#  Sebastian Martinez-Salazar 

Graduate Student

 

 

 



   ![Sebastian Martinez-Salazar](/sites/g/files/omnuum6406/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/kramerlab/files/20230619_171401.jpg?itok=OI-HNctB) 

 



 

 location\_on Biological Labs, Rm. 1119 16 Divinity Ave. Cambridge, MA 02138 

 smartphone [617-384-7820](tel:617-384-7820) 

 email <smartinezsalazar@g.harvard.edu> 

 



 

 I am an evolutionary-developmental biologist broadly interested in understanding molecular mechanisms responsible for the evolution of plant form. I completed my undergraduate and master's dissertations at the University of Antioquia in Colombia, studying flower development in Andean species of nasturtiums (*Tropaeolum*). Now, I am interested in using additional tools, such as comparative transcriptomics and functional analysis, to explore how floral novelties, especially nectar spurs, have evolved in *Tropaeolum* and how different the evolutionary mechanisms were compared to those in other groups of plants, such as *Aquilegia*.



 

 

 





 

 

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