Curator, Herbarium and Informatics
Joint Professor, Department of Biology
Ph.D. Natural History Museum, London & University of Reading, UK
Email: ncellinese[at]flmnh.ufl.edu
Twitter @ncellinese
Florida Museum of Natural History
Dickinson Hall, Rm. 354
1659 Museum Road
Gainesville, Florida 32611-7800
Tel. 352-273-1979
Fax 352-352-846-1861
My research lies at the interface of biodiversity science and informatics. I aim at more effectively bridging the synergies of plant systematics, evolution, biogeography, and informatics in innovative ways. I primarily work with angiosperms (flowering plants). In my lab we also develop tools that support research in biodiversity informatics and phyloinformatics.
Grant funded projects
I am very grateful to the National Science Foundation for its continuous support!
2020 Collaborative Research: Resolving the relationships of Melastomataceae, one of the world’s most diverse flowering plant radiations
2020 Collaborative Research: BEE: Ecological and evolutionary processes affecting the co-existence of close relatives
2015 An ontology-based system for querying life in a post-taxonomic age
2015 Evolution of Campanula erinus in the Mediterranean
2010 BiSciCol: Biological Science Collections Tracker Blog
2010 CAREER: Evolution of Mediterranean Campanulaceae
2006 TOLKIN via Euphorbia PBI
2006 TOLKIN via Gymnosperm ATOL (GTOL)
2006 Data Integration and workflows
2006 Herbarium Cyberinfrastructure (workshop)
2005 TOLKIN via Liverwort ATOL (LiTOL)
2004 TOLKIN via Angiosperm ATOL
2004 HERBIS
2004 Database development for plant systematics (workshop)
Tool Development
RegNum – The International Clade Names Repository – Available Beta version
Phyloreferencing – Phyloref.org Phylo2OWL
Cellinese, N., Conix, S., Lapp, H. 2021. Phyloreferences: Tree-Native, Reproducible, and Machine-Interpretable Taxon Concepts. Philosophy, Theory and Practice in Biology, Accepted. Available in EcoEvoRxiv
ToLKIN – Tree of Life Knowledge and Information Network
Beaman, R.S., Traub, G., Dell, C., Santiago, N., Koh, J., Cellinese, N. 2012. TOLKIN – Tree of Life Knowledge and Information Network: Filling a Gap for Collaborative Research in Biological Systematics. PLoS One 7(6): doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039352
BiSciCol – Biological Science Collections Tracker – The BisciCol Triplifier
Stucky, B.J., Deck, J., Conlin, T., Ziemba, L., Cellinese, N., Guralnick, R. 2014. The BISciCol Triplifier: bringing biodiversity data to the Semantic Web. BMC Bioinformatics. BMC Bioinformatics 15: 257.
Professional Service
at University of Florida
2020-2023 Member, UF Faculty Senate
2018-2023 Member, UF IT Committee
2010-2018 Member, Graduate Admission Committee, Department of Biology
2015-2018 Member, UF Faculty Senate
2009-2012 Member, UF Faculty Senate
2020-2023 Chair, Website Committee, FLMNH
2012-2015 Member, University Teaching Committee, FLMNH
2010-2012 Chair, Informatics Committee, FLMNH
2007-2010 Member, Informatics Committee, FLMNH
February 28, 2020 Co-organizer of the Alexander von Humboldt Symposium
Community-wide
2020 Guest Editor, Frontiers in Plant Science, Research Topic: Understanding Plant Diversity and Evolution in the Mediterranean Basin
2015-present Biogeographia Editorial Board
2014-present PLoS One Editorial Board
2016-2020 Chair, BSA Graduate Research Award Committee
2014-2016 Member, BSA Graduate Research Award Committee
2013-present Member, rOpenSci Advisory Board
2012-present Member, International Committee on Bionomenclature (ICB)
2008-present Co-Convener, Phylogenetics Standards Interest Group, TDWG
2020-2023 Treasurer, ISPN
2007-present Chair, Name Registration Committee, ISPN
2004-2007 Member, Name Registration Committee, ISPN
2010-2013 President-elect, President, Past President, ISPN
2004-2010 Treasurer, ISPN
2013 Chair, Program Committee iEvoBio
2012 Member, Program Committee iEvoBio
2011 Member, Program Committee TDWG
Teaching
Plant Geography BOT4621 – alternate years
Phylogenetic Systematics Seminar BOT6935 & ZOO6927 – every fall semester
Evolutionary Biogeography BSC4821, PCB6675C, BOT6935 & ZOO6927 – alternate years
Principles of Systematic Biology BOT6726C & ZOO6927 – alternate years
Taxonomy of Vascular Plants BOT5725 – alternate years
Biological Nomenclature BOT6935 & ZOO6927 – on demand
Fieldwork experience
Asia and Australasia: India, Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Borneo (Sabah, Sarawak, Kalimantan), China, Australia
South America: British Guyana, Venezuela
Europe: Greece, Italy, France
