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South Africa

Summary

Postdoctoral research fellow in the Plant Stress Laboratory in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town. My PhD work focused on the metabolomics of desiccation tolerance in a medicinal shrub. Part-time science and language editor.

Subject Matter Expertise

• Plant Physiology
• Molecular Biology
• Metabolism
• Phylogenetics

Services

• Writing
• Scientific consulting
• Editing

Work Experience

• Postdoctoral research fellow

  University of Cape Town

  July 2018 - Present

• Science and language editor

  Accdon LLC

  July 2016 - Present

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular and Cell Biology

  University of Cape Town

  June 2014 - December 2017

• Master of Science

  University of Cape Town

  January 2011 - December 2013

• Bachelor of Science Honours

  University of Cape Town

  January 2010 - December 2010

• Bachelor of Science

  University of Cape Town

  January 2006 - December 2009

Publications

MAGAZINE_ARTICLE
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• {"ProfilePublicationId":42468,"Type":"MAGAZINE_ARTICLE","Citation":"Clark, R., Zikishe, V., Bentley, J., Dold, T., \u0026amp; Barker, N. ","JournalTitle":"Veld\u0026amp;Flora","Title":"The mystery of the missing Macowania-solved!","CitationType":"FORMATTED_APA","DOI":"","Date":"2016-00-00","Url":"","PublicationContributors":null,"ContributorNames":"","TotalNumberOfPublications":0}

