
2 February 2021
Director of Science
Science
Biodiversity assessments, biogeography, evolution, genomics, meta-barcoding, methods development, molecular phylogenetics, tropical biology.
My main scientific goal is to understand the evolution and distribution of biodiversity, by studying the formation, extinction, and migration of species. I am particularly interested in teasing apart the relative roles of abiotic (e.g. climate and landscape changes) and biotic (e.g. competition, adaptations) drivers of biodiversity changes through space and time. To achieve these goals, I study the distribution of species, their genetic variation, and the fossil record. Most of my work has dealt with the tropics, especially in South America where most species occur today.
Reporting to the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, I provide leadership and management of the Science Directorate at Kew Gardens and Wakehurst. My overall aim is to strengthen and further develop Kew as a global centre of excellence in plant and fungal knowledge and to promote evidence-based solutions to major societal challenges.
My main tasks are to:
A full CV is available on the Antonelli Lab website.
Antonelli, A., Kissling, W.D., Flantua, S.G.A., et al. (2018).
Nature Geoscience 11:718–725.
Antonelli, A., Zizka, A., Antunes Carvalho, F., Scharn, R., Bacon, C.D., Silvestro, D. & Condamine, F.L. (2018).
PNAS 115: 6034–6039.
Antonelli, A., Ariza, M., Albert, J., Andermann, T., et al. (2018).
PeerJ 6: e5644.
Lehtonen, S., Silvestro, D., Karger, D. N., Scotese, C., Tuomisto, H., Kessler, M., Peña, C., Wahlberg, N. & Antonelli, A. (2017).
Scientific Reports 7: 483.
Perez-Escobar, O.A., Chomicki, G., Condamine, F.L., Karremans, A.P., Bogarin, D., Matzke, N., Silvestro, D. & Antonelli, A. (2017).
New Phytologist 215:891-905.
Antonelli, A., Hettling, H., Condamine, F.L., et al. (2017).
Systematic Biology 66:152–166.