archipelago

    Jon Bridle;W.L. Wagner;V.A. Funk

Frequent Co-Authors

Harold Robinson
Harold Robinson Smithsonian Institution
W. John Kress
W. John Kress Smithsonian Institution
Warren L. Wagner
Warren L. Wagner Smithsonian Institution
Jun Wen
Jun Wen National Museum of Natural History
Alfonso Susanna
Alfonso Susanna Spanish National Research Council
Daniel R. Brooks
Daniel R. Brooks University of Toronto
Clifford W. Morden
Clifford W. Morden University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jonathan A. Coddington
Jonathan A. Coddington National Museum of Natural History
Sandra Knapp
Sandra Knapp American Museum of Natural History
Patrick S. Herendeen
Patrick S. Herendeen George Washington University

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