Areas of Research

Evolution and diversity of bryophytes

Conferences Organized

Organizer, Annual meeting of NSF's Tree of Life Program, March 15, 2006

Organizer, Annual Blomquist Foray, January-December 2003

Professional Service

Major Advisor

Ph.D. Committee member, January 1, 2007 - present

Duke University Faculty Reader for Graduation with Distinction in Biology, January, 2007 - present

Academic Advisor, January, 2007 - present

Performance Review Committee, January, 2007

Academic Advisor, 2004

member, Infrastructure Comittee, 2004

Curator, Duke University Cryptogamic Herbarium, 2004

PreMajor Advisor

member, Standing Committee on Misconduct in Research (Chair in 2008), 2005 - present

Chair, Program II Committee, 2004 - present

Member, Executive Council for the Graduate Faculty, March, 2007

Chair, Standing Committee on Misconduct in Research, January, 2007

Chair, Program II Committee, January, 2007

Dept Committee

Member, Curriculum Committee, December 2003

Papers Refereed

Chair, Board of Directors, Highlands Biological Station, January, 2007 - present

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer for professional journals, January 1, 2006 - present
   Reviewer for numerous journals

Ad Hoc Reviewer for professional journals, January, 2007

Organizer, Annual Blomquist Foray, Highlands NC, April 12, 2006
   This is an annual field meeting that promoted interactions between professionals and amateurs interested in plant and fungal biodiversity

Reviewer, Annals of Botany, January 2005

Reveiwer, Other Journals, January 2005

Reviewer, Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 2004

Reviewer, Paper, proposal reviews: too many to count, 2004

NSF Reviews And Panels

Ad hoc reviewer for NSF, January, 2007
   Reviewer for several panels at NSF

Panel Member, NSF Biodiversity and Inventories Panel Member, NSF, September, 2006

Dept Services

Curator of Bryophytes, Duke University Herbarium, January 01, 2005 - present

Graduate Advisory Committee, January 01, 2005 - present

Director, University herbarium, Biological Sciences, January 01, 2005 - November 15, 2005

Curator, Duke University Cryptogamic Herbarium, January-December 2003

Grant Panels

Panel Member, NSF, March, 2007
   Panel for Biodiversity and Inventories

Service to the Community

member, Board of Scientific Advisors, 2004
   This board reviews proposals for grants-in-aid for research at the Highlands Biological Station. I am the Duke representative.

Selected Recent Invited Talks

Symposium Introduction, Highlands Biological Station, 21 December 2007

Plant Science seminar, North Carolina State University, November 16, 2006

Evolution program seminar, Shanghai Normal University, September 22, 2006

Molecular approach to biodiversity patterns in peatmosses (Sphagnum), Michigan State University, October, 2005

Molecular biodiversity of peatmosses, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 5 January 2005

Phylogeny and Biodiversity of Mosses, University of Goettingen, Germany, September, 2004

Keynote address: Systematics and biodiversity of peatmosses (Sphagnum), Uppsala Sweden and Trondheim, Norway, 10 August 2002

