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{{short description|American botanist}}
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'''Pamela Soltis''' (born November 13, 1957) is an American [[Botany|botanist]]. She is a distinguished professor at the [[University of Florida]], curator at the [[Florida Museum of Natural History]], principal investigator of the Laboratory of Molecular Systematics and Evolutionary Genetics at the [[Florida Museum of Natural History]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/museum-voices/soltis-lab/people/principal-investigators/ |title=Laboratory of Molecular Systematics & Evolutionary Genetics |date=February 6, 2014 }}</ref> and founding director of the University of Florida Biodiversity Institute.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://biodiversity.institute.ufl.edu/about/dr-pamela-s-soltis-director-of-biodiversity-institute/ |title=University of Florida, Biodiversity Institute }}</ref>
== Early life and education ==
Soltis was born on November 13, 1957, in [[Nelsonville, Ohio]], to Barbara D. Sagraves and Walter Ronald Sagraves.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/museum-voices/soltis-lab/files/2014/02/PSoltis-CV.4.15.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=November 17, 2018 |archive-date=November 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117233828/https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/museum-voices/soltis-lab/files/2014/02/PSoltis-CV.4.15.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> She attended Pella High School in [[Pella, Iowa]], and graduated in 1976 as [[valedictorian]]. She was a [[National Merit Scholarship Program|National Merit Finalist]] in 1976. She earned her bachelor's degree in biology from [[Central College (Iowa)|Central College]] in 1980 and graduated summa cum laude. She then attended [[University of Kansas]] and earned an M.Phil. with honors in botany in 1984 and a Ph.D. in botany in 1986.<ref name=":0" />
== Career ==
After earning her Ph.D., Soltis started as an assistant professor in the Department of Botany at [[Washington State University]] in 1986 and was promoted to associate professor in 1992.<ref name=":0" /> She was then promoted in full professor in the Department of Botany and School of Biological Sciences in 1998. In 2000 Soltis moved from [[Washington State University]] to [[University of Florida]], [[Florida Museum of Natural History]] as curator. At the [[University of Florida]], Soltis was University of Florida Research Foundation Research Professor from 2006 to 2009 and co-director of the UF Computational Biology Program from 2009 to 2012.<ref name=":0" />
== Research ==
Soltis' research has focused on the patterns and processes that generated the tree of life. More specifically, she studies the flowering plant ([[Flowering plant|angiosperm]]) diversity and evolution. She uses genomic methods, natural history collections and computational modeling to understand the phylogeny, phylogeography, and polyploidy of angiosperms.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=http://www.aibs.org/events/special-symposia/pamela_soltis.html |title=AIBS Events – Pamela S. Soltis |work=aibs.org}}</ref> She has published over 400 scientific papers, and among her most cited contributions are papers on the role of genetic and genomic attributes in the success of polyploids.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://biodiversity.institute.ufl.edu/about/dr-pamela-s-soltis-director-of-biodiversity-institute/ |title=Dr. Pamela S. Soltis, Director of Biodiversity Institute » Biodiversity Institute » University of Florida}}</ref> In 2016, Soltis was elected as a member of the [[National Academy of Sciences]] and the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 2017.