JOURNAL_ARTICLE
• {"ProfilePublicationId":42460,"Type":"JOURNAL_ARTICLE","Citation":"@article{Bentley2018,title = {Classification of the Relhania generic group (Asteraceae, gnaphalieae) revisited using molecular phylogenetic analysis},journal = {Phytotaxa},year = {2018},volume = {344},number = {2},pages = {101-132},author = {Bergh, N.G. and Bentley, J. and Verboom, G.A.}}","JournalTitle":"Phytotaxa","Title":"Classification of the Relhania generic group (Asteraceae, gnaphalieae) revisited using molecular phylogenetic analysis","CitationType":"BIBTEX","DOI":"10.11646/phytotaxa.344.2.1","Date":"2018-00-00","Url":"http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85044049514\u0026partnerID=MN8TOARS","PublicationContributors":null,"ContributorNames":"Bergh, N.G., Bentley, J., Verboom, G.A.","TotalNumberOfPublications":0}
• {"ProfilePublicationId":42463,"Type":"JOURNAL_ARTICLE","Citation":"@article{Bentley2016,title = {The rediscovery of the Great Winterberg endemic Lotononis harveyi B.-E. van Wyk after 147 years, and notes on the poorly known Amathole endemic Macowania revoluta Oliv. (southern Great Escarpment, South Africa)},journal = {PhytoKeys},year = {2016},volume = {62},number = {1},pages = {113-124},author = {Clark, V.R. and Bentley, J. and Dold, A.P. and Zikishe, V. and Barker, N.P.}}","JournalTitle":"PhytoKeys","Title":"The rediscovery of the Great Winterberg endemic Lotononis harveyi B.-E. van Wyk after 147 years, and notes on the poorly known Amathole endemic Macowania revoluta Oliv. (southern Great Escarpment, South Africa)","CitationType":"BIBTEX","DOI":"10.3897/phytokeys.62.8348","Date":"2016-00-00","Url":"http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85010877124\u0026partnerID=MN8TOARS","PublicationContributors":null,"ContributorNames":"Clark, V.R., Bentley, J., Dold, A.P., Zikishe, V., Barker, N.P.","TotalNumberOfPublications":0}
• {"ProfilePublicationId":42464,"Type":"JOURNAL_ARTICLE","Citation":"@article{Bentley2015,title = {A molecular physiological review of vegetative desiccation tolerance in the resurrection plant Xerophyta viscosa (Baker)},journal = {Planta},year = {2015},volume = {242},number = {2},pages = {407-426},author = {Farrant, J.M. and Cooper, K. and Hilgart, A. and Abdalla, K.O. and Bentley, J. and Thomson, J.A. and Dace, H.J.W. and Peton, N. and Mundree, S.G. and Rafudeen, M.S.}}","JournalTitle":"Planta","Title":"A molecular physiological review of vegetative desiccation tolerance in the resurrection plant Xerophyta viscosa (Baker)","CitationType":"BIBTEX","DOI":"10.1007/s00425-015-2320-6","Date":"2015-00-00","Url":"http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84937526560\u0026partnerID=MN8TOARS","PublicationContributors":null,"ContributorNames":"Farrant, J.M., Cooper, K., Hilgart, A., Abdalla, K.O., Bentley, J., Thomson, J.A., Dace, H.J.W., Peton, N., Mundree, S.G., Rafudeen, M.S.","TotalNumberOfPublications":0}
• {"ProfilePublicationId":42465,"Type":"JOURNAL_ARTICLE","Citation":"@article{Bentley2015,title = {Philyrophyllum (Asteraceae) transferred from Gnaphalieae to Athroismeae based on phylogenetic analysis of nuclear and plastid DNA sequence data},journal = {Taxon},year = {2015},volume = {64},number = {5},pages = {975-986},author = {Bentley, J. and Klaassen, E.S. and Bergh, N.G.}}","JournalTitle":"Taxon","Title":"Philyrophyllum (Asteraceae) transferred from Gnaphalieae to Athroismeae based on phylogenetic analysis of nuclear and plastid DNA sequence data","CitationType":"BIBTEX","DOI":"10.12705/645.7","Date":"2015-00-00","Url":"http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84945575750\u0026partnerID=MN8TOARS","PublicationContributors":null,"ContributorNames":"Bentley, J., Klaassen, E.S., Bergh, N.G.","TotalNumberOfPublications":0}
• {"ProfilePublicationId":42466,"Type":"JOURNAL_ARTICLE","Citation":"@article{Bentley2014,title = {Erosive processes after tectonic uplift stimulate vicariant and adaptive speciation: Evolution in an Afrotemperate-endemic paper daisy genus},journal = {BMC Evolutionary Biology},year = {2014},volume = {14},number = {1},author = {Bentley, J. and Verboom, G.A. and Bergh, N.G.}}","JournalTitle":"BMC Evolutionary Biology","Title":"Erosive processes after tectonic uplift stimulate vicariant and adaptive speciation: Evolution in an Afrotemperate-endemic paper daisy genus","CitationType":"BIBTEX","DOI":"10.1186/1471-2148-14-27","Date":"2014-00-00","Url":"http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84893667389\u0026partnerID=MN8TOARS","PublicationContributors":null,"ContributorNames":"Bentley, J., Verboom, G.A., Bergh, N.G.","TotalNumberOfPublications":0}
• {"ProfilePublicationId":42467,"Type":"JOURNAL_ARTICLE","Citation":"@article{Bentley2017,title = {Species-level phylogenetic analysis in the relhania clade of ?everlastings? and a new generic treatment of species previously assigned to Macowania and Arrowsmithia (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae)},journal = {Taxon},year = {2017},volume = {66},number = {6},pages = {1421-1438},author = {Bentley, J. and Verboom, G.A. and Bergh, N.G.}}","JournalTitle":"Taxon","Title":"Species-level phylogenetic analysis in the relhania clade of ?everlastings? and a new generic treatment of species previously assigned to Macowania and Arrowsmithia (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae)","CitationType":"BIBTEX","DOI":"10.12705/666.9","Date":"2017-00-00","Url":"http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85039064056\u0026partnerID=MN8TOARS","PublicationContributors":null,"ContributorNames":"Bentley, J., Verboom, G.A., Bergh, N.G.","TotalNumberOfPublications":0}

BOOK_CHAPTER
• {"ProfilePublicationId":42461,"Type":"BOOK_CHAPTER","Citation":"Farrant, J. M., Cooper, K., Dace, H. J., Bentley, J., \u0026amp; Hilgart, A. (2017). 9: Plant Desiccation Tolerance. In: Plant stress physiology.","JournalTitle":"Plant Stress Physiology","Title":"Plant Desiccation Tolerance","CitationType":"FORMATTED_APA","DOI":"","Date":"2017-01-20","Url":"","PublicationContributors":null,"ContributorNames":"","TotalNumberOfPublications":0}