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Work Experience

BIOLOGIST / BIOCHEMIST

MONTREAL BOTANICAL GARDEN

March 2018 - Present

LABORATORY ASSISTANT

Institute for Ethnomedicine

June 2008 - September 2008

OFFICE ASSISTANT/GRADER

Walla Walla University Biology Department

September 2003 - June 2008

Education

PH.D. IN PLANT BIOLOGY

University of California

September 2012 - March 2018

M.S. IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

Loma Linda University

September 2008 - June 2010

B.S. IN BIOCHEMISTRY

Walla Walla University

September 2003 - June 2008

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Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ahmad, Latif and He, Yi and Hao, Jia-Chen and Semotiuk, Andrew and Liu, Quan-Ru and Mazari, Paras(2018). Toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids provide a warning sign to overuse of the ethnomedicine \textitArnebia benthamii. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 210. p. 88--94. Elsevier
Ahmad, Latif and Semotiuk, Andrew J and Liu, Quan-Ru and Rashid, Wajid and Mazari, Paras and Rahim, Kashif and Sadia, Sehrish(2018). Anti-hypertensive plants of rural Pakistan: Current use and future potential. Journal of Complementary Medicine. 7. (2). p. 138--153.
Semotiuk, Andrew J and Colunga-Garc{\'\i}aMar{\'\i}n, Patricia and Maldonado, David Valenzuela and Ezcurra, Exequiel(2018). Pillar of strength: Columnar cactus as a key factor in Yoreme heritage and wildland preservation. Ambio. 47. (1). p. 86--96. Springer Netherlands
Latif Ahmad and Yi He and Andrew J Semotiuk and Quan-Ru Liu(2018). Qualitative determination of toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids in Trichodesma indicum: A prevalent ethnomedicine of Northern Pakistan. Journal of Complementary Medicine Research. 9. (1). p. 11--23.
Ahmad, Latif and He, Yi and Semotiuk, Andrew J and Liu, Quan-Ru and Hao, Jia-Chen(2018). Survey of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in the tribe Lithospermeae (Boraginaceae) from Pan-Himalaya and their chemotaxonomic significance. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 81. p. 49--57. Elsevier
Semotiuk, Andrew J and Exequiel Ezcurra(2016). Unravelling the mysteries of \textitIbervillea sonorae: A phenom of Mexican traditional medicine. Society for Economic Botany Conference. (Harlan, KY).
Ahmad, Latif and Semotiuk, Andrew and Zafar, Muhammad and Ahmad, Mushtaq and Sultana, Shazia and Liu, Quan-Ru and Zada, Muhammad Pukhtoon and Abidin, Sheikh Zain Ul and Yaseen, Ghulam(2015). Ethnopharmacological documentation of medicinal plants used for hypertension among the local communities of DIR Lower, Pakistan. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 175. p. 138--146. Elsevier
Semotiuk, AJ and Ezcurra, E(2015). Pillar of strength: Columnar cacti as a key factor in Yoreme heritage and wildland preservation. Society for Economic Botany Conference. (Clanwilliam, South Africa).
Semotiuk, Andrew J and Semotiuk, Nancy L and Ezcurra, Exequiel(2015). The eruption of technology in traditional medicine: How social media guides the sale of natural plant products in the Sonoran Desert region. Economic Botany. 69. (4). p. 360--369. Springer US
Adeoye, Olayemi O and Butler, Stacy M and Hubbell, Margaret C and Semotiuk, Andrew and Williams, James M and Pearce, William J(2013). Contribution of increased VEGF receptors to hypoxic changes in fetal ovine carotid artery contractile proteins. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 304. (7). p. C656--C665. American Physiological Society Bethesda, MD
Semotiuk, AJ and Semotiuk, NL and Waines, JG and Ezcurra, E(2013). Mayo and Yaqui medicinal plant vendors use social media to promote traditional ethnomedicine. International Society for Horticultural Science Conference. (Montreal, Canada).
Hubbell, Margaret C and Semotiuk, Andrew J and Thorpe, Richard B and Adeoye, Olayemi O and Butler, Stacy M and Williams, James M and Khorram, Omid and Pearce, William J(2012). Chronic hypoxia and VEGF differentially modulate abundance and organization of myosin heavy chain isoforms in fetal and adult ovine arteries. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 303. (10). p. C1090--C1103. American Physiological Society Bethesda, MD
Hubbell, Margaret C and Butler, Stacy M and Abrassart, Jenna M and Semotiuk, Andrew M and Williams, James M and Pearce, William J(2011). Chronic hypoxia modulates effects of VEGF receptors on structure and function in ovine common carotid arteries. The FASEB Journal. 25. (1 Supplement). p. 1091--16. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Butler, Stacy M and Abrassart, Jenna M and Hubbell, Margaret C and Adeoye, Olayemi and Semotiuk, Andrew and Williams, James M and Mata-Greenwood, Eugenia and Khorram, Omid and Pearce, William J(2011). Contributions of VEGF to age-dependent transmural gradients in contractile protein expression in ovine carotid arteries. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 301. (3). p. C653--C666. American Physiological Society Bethesda, MD
Semotiuk, AJ and Cus, M and Semotiuk, NL(2011). Modern education and culture impact language and botanical healing traditions of Maya in Belize. International Society for Horticultural Science Conference. (Antigua, Guatemala).
Semotiuk, AJ and Cus, M and Semotiuk, NL(2011). Modern education and culture impact on both language and botanical healing traditions of the Maya in Belize. International Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. 964. p. 205--210.
Adeoye, Olayemi and Butler, Stacy M and Semotiuk, Andrew M and Hubbell, Margaret C and Williams, James M and Pearce, William J(2011). VEGF contributes to hypoxic vascular remodeling of ovine carotid arteries. The FASEB Journal. 25. (1 Supplement). p. 1091--13. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Butler, Stacy M and Adeoye, Olayemi and Hubbell, Margaret C and Semotiuk, Andrew M and Williams, James M and Mata-Greenwood, Eugenia and Pearce, William J(2011). VEGF-Induced Age-Dependent Contractile Protein Gradients in Ovine Carotid Arteries. The FASEB Journal. 25. (1 Supplement). p. 1091--15. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Zhang, Kangling and Schrag, Matthew and Darmanto, Agus and Semotiuk, Andrew and Xu, Guoliang and Kirsch, Wolff(2010). Simultaneous quantification of histone acetylation, methylation and ubiquitination at multiple sites by LC/MS/MS-MRM. The FASEB Journal. 24. (1 Supplement). p. 905--5. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Semotiuk, Andrew and Johnson, Trudi and Sky, David and Leanza, Crystal and Lindsey, David F(2008). The role of a ubiquitin processing protease, UbpA, in the growth-to-development transition of \emphDictyostelium development. The FASEB Journal. 22. (1 Supplement). p. 789--2. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
BOOK
Andrew J. Semotiuk and Nancy Lou Semotiuk(2017). Writing Publishable Research Articles in the Sciences. Alexander \& DaVinci Publishing
Semotiuk, A and Valenzuela Maldonado, D(2013). Taller de artesanía y etnobotánica Yoreme-Mayo (Yoreme-Mayo artisan and ethnobotany workshop). Navojoa Regional Museum