PERSONAL STATEMENT My past experience includes working for the New York Botanical Garden herbarium (14 years) and the University of Arizona herbarium (2 years) in collections management. In 2004-2005, I worked for Desert Botanical Garden collecting seed throughout...
RESEARCH INTERESTS Plant water relations and photosynthesis Plant thermal tolerance and leaf temperature regulation Desert plant ecology PERSONAL STATEMENT Research revolves around studying how plants cope with environmental stress in desert ecosystems (including...
RESEARCH INTERESTS Floristics of Southwestern U.S., particularly Grand Canyon region Cactaceae and Agavaceae systematic Ethnobotany of Sonoran Desert Invasive species Systematics of rare Southwestern plants PERSONAL STATEMENT: I have lived in and loved the Sonoran...
RESEARCH INTERESTS Evolution and population genetics and genomics of rare plants and their relatives Distribution and historical biogeography of plants in the southwestern deserts Factors affecting genetic and species diversity in plants Polyploidy and hybridization...
PERSONAL STATEMENT: I came to Desert Botanical Garden in late 2001 to relocate and manage the Garden’s specialized library of botanical research materials. The Schilling Library is home to more than 7,500 books and 350 journal titles focused on arid regions of the...
RESEARCH INTERESTS Developing propagation techniques and protocols for rare plants Seed germination and viability studies of rare plants Plant salvage and species reintroduction Use of scent detection dogs for rare plant monitoring PERSONAL STATEMENT As the...
