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Naomi Phillips, PhD

Naomi Phillips , PhD

Professor Emerita

PHONE: (215) 572-2196

EMAIL: phillipsn@arcadia.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

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Biography

Education

Sonoma State University
1989
Marine Biology
Masters of Arts

University of Hawaii, Botany Dept.
1998
Botany
Ph.D

Research Interests: Phylogenetics/phylogenomics of select marine and terrestrial taxa

Hometown: Glenside

Home Country: USA

Languages: English

Broadly trained Marine Botanist

Publications

Genetic signatures of a demographic collapse in a large-bodied forest dwelling primate (Mandrillus leucophaeus)
Ecology and Evolution
Collaborator

Nuclear DNA content estimates in brown algae (Phaeophyta)
AoB Plants
Lead author

Spontaneous mutational and standing genetic (co)variation at dinucleotide microsatellites in Caenorhabditis briggsae and C. elegans
Molecular Biology and Evolution
Lead author

Genomic insights into evolutionary relationships among heterokont lineages emphasizing the Phaeophyceae
Journal of Phycology
Lead author

Resolving evolutionary relationships among the brown algae using chloroplast and nuclear genes.
Journal of Phycology
Lead author

Professional Experience

Associate Professor
Biology
Glenside Campus

Media Mentions

Arcadia University Announces Collaborative Hemp Research Project
Hemp Research Buds on Campus
Patterson ’21 Refuses to Allow Obstacles to Slow Her in Work with Patients
From Curiosity to Discovery to Impact
Drs. Bushar, Miserandino, and Phillips Named Professors Emeritae

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