Publications

Books

1. Goffinet, B., & A. J. Shaw, Bryophyte Biology (2008), Cambridge University Press.

Papers Published

1. Szövényi, P., S. Terracciano, M. Ricca, & A. J. Shaw, Recent divergence, intercontinental dispersal and shared polymorphisms are shaping the genetic structure of amphi-Atlantic peatmoss populations, Mol. Ecol., vol. 17 (2008), pp. 5364-5377.
2. Shevock, J. R., D. H. Norris, & A. J. Shaw, Identification, distribution and family placement of the pleurocarpous moss Bestia longipes, Madronõ, vol. 56 (2008), pp. 1-9.
3. Karlin, E.F. S. B. Boles, & A. J. Shaw, Systematics of Sphagnum section Sphagnum in New Zealand: a microsatellite-based analysis., New Zealand Journal of Botany, vol. 46 (2008), pp. 105-118.
4. Karlin, E.F., S. B. Boles, & A. J. Shaw, Resolving boundaries between species in Sphagnum section Subsecunda using microsatellite markers, Taxon, vol. 57 (2008), pp. 1189-1200.
5. Shaw, A.J., S. B. Boles, & B. Shaw, A phylogenetic delineation of the “Sphagnum subsecundum complex” (Bryophyta), American Journal of Botany, vol. 95 no. 731-744 (2008).
6. Shaw, A.J., T. Cao, L-S. Wang, K. I. Flatberg, B. Flatberg, B. Shaw, P. Zhou, S. B. Boles, & S.B., Terraccino, S, Genetic variation in three Chinese peat mosses (Sphagnum) based on microsatellite markers, with primer information and analysis of ascertainment bias, Bryologist, vol. 111 (2008), pp. 271-281.
7. Shaw, A. J., I. Holz, C. J. Cox, & B. Goffinet, Phylogeny, character evolution, and biogeography of the gondwanic moss family Hypopterygiaceae (Bryophyta), Systematic Botany, vol. 33 (2008), pp. 21-30.
8. Shaw, A. J., R. E. Andrus, & B. Shaw, Sphagnum beringiense sp. nov. (Bryophyta) from arctic Alaska, based on morphological and molecular data, Systematic Botany, vol. 33 (2008), pp. 469-477.
9. Davis, E. C. & A. J. Shaw, Biogeographic and phylogenetic patterns in diversity of liverwort-associated endophytes, American Journal of Botany, vol. 95 (2008), pp. 914-924.
10. Shaw, A. J., L. Pokorny, B. Shaw, M. Ricca, S. Boles, & P. Szövényi, Genetic structure and genealogy in the Sphagnum subsecundum complex (Sphagnaceae: Bryophyta), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 49 (2008), pp. 304-317.
11. Ricca, M., F. W. Beecher, S. B. Boles, E. Temsch, J. Greilhuber, E. F. Karlin, & A. J. Shaw, Cytotype variation and allopolyploidy in North American species of the, American Journal of Botany, vol. 95 (2008), pp. 1-16.
12. Hutsenmékers, V. * A. M. Risterucci, M. Ricca, S. Boles, O.J. Hardy, A.J. Shaw, and A. Vanderpoorten, Identification and characterization of nuclear microsatellite loci in the aquatic moss Platyhypnidium riparioides (Brachytheciaceae), Molecular Ecology Resources, vol. 8 (2008), pp. 1120-1132.
13. McDaniel, S. F., J. H. Willis, & A. J. Shaw, The genetic basis of developmental abnormalities in interpopulation hybrids of the moss Ceratodon purpureus, Genetics, vol. 179 (2008), pp. 1425–1435.
14. Vanderpoorten, A., N. Devos, B. Goffinet, O. J. Hardy, & A. J. Shaw, The barriers to ocneanic radiation in bryophytes: insights from the phylogeography of the moss Grimmia Montana, Journal of Biogeography, vol. 35 (2007) (Early on-line publication: Oct. 2007.).
15. Gunnarsson, U., M. Lönn, & A. J. Shaw, Local-scale genetic structure in the peatmoss, Sphagnum fuscum., Molecular Ecology, vol. 16 (2007), pp. 305-312.
16. 124. Goffinet, B., N. J. Wickett, O. Werner, R. M. Ros, C. J. Cox, & A. J. Shaw, Distribution and phylogenetic significance of the 71-kb Inversion in the plastid genome in Funariidae (Bryophyta)., Annals of Botany, vol. 99 (2007), pp. 747 - 753.
17. Renzaglia, K. S., S. Schuette, R. J. Duff, R. Ligrone, A. J. Shaw, B. D. Mishler, & J. G. Duckett., Bryophyte phylogeny: advancing the molecular and morphological frontiers, Bryologist, vol. 110 (2007), pp. 179-213.
18. Zhou, P. & J. Shaw, Systematics and population genetics of Sphagnum macrophyllum and S. cribrosum (Sphagnaceae), Systematic Botany, vol. 32 (2007), pp. 493-503.
19. McDaniel, S. F., J. F. Willis, and A. J. Shaw, A linkage map reveals a complex basis for segregation distortion in an interpopulation cross in the moss Ceratodon purpureus., Genetics, vol. 176 (2007), pp. 2489-2500.
20. J. Shaw, Metapopulation extinction thresholds in rainforest remnants, American Naturalist, vol. 167 (2006), pp. 177-189..
