| Director - Austin Mast
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.
Research: Biodiversity Informatics; Evolution, ecology, and biogeography of the Primulaceae and Proteaceae.
Personal Web Page
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| Curator - Chris Oakley
Graduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University
Research: Ecological and population genetics of Hypericum cumulicola
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Research Associates
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| Loran Anderson
Professor Emeritus, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.
Research: Taxonomy and anatomy of Asteraceae, especially Chrysothamnus and Haplopappus; the flora of northern Florida.
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| Kathy Burks
Botanist, Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Florida Resources and Environmental Analysis Center, Institute for Science and Public Affairs, Florida State University.
**Kathy Burks died on June 8, 2006 after a brief battle with cancer. She was a tremendous asset to the botanical community and a good friend. She will be missed.**
Research: Invasive plant management; floristics of aquatic, wetland, invasive exotic, and rare plants of Florida and the southeastern US; taxonomy and biogeography of Najadaceae and Haloragaceae.
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| Danielle Feller
Research Associate, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida State University.
Research: Conservation of rare plants native to the Florida panhandle; phylogeography.
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| Robert Kral
Professor Emeritus, Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University.
Research: Flora of Alabama, central Tennessee, and southeastern U.S.; Xyridaceae; Cyperaceae.
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| Gil Nelson
Field Botanist, Author, Educator.
Research: Phytogeography and flora of the Florida panhandle. Conservation and distribution of Florida rare, endangered, and endemic plants. Distribution and impact of non-native, invasive plant species. Bio/botanical relational database management systems.
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| Deborah Paul
Biologist, Educator. Former Curator of the Herbarium and Database Manager. Currently working as a Curator on the Morphbank Project.
Research: Economic Botany and the flora of northern Florida.
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| John Tobe
Plant Ecologist, Taxonomist, Author and Director of Ecosystem Restoration and Conservation, Ecological Research Consultants, Inc., Tallahassee, FL.
Research: Effective methods for restoring Florida ecosystems, monitoring and evaluation of natural and restored landscapes, creating sustainable cultural practices that maintain biodiversity and ecosystem functions.
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Graduate Researchers - Present
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| Amanda Kubes
Graduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University
Research: Effect of climate change on threatened species and their pollinators. As a past MorphBank RA, she focused on designing functionality in the system for biological research collections.
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Undergraduate Researchers - Present
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| Brandon Swan
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University
Research: Medicinal Plants
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| Miles Upcavage
Undergraduate Student, Environmental Studies, Florida State University
Research: Invasive Plants
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Graduate Researchers - Past
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| Sarah Braun
Graduate Student, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida State University.
Research: Invasive plant management; Species distribution modeling of invasive plants of Florida; Preservation of natural history collections; Georeferencing primary species occurrence records.
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| Ryan Druyor
Graduate Student, Department of Geography, Florida State University
Research: Georeferencing primary species occurrence records from the FLEPPC database
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| Ken Moriuchi
Graduate Student, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida State University.
Research: Ecology, Life History Evolution & Physiology of a perennial violet; previously a MorphBank RA in the Herbarium.
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| Matt Sumner
Graduate Student, Department of Geography, Florida State University
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| Sommier Thomas
Graduate Student, Department of Political Science, Florida State University
Research: Georeferencing primary species occurrence records from the FLEPPC database
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| Heather Young
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University
Research: Past - Flora of Florida Temperate Hardwoods, Present - FSU Campus Tree Inventory, over seeing Potentially Poisonous Plants of the United States, Medicinal, Food, Fiber and Dye Plants of the United States, Flora of Florida Dunes, and Citrus of Florida
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Undergraduate Researchers - Past
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| Jessica Biggers
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida State University.
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| Jason Bladow
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida State University.
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| Kristen Coleman
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.
Research: Solanaceae of Florida.
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| Gina Dessources
Undergraduate Student, Department of Human Sciences, Florida State University
Research: Potentially Poisonous Plants of the United States
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| Dametreous Freelove
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.
Work Study Student: Curator's Assistant.
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| Julia Hartley
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.
Research: Florida plants used for medicine, food, fiber, and dye.
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| Kim Hayes
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University
Research: Flora of Florida Swamps and Salt Marshes
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| Brian Hill
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University
Research: Carex of Florida
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| Jessica Joyner
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida State University.
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| F LaBarbera
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University
Research: Citrus of Florida
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| Keith Lawhon
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University
Research: Carex of Florida
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| Kendra Martinez
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida State University.
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| Melissa Merritt
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.
Research: Federally listed rare and endangered plants
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| Shaun O'Leary
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.
Research: Poisonous plants of Florida.
Project Affiliation
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| Brian Poirier
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida State University.
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| Gina Rockholt
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University
Research: Flora of Florida Pine Flatwoods
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| Stacey Roper
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.
Research: Conifers of Florida.
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| Carlyn Sainvil
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University
Research: Medicinal, Food, Fiber and Dye Plants of the United States
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| Jared Smith
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.
Research: Rosaceae of Florida
Project Affiliation
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| Victoria Spence
Undergraduate Student, Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State University.
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| Christina Storozuk
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University
Research: Flora of Florida Dunes
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| Amanda Thompson
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University
Research: Carex of Florida
Project Affiliation
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| Fayth Vanatti
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University
Research: Flora of Florida High Pine and the genus Oenothera (Onagraceae).
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Herbarium Database Administrators
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| Database Administrator - Alexander Stuy
BA Computer Science, Florida State University 1991
MS Computer Science, Florida State University 1993
Research: Genetic Algorithms, Neural Networks
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Herbarium Database Programmers
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| Nodin Weddington
BS Biological Science, Florida State University 2002
Research: Database Graphics Programming
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Herbarium Database Programmers - Past
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| Karl Weismantel
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