Mark Alan Hershkovitz

Mark Alan Hershkovitz is an American biochemist and taxonomist.

In 1981 he received his Bachelor of Science from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He received his Master of Science and PhD degrees from University of California, Davis, in 1986 and 1990; his focus in his doctoral program was botany. Afterwards, he worked for the Laboratory of Molecular Systematics at the Smithsonian Institution as a postdoctoral scientist, and he joined the National Center for Biotechnology Information as a fellow under the Postdoctoral Intramural Research Training Award.

he is doing independent research in Chile.

Taxa (re)named by Hershkovitz Cistanthe amaranthoides (Phil.) Carolin ex Hershk. C. arenaria (Cham.) Carolin ex Hershk. C. calycina Carolin ex Hershk. C.celosioides (Phil.) Carolin ex Hershk. C.cephalophora (I.M.Johnston) Carolin ex Hershk. C.coquimbensis (Barneoud) Carolin ex Hershk. C.cymosa (Phil.) Hershk. C. densiflora (Barnéoud) Hershk. C. monandra (Nutt.) Hershk.

Works Hershkovitz, M.A. & Zimmer, E.A. 2000. Ribosomal DNA evidence and disjunctions of western American Portulacaceae Mol. Phylogenetics and Evolution 15(3): 419–439. Hershkovitz M.A., Arroyo M.T.K, Bell C., and Hinojosa L.F 2006 Phylogeny of Chaetanthera (Asteraceae: Mutisieae) reveals both ancient and recent origins of the high elevation lineages Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41: 594-605.