Edeline obtained her PhD at the University of Montreal, in Canada, studying plant systematics and evolutionary ecology in Legumes, co-supervised by Dr. Anne Bruneau, Dr. Gwilym P. Lewis and Dr. Colin E. Hughes). Her PhD led her to describe 5 new plant genera and explored phylogenomic biome conservatism in the Caesalpinia Group, a pantropical group of plants with an affinity for seasonally dry forests and deserts. After a year as non-tenure professor at the University of Moncton, she moved onto a 3 year postdoc at the Royal Botanical Garden of Edinburgh/University of Edinburgh, focusing on the phylogenomics of the mega-diverse genus Solanum (1240 spp.), and studying quantitative niche evolution associated of different types of underground growth forms across the genus. Capitalizing on her expertise of natural history collections and experience in phylogenomics, she is currently collaborating with us to determine whether herbarium specimens can be used to study the diversity and evolution of resistange genes in Solanum chilense, over the past 100 years in Chile and Peru. Her work is funded by a MSCA EuroTechPostdoc2 Fellowship. Fir this project she is also co-hosted by Dr. Gabriel Renaud from the Technical University of Denmark.

Edeline now is an Assistant Professor at the University of Guelph.

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Publications

Out of the wild: the wild (and often weedy) roots of our crops
Särkinen, T., Gagnon, E, Knapp, S. (2022).
New Phytologist 234: 1107-1108. 

Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover.
Fitzpatrick et al. + 280 authors (2022)
Science, 375 (6586), 1275-1281. 

Phylogenomic data reveals hard polytomies in the large genus Solanum (Solanaceae).
Gagnon, E., Hilgenhof, R., Orejuela, A., Sablok, G., Aubriot, X., Giacomin, L., Gouvêa, Y., Bohs, L., Dodsworth, S., Maurin, O., Forest, F., Poczai, P., Knapp, S., Särkinen, T. (2022)
American Journal of Botany 109(4): 580-601.

Brazilian Flora 2020: Leveraging the power of a collaborative scientific network.
The Brazilian Flora Group. (2022)
Taxon, 71: 178-198.

Defining biologically meaningful biomes through floristic, functional, and phylogenetic data. Cardoso, D., Moonlight, P.W., Ramos, G., Oatley G, Dudley C, Gagnon E., Queiroz, L.P., Pennington, R.T., Särkinen, T.E. (2021)
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, (9).

Plastome evolution in the Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae) and its application in phylogenomics and populations genetics.
Aecyo, P., Marques, A., Huettel, B., Silva, A., Braun, M., Melo, T.E., Ribeiro, E., Leal, I. Gagnon, E., Souza, G., Pedrosa-Harand, A. (2021)
Planta 254 (2), 1-19. 

How diverse is heterochromatin in the Caesalpinia group? Cytogenomic characterization of Erythrostemon hughesii Gagnon & G.P.Lewis (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae).
Mata-Sucre, Y., Sadler, M., Van-Lume, B., Gagnon, E., Pedrosa-Harand, A., Leitch, I.J., Lewis, G.P., Souza, G. (2020)
Planta, 252(4): 49. 

Revisiting the cytomolecular evolution of the Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae): a broad sampling reveals new correlations between cytogenetic and environmental variables.
Mata-Sucre, Y., Costa, L., Gagnon, E., Lewis, G.P., Leitch, I.J., Souza, G. (2020)
Plant Systematics and Evol 306: 48. 

Evolutionary convergence or homology? Comparative cytogenomics of Caesalpinia group species (Leguminosae) reveals diversification in the pericentromeric heterochromatic composition.
Van-Lume, B., Mata-Sucre, Y., Báez, M., Ribeiro, T., Huettel, B., Gagnon, E., Leitch, I.J., Pedrosa-Harand, A., Lewis, G.P., Souza, G. (2019).
Planta 250: 2173–2186. 

Do tropical plants have smaller genomes? Correlation between genome size and climatic variables in the Caesalpinia Group (Caesalpinioideae, Leguminosae).
Souza, G., Costa, L., Guignard, M., Van-Lume, B., Pellicer, J., Gagnon, E., Lewis, G.P., Leitch, I. (2019)
Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. 29: 51-63.

Global Succulent Biome phylogenetic conservatism across the pantropical Caesalpinia Group (Leguminosae).
Gagnon, E., Ringelberg, J.J., Lewis, G.P., Bruneau, A., Hughes, C.E. (2019)
New Phytologist 222: 1994–2008. 

Heterochromatic and cytomolecular diversification in the Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae): Relationships between phylogenetic and cytogeographical data.
Van-Lume, B., Esposito, T., Diniz-Filho, J.A.F., Gagnon, E, Lewis, G.P., Souza, L.G. (2017)
Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics, 29: 51–63.

A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny.
Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG; 2017)
Taxon, 66(1): 44-77 (34). 

A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae).
Gagnon, E., G.P. Lewis, C.E. Hughes, L.P.de Queiroz & A. Bruneau (2016).
Phytokeys, vol. 71, p.1-160. 

A synopsis of Coulteria (Leguminosae), including new names and synonyms.
Sotuyo, S.J., J.L. Contreras, Gagnon, E., Lewis, G.P. (2016)
Phytotaxa, 291(3): 33–42. 

A new cryptic species in a new cryptic genus in the Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae) from the seasonally dry inter-Andean valleys of South America.
Gagnon, E., Hughes, C.E., Lewis, G.P., Bruneau A. (2015)
Taxon, 64(3): 468–490.

A multilocus phylogenetic analysis reveals the monophyly of a recircumscribed papilionoid legume tribe Diocleae with well-supported generic relationships.
Queiroz, L.P., Pastore, J.F.B., Cardoso, D., Snak, C., Lima, A.L.C., Gagnon, E., Vatanparast, M. Holland, A.E., Egan, A. (2015)
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 90: 1–19 

A revision of Mezoneuron (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) in New Caledonia, with perspectives on vegetation, geology, and conservation.
Clark, R., Gagnon, E. (2015)
Phytotaxa, 207(1): 68-92.

A molecular phylogeny of Caesalpinia sensu lato:  increased sampling reveals new insights and more genera than expected.
Gagnon, E., Lewis, G.P., Sotuyo, S.J., Hughes, C.E., Bruneau, A. (2013)
South African Journal of Botany, 89: 111–127. 

Phylogenetic utility of 19 low copy nuclear genes in closely related genera and species of Caesalpinioid legumes.
Babineau, M., Gagnon, E., Bruneau A. (2013)
South African Journal of Botany, 89: 94–105.