María José Sanín
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Mail code: 2352Campus: West
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My research focuses on Biogeography, population genomics, population ecology, reproductive biology, and conservation of plants of South America. I have a particular interest in linking plant evolution and demographic history to paleogeography. Most of my projects involve native palms from South America (family Arecaceae).
PhD Science-Biology (Universidad Nacional de Colombia) 2014
MSc Science-Biology (Universidad Nacional de Colombia) 2009
BSc Biology (Universidad de Antioquia) 2006
Plant evolution, ecology, biogeography and conservation.
SANÍN, M.J., BORCHSENIUS, F., PARIS, M., CARVALHO-MADRIGAL, S., GÓMEZ HOYOS, A.C., CARDONA, A., ARCILA MARÍN, N., OSPINA, Y., HOYOS-GÓMEZ, S.E., MANRIQUE, H.F., BERNAL, R. 2022. The Tracking of Moist Habitats Allowed Aiphanes (Arecaceae) to Cover the Elevation Gradient of the Northern Andes. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13.
SANIN, M.J., Mejía-Franco, F.G., Paris, M., Valencia-Montoya, W.A., Salamin, N., Kessler, M., Olivares, I., Jaramillo, J.S., Cardona, A. 2022. Geogenomics of montane palms points to Miocene–Pliocene Andean segmentation related to strike‐slip tectonics. Journal of Biogeography, 49: 1711-1725.
SANIN, M.J. Cardona, A. Valencia-Montoya, W.A., Torres Jiménez, M.F. Carvalho-Madrigal, S., Gómez, A.C., Bacon, C.D., Roquemen Tangarife, T., Jaramillo, J.S., Zapata, S., Valencia, V., Arboleda Valencia, J.W., Vargas, V., Paris, M. 2022. Volcanic events coincide with plant dispersal across the Northern Andes. Global and Planetary Change, 210, 103757.
Castillo, S., R. Bernal, C.L. Matallana, T. Waldrón, B. Martínez, H. García, J. E. Parra, M. J. Sanín, C. Carvajal, F. Poveda, A F. Zuluaga. 2021. Tochecito: una oportunidad de conservación de nuestro árbol nacional. Ficha bio 406, Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogotá.
ALEGRÍA-ORTEGA A., SANÍN M.J., QUAN-YOUNG L.I., LONDOÑO-MESA M.H. 2021. Genetic structure of Orbicella faveolata populations reveal high connectivity among a Marine Protected Area and Varadero reef in the Colombian Caribbean. Aquatic Conservation, 1- 13.
CARREÑO-BARRERA, J., NÚÑEZ-AVELLANEDA, L.A., SANÍN, M.J. & MAIA, A.C.D. 2020. Orchestrated flowering and interspecific facilitation: key factors in the maintenance of the main pollinator of coexisting threatened species of andean wax palms (Ceroxylon spp.). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 105 (3): 281-299.
CHACÓN-VARGAS, K., GARCÍA-MERCHÁN, VH., & M.J. SANÍN. 2019. From keystone species to conservation: conservation genetics of wax palm Ceroxylon quindiuense in the largest wild populations of Colombia and selected neighboring ex situ plant collections.
Biodiversity and Conservation 1-20 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-019-01882-w).
BERNAL, R., BORCHSENIUS, F., HOYOS-GÓMEZ, S.E., MANRIQUE, H.F., & M.J. SANIN. 2019. A revision of the Aiphanes parvifolia complex
(Arecaceae). Phytotaxa 411 (4): 275-292.
BERNAL, R. BERNAL, R., CASTAÑO, F., & M.J. SANÍN. 2019. A new, overlooked species of Aiphanes (Arecaceae) rom Santander Colombia.
405 (2). 101-105.
LOISEAU, O., (...) M.J. SANÍN, (...), M. KESSLER & N. SALAMIN. 2019. Targeted capture of hundreds of nuclear genes unravels phylogenetic relationships of the diverse Neotropical palm tribe Geonomateae. Frontiers in plant science, 864.
BERNAL, R., B. MARTÍNEZ & M.J. SANÍN. 2018. The world's tallest palms. Palms 62: 5-16.
MARTÍNEZ, B., M.J. SANÍN, L.S. CASTILLO, R. LÓPEZ & R. BERNAL. 2018. Sex change in the dioecious palm Ceroxylon quindiuense (Arecaceae).
Ecology, DOI 10.1002/ecy.2171.
