CAREER: Evolution in the Eastern Mediterranean Campanulaceae - Integrating Information Management and Scientific Workflows in Daily Research and Teaching

职业生涯：东地中海桔梗花科植物的进化-在日常研究和教学中整合信息管理和科学工作流程本项目将探索地中海盆地桔梗花科(钟形花科)的生物多样性和生物地理，以了解面临人类和动物巨大压力的大陆岛屿上的植物种群动态。错综复杂的地质历史和人类对环境的巨大压力极大地塑造了该地区的生物多样性。许多特有物种仅限于有限的地方，受到威胁，高度依赖栖息地保护。此外，越来越多的需要将系统发育分析扩展到更多的标记和分类群，这突显了信息学和计算科学面临的巨大挑战。因此，这项研究将通过开发一种新的研究环境来整合科学和技术，在这种环境中，产生的数据将被自动处理成相关的分析工作流程。这种科学分析的方法更有效，但如果没有技术技能和适当的基础设施，就很难实现。这项研究的结果将通过更好地向研究人员、教育工作者、政策制定者和决策者提供关于地中海(例如加利福尼亚州)等生态系统中物种动态的信息，对保护规划产生影响。一个基本的优势是科学和技术研究与K-12和高等教育的培训和课程开发相结合。与公众的接触将通过佛罗里达自然历史博物馆开发的博物馆展览进行。这个项目将增加技术能力，不仅是一个试验台，而且重要的是，它将成为一个基础性的图书馆，供生物科学家、教育工作者和其他人使用。

CAREER: Evolution in the Eastern Mediterranean Campanulaceae - Integrating Information Management and Scientific Workflows in Daily Research and TeachingThis project will explore biological diversity and biogeography of Campanulaceae (bell flower family) in the Mediterranean Basin in order to understand plant population dynamics in continental islands that are under extraordinary pressure from humans and animals. The intricate geological history and the significant human pressure on the environment have dramatically shaped the biodiversity of this region. Many endemic species are confined to restricted localities, and are threatened and highly dependent on habitat conservation. Moreover, an ever-increasing need to extend phylogenetic analyses to additional markers and taxa underlines a grand challenge for informatics and computational sciences. Therefore, this research will integrate science and technology by developing a novel research environment where the data generated will be automatically processed into relevant analytical workflows. This approach to scientific analyses is more efficient, but hard to achieve without the technical skills and appropriate infrastructure.The results of this research will have an impact on conservation planning by better informing researchers, educators, policy and decision makers about species dynamics in ecosystems like the Mediterranean (e.g., in California). A fundamental strength is the integration of science and technology research with training and curriculum development for K-12 and higher education. Outreach to the public will be through a museum exhibit developed at the Florida Museum of Natural History. This project will increase technology capacity and will serve not just as a test-bed but also importantly, as a foundational library that biological scientists, educators, and others can use.