Botanist

I am an enthusiastic and passionate botanist with five years of experience working with the California flora, three of which were spent doing a floristic inventory in the southern Sierra Nevada as part of my master’s thesis. My research interests include floristics, conservation (especially of rare plants), public policy, science communication, wetland & montane ecosystems, impacts of disturbance on plant life, and sustainability.

I am currently a Museum Scientist at the University and Jepson Herbaria at UC Berkeley, where I work on revisionary efforts for the Jepson eFlora and on coordinating their workshop program. I received my master's degree in botany from the California Botanic Garden (Claremont Graduate University). For my thesis, I did a floristic inventory of the Manter and Salmon Creek watersheds, located in the southern Sierra Nevada.

I am currently the president of Southern California Botanists and the incoming president of the Society of Herbarium Curator's Early Career Section.