21. J. Shaw, A revision of the moss genus Pohlia Hedw. (Mniaceae) in Australia., Systematic Botany, vol. 31 (2006), pp. 247-257.
22. Zartman, C. E., S. F. McDaniel, & A. J. Shaw, Experimental habitat fragmentation increases linkage disequilibrium but does not affect genetic diversity or population structure in the Amazonian liverwort Radula flaccida., Molecular Ecology, vol. 15 (2006), pp. 2305-2315.
23. Gunnarsson, U., A. J. Shaw, & M. Lönn, Local-scale genetic structure in the peatmoss, Sphagnum fuscum., Molecular Ecology, vol. 16 (2006), pp. 305-312.
24. Shaw, A. J., C. J. Cox, & S. B. Boles, Phylogeny, species delimitation, and interspecific hybridization in Sphagnum section Acutifolia., Syst. Bot, vol. 30 (2005), pp. 16-33.
25. Shaw, A. J., C. J. Cox, & B. Goffinet, Global patterns of moss diversity: taxonomic and molecular inferences, Taxon, vol. 54 (2005), pp. 337-352.
26. Goffinet, B., N. J. Wickett, A. J. Shaw, & C. J. Cox, Phylogenetic significance of the rpoA loss in the chloroplast genome of mosses, Taxon, vol. 54 (2005), pp. 353-360.
27. Shevock, J. R. & A. J. Shaw, Pohlia robertsonii and P. rabunbaldensis (Bryopsida, Mniaceae), two new species from the western and eastern United States., Bryologist, vol. 108 (2005), pp. 177-182.
28. Ryall, K., J. Whitton, W. B. Schofield, S. Ellis, & A. J. Shaw, Molecular phylogenetic study of interspecific variation in the moss Isothecium (Brachytheciaceae), Syst. Bot., vol. 30 (2005), pp. 242-247.
29. Shaw, A. J., I. Melosik, C. J. Cox, & S. B. Boles, Divergent and reticulate evolution in closely related species of Sphagnum section Subsecunda (Bryophyta)., Bryologist, vol. 108 (2005), pp. 363-378.
30. Shaw, A. J. & C. J. Cox. 2005, Variation in "biodiversity value" of peatmoss species in Sphagnum section Acutifolia (Sphagnaceae)., Am. Jounr. Bot., vol. 92 (2005), pp. 1774-1783.
31. Buryová, B. & A. J. Shaw, Phenotypic plasticity in Philonotis fontana (Bryopsida: Bartramiaceae), Journal of Bryology, vol. 27 (2005), pp. 13-22.
32. J. Shaw & K. S. Renzaglia, Phylogeny and diversification of bryophytes, American Journal of Botany, vol. 91 (2004), pp. 1557-1581 (Invited Review.).
33. J. Shaw, C. J. Cox, & S. B. Boles., Phylogenetic relationships among Sphagnum sections, Hemitheca, Isocladus, and Subsecunda., Bryologist, vol. 107 (2004), pp. 189-196.
34. Goffinet, B., A. J. Shaw, & C. J. Cox, Phylogenetic inferences in the dung-moss family Splachnaceae from analyses of DNA sequence data and implications for the evolution of entomophily, American Journal of Botany, vol. 91 (2004), pp. 748-759.
35. J. Shaw, Phylogenetic relationships among the mosses based on heterogeneous Bayesian analysis of multiple genes from multiple genomic compartments, Systematic Botany, vol. 29 (2004), pp. 234-250.
36. Shaw, A. J., C. J. Cox, & I. Melosik, Diversification of peatmosses: a phylogenetic approach, in Molecular systematics of bryophytes: progress, problems & perspectives, Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden, edited by Goffinet, B., V.C. Hollowell, and R.E. Magill (2004), Missouri Botanical Garden.
37. Buck, W. R., C. J. Cox, A. J. Shaw, & B. Goffinet, Ordinal relationships of pleurocarpous mosses, with special emphasis on the Hookeriales, Systematics and Biodiversity, vol. 2 (2004), pp. 121-145.
38. McDaniel, S. F. & A. J. Shaw, Phylogeographic structure and cryptic speciation in the trans-antarctic moss Pyrrhobryum mnioides., Evolution, vol. 57 (Fall, 2003), pp. 205-215..
39. Shaw, A. J., O. Werner, & R. M. Ros, Intercontinental Mediterranean disjunct mosses: morphological and molecular patterns., American Journal of Botany, vol. 90 no. 4 (2003), pp. 540-550.
40. Werner, O., R. M. Ros, J. Guerra, & A. J. Shaw, Molecular data confirm the presence of Anacolia menziesii (Bartramiaceae, Musci) in southern Europe and its separation from Anacolia webbii., Systematic Botany 483?489, vol. 28 no. 3 (2003), pp. 483-489.
41. Vanderpoorten, A., B. Goffinet, L. Hedenäs, C. J. Cox, & A. J. Shaw, A taxonomic reassessment of the Vittiaceae (Hypnales, Bryopsida): evidence from phylogenetic analyses of combined chloroplast and nuclear sequence data., Plant Systematics & Evolution, vol. 241 (2003), pp. 1-12.
42. Shaw, A.J., C. J. Cox, S. B. Boles, & B. Goffinet, Phylogenetic evidence for a rapid radiation of pleurocarpous mosses (Bryopsida)., Evolution, vol. 57 no. 10 (2003), pp. 2226-2241.
