Botanist

I am an enthusiastic and passionate botanist with almost seven 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 am Managing Editor of the Jepson eFlora and a co-coordinator for the public programs. I received my master's degree in botany from the California Botanic Garden (Claremont Graduate University) in 2022. 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 the Society of Herbarium Curator's Early Career Section. I have also been on the board of Southern California Botanists since 2019, having been vice president from 2020-2021 and president from 2022-2023.