Lúcia G. Lohmann
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Lúcia Garcez Lohmann is a Brazilian botanist specialized in
neotropical The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeogra ...
biodiversity, with an emphasis on
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and evolution in the
Amazon Basin The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributary, tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries ...
. She is the director of the herbaria at the
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and a professor in the department of integrative biology.


Early life and education

Lohmann was born in Brazil. She completed her undergraduate degree in biological sciences at the
University of São Paulo The Universidade de São Paulo (, USP) is a public research university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, and the largest public university in Brazil. The university was founded on 25 January 1934, regrouping already existing schools in ...
(USP) in 1995. Her undergraduate thesis focused on the
Bignoniaceae Bignoniaceae () is a Family (biology), family of flowering plants in the Order (biology), order Lamiales commonly known as the bignonias or trumpet vines.Vernon H. Heywood, Richard K. Brummitt, Ole Seberg, and Alastair Culham. ''Flowering Plant ...
family from the
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in
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. She investigated the documenting the biodiversity of the Amazon Basin. Lohmann continued her studies at the
University of Missouri–St. Louis The University of Missouri–St. Louis (UMSL) is a Public university, public research university in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Established in 1963, it is the newest of the four universities in the University of Missouri System. Located ...
, where she earned a master's degree in tropical biology and conservation in 1998 and a Ph.D. in ecology, evolution, and systematics in 2003. Her doctoral research examined the biogeography and evolutionary history of the trumpet-creeper plant family, Bignoniaceae. Her dissertation was titled, ''Phylogeny, Classification, Morphological Diversification and Biogeography of Bignonieae (Bignoniaceae, Lamiales)''. Elizabeth A. Kellogg and Peter F. Stevens were her doctoral advisors. Lohmann completed postdoctoral research at the
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's Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development in 2004. During this period, she utilized the Garden's Herbarium specimens and geospatial tools to address various evolutionary, ecological, and conservation challenges. Her work contributed to advancing the understanding of plant species' distribution and evolution, with a particular emphasis on conservation strategies for endangered species.


Career

Lohmann has pursued an academic career with a focus on botany, particularly in taxonomy,
phylogenetics In biology, phylogenetics () is the study of the evolutionary history of life using observable characteristics of organisms (or genes), which is known as phylogenetic inference. It infers the relationship among organisms based on empirical dat ...
, and
conservation biology Conservation biology is the study of the conservation of nature and of Earth's biodiversity with the aim of protecting species, their habitats, and ecosystems from excessive rates of extinction and the erosion of biotic interactions. It is an i ...
. In 2004, she joined the department of botany at the University of São Paulo as a professor, where she remained active until 2023. Lohmann's research interests include the systematics and biogeography of
Neotropical The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeogra ...
plants, with a particular focus on the Bignonieae tribe. Her work combines taxonomic, ecological, and phylogenetic data to better understand the diversification of Neotropical biotas. Lohmann has contributed to several research projects, including work on the biodiversity and conservation of Amazonian plants, the digitization of botanical collections, and the systematics of Bignoniaceae. Lohmann has collaborated with various institutions, serving as an associate researcher at the Missouri Botanical Garden since 2004 and at the
New York Botanical Garden The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) is a botanical garden at Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York City. Established in 1891, it is located on a site that contains a landscape with over one million living plants; the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, ...
since 2008. She also held leadership roles within scientific organizations, including serving as the executive director of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation since 2019 and as president of the
International Association for Plant Taxonomy The International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) is an organization established to promote an understanding of plant biodiversity, facilitate international communication of research between botanists, and oversee matters of uniformity and ...
since 2023. In 2021, Lohmann was elected an international honorary member of the
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in the biological sciences area, evolution and ecology speciality. In July 2023, she became the director of the herbaria at the
University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after t ...
and a professor in the department of integrative biology. At UCB, her research has remained focused on neotropical biodiversity, with an emphasis on plant ecology and evolution in the Amazon Basin. In 2024, after an international search, Lohmann was selected to succeed Peter Wyse Jackson as the president of the Missouri Botanical Garden, a role she will assume in January 2025. She is set to become its first woman president. She will concurrently serve as the director and
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professor of botany at
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.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lohmann, Lucia G Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Brazilian women botanists 21st-century Brazilian botanists Conservation biologists University of São Paulo alumni University of Missouri–St. Louis alumni New York Botanical Garden Missouri Botanical Garden people University of California, Berkeley faculty Washington University in St. Louis faculty Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Academic staff of the University of São Paulo Brazilian expatriate academics in the United States 21st-century Brazilian women scientists