ARISTIZÁBAL, A., TUBERQUIA, D. & M.J. SANÍN. 2017. Conservation genetics of two highly-endangered and poorly-known species of Zamia (Zamiaceae: Cycadales) in Colombia. Journal of Heredity. DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esx110
SANÍN, M.J., ZAPATA, J.P., PINTAUD, J.C., GALEANO, G., BOHÓRQUEZ, A., TOHME, J. & M.M. HANSEN. 2017. Up and down the blind alley: population divergence with scant gene flow in an endangered tropical lineage of Andean palms (Ceroxylon quindiuense clade: Ceroxyloideae). Journal of Heredity, 108(3): 288-298.
SANÍN, M.J., KISSLING, W.D., BACON, C.D., BORCHSENIUS , F., GALEANO, G., SVENNING, J.C., OLIVERA, J., RAMÍREZ, R., TRÉNEL, P. & J.C. PINTAUD. 2016. The Neogene rise of the Northern Andes triggered species diversification through geographic colonization and climatic niche differentiation. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 182(2): 303-317.
SANÍN, MJ., Anthelme, F., Pintaud, J.C., Galeano, G. & R.BernaL. 2013. Juvenile resilience and adult longevity explain residual populations of the Andean wax palm Ceroxylon quindiuense after deforestation. PLoSONE 8(10): e74139. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074139.
BERNAL, R. & M.J. SANÍN. 2013. The palm stands of Ceroxylon quindiuense (Arecaceae) at the Cocora Valley, Quindío: conservation perspectives of a scenic icon of Colombia. Colombia Forestal, 16(1): 67-79.
SANÍN, M.J. & G. GALEANO. 2011. A revision of the Andean Wax Palms, Ceroxylon, Phytotaxa 34:1-64.
GALEANO, G., M.J. SANÍN, J.C. PINTAUD & B. MILLÁN. 2008. Novelties in the genus Ceroxylon (Arecaceae) from Peru. Revista Peruana de
Botánica, 15(1): 65-72.
PUBLICATIONS (BOOKS)
BERNAL, R. GALEANO, G. & M.J. SANÍN. 2015. Plan de conservación, manejo y uso sostenible de la palma de cera del Quindío (Ceroxylon
quindiuense), Árbol Nacional de Colombia. Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible; Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 80 p.
PUBLICATIONS (BOOK CHAPTERS)
SANÍN, M.J., BOLÍVAR, L.M. & D.J. TUBERQUIA. 2017. Conservación de palmas de los bosques de niebla en Antioquia. Pp. 159-164. En: Quintero Vallejo, E., Benavides, A.M., Moreno, N., González-Caro, S. (Eds). Bosques Andinos, estado actual y retos para su conservación en Antioquia. Fundación Jardín Botánico de Medellín Joaquín Antonio Uribe – Programa Bosques Andinos (COSUDE). 1 Ed. – Medellín, 2018. 542 págs.
PINTAUD, J.C., MONTÚFAR, R., ANTHELME, F. & M.J. SANÍN. 2015. Patrones genéticos y ecológicos de las palmas: La influencia humana, en Balslev, H., Macía, M. J., & H. Navarrete (eds.) Cosecha de Palmas en el noreste de Suramérica: bases científicas para su manejo y conservación. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador, 297 pp.
SANÍN, M.J. 2013. La palma de cera de la zona cafetera (Ceroxylon alpinum). Pp. 154-158. En: Bernal R & G Galeano (Eds). Cosechar sin Destruir – Aprovechamiento sostenible de palmas colombianas. Facultad de Ciencias – Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. 244 pp.
SANÍN, M.J. 2013. La palma de cera del Quindío (Ceroxylon quindiuense). Pp. 159-164. En: Bernal R & G Galeano (Eds). Cosechar sin Destruir – Aprovechamiento sostenible de palmas colombianas. Facultad de Ciencias – Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. 244 pp.
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 592 | Research |
ENV 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
LSC 556 | Integrative Biology II |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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ENV 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 592 | Research |
BIO 599 | Thesis |
BIO 593 | Applied Project |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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LSC 322 | Fundamentals of Ecology Lab |
ENV 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 592 | Research |
ENV 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
LSC 556 | Integrative Biology II |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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ENV 201 | Environmental Science |
ENV 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 592 | Research |
BIO 599 | Thesis |
BIO 593 | Applied Project |
LSC 556 | Integrative Biology II |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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LSC 322 | Fundamentals of Ecology Lab |
ENV 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 592 | Research |
BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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ENV 201 | Environmental Science |
BIO 354 | Cell Biology Laboratory |
BIO 592 | Research |
BIO 599 | Thesis |
BIO 593 | Applied Project |
BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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LSC 322 | Fundamentals of Ecology Lab |
LSC 362 | The Human Environment |
BIO 592 | Research |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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ENV 201 | Environmental Science |
BIO 354 | Cell Biology Laboratory |
BIO 592 | Research |