Elizabeth Joyce

Dr. Elizabeth Joyce is a Post-doctoral researcher at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich's Faculty of Biology, Department of Systematics, Biodiversity and Evolution of Plants, working under Prof. Kadereit's research group. Her office is located at Menzinger Str. 67, Room 123, Munich, with contact via +49 89 17861-354 or E.Joyce@lmu.de.

Her research centers on the biogeographic origins of Southeast Asian, New Guinean, and Australian floras, emphasizing the Sunda-Sahul Floristic Exchange's role in shaping tropical biodiversity. She employs integrated floristic, phylogeographic, and phylogenomic methodologies with specialized focus on the angiosperm order Sapindales and dispersal syndromes affecting regional biogeography.

Dr. Joyce maintains extensive international collaborations across 15+ institutions including Australian Academy of Science, James Cook University, Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew/Sydney), and universities in Berlin, Basel, and São Paulo, reflecting her global research network in plant systematics.