Outreach and Service

Communicating with the public about the nature and discoveries of science is critical for all scientists. My activities in this area:

2020-2021 Scientific Advisor for the Boston Mycological Club, Boston, MA

2018-2019 North American Mycoflora Project Sequencer, Duke University

2013-2017 Mushroom Poisoning Case Consultant for UT Veterinary College

2014-2017 Scientific Advisor for the Cumberland Mycological Society, Crossville, TN

2013-2017 Wildflower Pilgrimage Walk Leader, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

2014-2015 Treasurer of Graduate Researchers in Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution, Knoxville

2014-2015 U.T. Darwin Day Teacher’s Workshop coordinator, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

2013-2015 Graduate Mycologist, Gulf States Mycological Society summer foray, Mississippi

2013 North American Mycological Association Voucher Program participant, NAMA, Arkansas

2013 Mushroom Identification Workshop instructor, Oconee Joint Foray, South Carolina

2013 U.T. Darwin Day Resource Committee leader, University of Tennessee, Knoxville