People
Gigot, Guillame
| Job Title | Darwin Initiative Project Officer |
|---|---|
| Department | Jodrell |
| Section | Molecular Systematics |
| Science Teams |
Large-Scale Syntheses |
| Joined Kew | 2005 |
| Foreign Language(s) | French (mother tongue), Spanish. |
Qualifications & Appointments
BSc, Univ. Montpellier, 1999
MSc, Univ. Montpellier, 2000
MA, Engineering, Inst. Nat. Agronomique, Paris-Grignon, 2002.
Role
Conservation and Monitoring of Meso-American Orchids.
Management of a Darwin Initiative project for the Survival of Central American orchids (DNA Barcoding; Biodiversity monitoring and conservation; fieldwork, etc). Additional duties include the day-to-day running of the molecular systematics laboratory. Other research interests include evolutionary processes and phylogenetic patterns, population biology and Co-evolution & biological interactions.
Projects
Conservation and Monitoring of Meso-American Orchids
Establishing a Standard DNA Barcode for Land Plants
Understanding and Conserving the Earth’s Biodiversity Hotspots (HOTSPOTS)
Selected Publications 2001-2005
Pujol, B., Gigot, G., Pinheiro-Kluppel, M., Elias, M., Hossaert-McKey, M. & McKey, D. (2002). Germination ecology of Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz, Euphorbiaceae) in agroecosystems: seed and seedling biology of vegetatively propagated domesticated plant. Economic Botany 56(4): 366-379.