== Service ==
Soltis was president of the [[Botanical Society of America]] 2007–08.<ref name="PresBotSocA">{{cite web |url=http://www.botany.org/about_bsa/president.php |title=Presidents of the Botanical Society of America |publisher=[[Botanical Society of America]] |access-date=May 24, 2016 |archive-date=May 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528154713/http://botany.org/about_bsa/president.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> She has served on the Councils of the [[Society for the Study of Evolution]], the [[American Society of Plant Taxonomists]], the American Genetics Association, and the [[Society of Systematic Biologists]]. She served a three-year term as secretary of the [[Botanical Society of America]] and is currently the president of the [[Society of Systematic Biologists]]. She also serves as an associate editor for the journals [[Evolution (journal)|''Evolution'']] and [[Systematic Biology (journal)|''Systematic Biology'']].<ref name="auto" /> She is a member of the University of Kansas Women's Hall of Fame.<ref name="ku.edu">{{cite web |last=Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity |date=25 July 2024 |title=KU Women’s Hall of Fame Citation: Pamela Soltis |url=https://emilytaylorcenter.ku.edu/sites/emilytaylorcenter.ku.edu/files/soltiscitation.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327023717/https://emilytaylorcenter.ku.edu/sites/emilytaylorcenter.ku.edu/files/soltiscitation.pdf |archive-date=27 March 2018 |website=emilytaylorcenter.ku.edu}}</ref>
==Honors==
She was the winner of the 2002 Dahlgren Prize in Botany from the Royal Physiographic Society of Sweden.<ref name="ku.edu" /> [[Reuters]] named her as a highly cited researcher in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://highlycited.com/ |title=Highly Cited Researchers |author=Thomson Reuters |work=highlycited.com}}</ref> She won, along with her husband, [[Douglas Soltis]],{{sfn|UFRF|2016}} the 2006 [[Asa Gray Award]]. She was elected to the [[National Academy of Sciences]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/news/may-3-2016-NAS-Election.html |title=National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Associates Elected |access-date=2016-05-05}}</ref>
==Selected publications==
=== Scientific publications ===
*{{aut|p.s. Soltis, d.e. Soltis}}. 2004. ''The origin and diversification of angiosperms''. Am. J. Bot. 91: 1614–1626
*{{aut|s. Kim, v.a. Albert, m-j. Yoo, j.s. Farris, p.s. Soltis, d.e. Soltis}}. 2004. ''Pre-angiosperm duplication of floral genes and regulatory tinkering at the base of angiosperms''. Am. J. Bot. 91: 2102–2118
*{{aut|j.c. Pires, k.y. Lim, a. Kovarík, r. Matyásek, a. Boyd, a.r. Leitch, i.j. Leitch, m.d. Bennett, p.s. Soltis, d.e. Soltis}}. 2004. ''Molecular cytogenetic analysis of recently evolved [[Tragopogon]] ([[Asteraceae]]) allopolyploids reveal a karyotype that is additive of the diploid progenitors''. Am. J. Bot. 91: 1022–1035
*{{aut|t.j. Davies, t.g. Barraclough, m.w. Chase, p.s. Soltis, d.e. Soltis, v. Savolainen}}. 2004. Darwin's abominable mystery: Insights from a supertree of the angiosperms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 101: 1904–1909.
*{{aut|l.p. Ronse DeCraene, p.s. Soltis, d.e. Soltis}}. 2003. Evolution of floral structures in basal angiosperms. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164: S329-S363.
*{{aut|[[angiosperm phylogeny group II]]}}. 2003. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.t01-1-00158.x/abstract ''An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II''. Bot. J. of the Linnean Soc. 141: 399-436]
*{{aut|p.s. Soltis, d.e. Soltis, v. Savolainen, p.r. Crane, t. Barraclough}}. 2002. ''Rate heterogeneity among lineages of land plants: integration of molecular and fossil data and evidence for molecular living fossils''. Proc. of the National Academy of Sci. USA 99: 4430-4435
*{{aut|m.a. Gitzendanner, p.s. Soltis}}. 2000. ''Patterns of genetic variation in rare and widespread plant congeners: Do rare species have low levels of genetic variability?'' Am. J. Bot. 87: 783-792
*{{aut|pamela s. Soltis, douglas e. Soltis, m.w. Chase}}. 1999. ''Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from multiple genes: A research tool for comparative biology''. Nature 402: 402-404
===Books===
* {{aut|douglas e. Soltis, pamela s. Soltis}}. 2006. ''Developmental genetics of the flower''. Volumen 44 de Advances in botanical research incorporating advances in plant pathology. Edición ilustrada de Academic Press, 616 pp. {{ISBN|0120059444}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=UTNjK26KVGYC&q=%22Pamela+S.+Soltis%22 en línea]
* {{aut|pamela s. Soltis, douglas e. Soltis, jeff J. Doyle}}. 1992. ''Molecular systematics of plants''. Editor Springer, 434 pp. {{ISBN|0412022419}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=qAIpjYAzwxIC&q=%22Pamela+S.+Soltis%22 en línea]
* {{aut|d.e. Soltis, p.s. Soltis}}. 1990. ''Isozymes in plant biology''. Edición ilustrada de Springer, 268 pp. {{ISBN|0412365006}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=6TIpMNH3QFkC&dq=%22Pamela+S.+Soltis%22&pg=PA241 en línea]
* {{aut|pamela s. Soltis}}. 1986. ''Studies of genetic variation in an introgressive complex in [[Clarkia]] ([[Onagraceae]])''. Editor University of Kansas, Botany, 596 pp.
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