43. Vanderpoorten, A., A. J. Shaw, & C. J. Cox, Evolution of multiple paralogous adenosine kinase genes in the moss genus Hygroamblystegium: phylogenetic implications, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2003).
44. Shaw, A. J., C. J. Cox, & S. B. Boles, Global patterns of peatmoss biodiversity, Molecular Ecology, vol. 12 (2003), pp. 2553-2570.
45. Davis, E. C., J. B. Franklin, A. J. Shaw, & R. Vilgalys, Endophytic Xylaria (Xylariaceae) among liverworts and angiosperms: phylogenetics, distribution, and symbiosis, American Journal of botany, vol. 90 (2003), pp. 1661-1667.
46. Shaw, A. J., C. J. Cox, & S. B. Boles, Polarity of peatmoss (Sphagnum) evolution: who says mosses have no roots?, Amercan Journal of Botany, vol. 90 (2003), pp. 1777-1787.
47. Vanderpoorten, A., Hedenas, L., Cox, C., & A. J. Shaw, Circumscription, classification, and taxonomy of the Amblystegiaceae (Bryopsida) inferred from nuclear and chloroplast sequence data and morphology, Taxon, vol. 51 (2002), pp. 115-122.
48. B Goffinet and AJ Shaw, Independent origins of cleistocarpy in the Splachnaceae: analysis of cpDNA sequences and polyphyly of the Voitioideae (Bryophyta), Systematic Botany, vol. 27 no. 2 (2002), pp. 203-208.
49. Shaw, A. J., S. McDaniel, O. Werner, & R. M. Ros, New frontiers in bryology and lichenology (invited essay). Phylogeography and phylodemography, Bryologist, vol. 105 (2002), pp. 373-383.
50. La Farge, C., A. J. Shaw, and D. H. Vitt, The circumscription of the Dicranaceae (Bryopsida) based on the chloroplast regions trnL-trnF and rps4, Systematic Botany, vol. 27 (2002), pp. 435-452.
51. Buck, W. R., A. J. Shaw, & C. J. Cox, A new species of Leskeodon (Daltoniaceae) from Ecuador, Brittonia, vol. 54 (2002), pp. 178-180.
52. B Goffinet, CJ Cox, AJ Shaw and TA Hedderson, Pylogeny of bryophytes: inferenes from chloroplast-encoded rps4 nucleotide sequences, Annals of Botany, vol. 87 (2001), pp. 191-208.
53. A Vanderpoorten, AJ Shaw and B Goffinet, Testing controversial alignments in Amblystegium and related genera (Amblystegiaceae: Bryopsida). Evidence from rDNA ITS sequences, Syst. Bot., vol. 26 (2001), pp. 470-479.
54. WR Buck, B Goffinet and AJ Shaw, Novel relationships in pleurocarpous mosses as revealed by cpDNA sequences, The Bryologist, vol. 103 (2001), pp. 774-789.
55. C La Farge, BD Mishler, JA Wheeler, DP Wall, K Johannes, S Schaffer, and AJ Shaw, Phylogenetic relationships among the haplolepideous mosses, Bryologist, vol. 103 (2000), pp. 257-276.
56. E De Luna, WR Buck, H Akiyama, T Arikawa, H Tsubota, D Gonzalez, AE Newton and AJ Shaw, Phylogenetic patterns within the hypnobryalian pleurocarpous mosses inferred from cladistic analyses of three sequence data sets: trnL-trnF, rps4, and rbcL, Bryologist, vol. 103 (2000), pp. 242-256.
57. CJ Cox, B Goffinet, A Newton, AJ Shaw and TA Henderson, Phylogenetic relationships among the diplolepideous-alternate mosses (Bryidae) inferred from nuclear and chloroplast sequences, Bryologist, vol. 103 (2000), pp. 224-241.
58. AJ Shaw and BH Allen, Phylogenetic relationshops, morphological incongruence, and geographic speciation in the Fontinalaceae (Bryophyta), Mol. Phylogen. Evol., vol. 16 (2000), pp. 225-237.
59. WR Buck, B Goffinet and AJ Shaw, Testing morphological concepts of orders of pleurocarpous mosses (Bryophyta) using phylogenetic reconstructions based on trnL-tmF and rps4 sequences, Mol. Phylogen. Evol., vol. 16 (2000), pp. 180-198.
60. J. Shaw, Schizymenuim shevockii, a new species based on morphological and molecular evidence, Syst. Bot., vol. 25 (2000), pp. 188-196.
61. J. Shaw, MOlecular Phylogeography and cryptic speciation in the mosses, Mielichhoferia elongata and M. meilichhoferiana (Bryaceae), Mol. Ecol., vol. 9 (2000), pp. 595-608.
62. J. Shaw, Phylogeny of the Sphagnopsida based on nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences, Bryologist, vol. 103 (2000), pp. 277-306.
63. AJ Shaw and B Goffinet, Molecular evidence of reticulate evolution in the peatmosses (Sphagnum), including S. ehyalinum sp. nov., Bryologist, vol. 103 (2000), pp. 357-374.
64. A Vanderpoorten, L Hedenas, C Cox and AJ Shaw, Phylogeny and morphological evolution of the Amblystegiaceae (Byopsida), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 23 , pp. 1-21.