People

People







Director - Austin Mast

Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

Research: Biodiversity Informatics; Evolution, ecology, and biogeography of the Primulaceae and Proteaceae.

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Curator - Chris Oakley

Graduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University

Research: Ecological and population genetics of Hypericum cumulicola



Research Associates



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.



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.



Danielle Feller

Research Associate, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida State University.

Research: Conservation of rare plants native to the Florida panhandle; phylogeography.



Robert Kral

Professor Emeritus, Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University.

Research: Flora of Alabama, central Tennessee, and southeastern U.S.; Xyridaceae; Cyperaceae.



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.



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.



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.



Graduate Researchers - Present

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.


Undergraduate Researchers - Present



Brandon Swan

Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University

Research: Medicinal Plants



Miles Upcavage

Undergraduate Student, Environmental Studies, Florida State University

Research: Invasive Plants


Graduate Researchers - Past

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.

Ryan Druyor

Graduate Student, Department of Geography, Florida State University

Research: Georeferencing primary species occurrence records from the FLEPPC database

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.

Matt Sumner

Graduate Student, Department of Geography, Florida State University



Sommier Thomas

Graduate Student, Department of Political Science, Florida State University

Research: Georeferencing primary species occurrence records from the FLEPPC database

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


Undergraduate Researchers - Past



Jessica Biggers

Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida State University.





Jason Bladow

Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida State University.





Kristen Coleman

Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

Research: Solanaceae of Florida.



Gina Dessources

Undergraduate Student, Department of Human Sciences, Florida State University

Research: Potentially Poisonous Plants of the United States



Dametreous Freelove

Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

Work Study Student: Curator's Assistant.



Julia Hartley

Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

Research: Florida plants used for medicine, food, fiber, and dye.



Kim Hayes

Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University

Research: Flora of Florida Swamps and Salt Marshes



Brian Hill

Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University

Research: Carex of Florida

Project Affiliation


Jessica Joyner

Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida State University.





F LaBarbera

Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University

Research: Citrus of Florida



Keith Lawhon

Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University

Research: Carex of Florida

Project Affiliation


Kendra Martinez

Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida State University.





Melissa Merritt

Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

Research: Federally listed rare and endangered plants



Shaun O'Leary

Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

Research: Poisonous plants of Florida.

Project Affiliation


Brian Poirier

Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida State University.





Gina Rockholt

Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University

Research: Flora of Florida Pine Flatwoods



Stacey Roper

Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

Research: Conifers of Florida.



Carlyn Sainvil

Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University

Research: Medicinal, Food, Fiber and Dye Plants of the United States



Jared Smith

Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

Research: Rosaceae of Florida

Project Affiliation


Victoria Spence

Undergraduate Student, Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State University.





Christina Storozuk

Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University

Research: Flora of Florida Dunes



Amanda Thompson

Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University

Research: Carex of Florida

Project Affiliation


Fayth Vanatti

Undergraduate Student, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University

Research: Flora of Florida High Pine and the genus Oenothera (Onagraceae).


Herbarium Database Administrators

Database Administrator - Alexander Stuy

BA Computer Science, Florida State University 1991
MS Computer Science, Florida State University 1993

Research: Genetic Algorithms, Neural Networks



Herbarium Database Programmers



Nodin Weddington

BS Biological Science, Florida State University 2002

Research: Database Graphics Programming


Herbarium Database Programmers - Past



Karl Weismantel