Experience

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Tucker Lichenologist

  • Feb 2019 - Present

Franklin & Marshall College
• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee
• Independent Researcher

  • May 2017 - Present


Save the Redwoods League

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Independent Contractor

  • Nov 2014 - May 2016

  • Investigated epiphyte communities on large coast redwoods in old-growth forests by quantifying species richness and abundance of lichens, bryophytes, and vascular plants using tree-climbing techniques. • Inventoried Muir Woods National Monument for lichen diversity. • Generated outreach material about lichens for park exhibits. • Investigated epiphyte communities on large coast redwoods in old-growth forests by quantifying species richness and abundance of lichens, bryophytes, and vascular plants using tree-climbing techniques. • Inventoried Muir Woods National Monument for lichen diversity. • Generated outreach material about lichens for park exhibits.



UC Berkeley

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Specialist

  • Aug 2013 - Oct 2014

  • Identified approximately 200 pressed plants from Yosemite National Park, using dichotomous keys. Prepared the plants for carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses in order to identify food sources for Yosemite chipmunks. • Prepared bee samples for isotope analyses for a project analyzing nitrogen and carbon changes in bees collected during the last 100+ years. • Identified approximately 200 pressed plants from Yosemite National Park, using dichotomous keys. Prepared the plants for carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses in order to identify food sources for Yosemite chipmunks. • Prepared bee samples for isotope analyses for a project analyzing nitrogen and carbon changes in bees collected during the last 100+ years.

• Associate Specialist

  • Mar 2012 - Jun 2012

  • Assisted in a major greenhouse experiment examining tolerance to drought in coast redwood and giant sequoia. Measured gas exchange using a Licor-6400 and water potential using a pressure chamber. • Extracted material from increment cores using a micromill to obtain isotope data produced in tree rings. • Assisted in installation of treetop and ground-level micrometeorological systems for collection of data for a long-term study of climate change’s effect on coast redwood and giant sequoia. Show less



Humboldt State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research scientist

  • May 2011 - May 2012

  • Mapped the architecture of giant sequoia and coast redwood trees in order to generate equations predicting biomass and surface area estimates of tree components. • Collected baseline data within permanent plots in giant sequoia and coast redwood ecosystems for studying long-term vegetation changes throughout the range of the species. • Mapped the architecture of giant sequoia and coast redwood trees in order to generate equations predicting biomass and surface area estimates of tree components. • Collected baseline data within permanent plots in giant sequoia and coast redwood ecosystems for studying long-term vegetation changes throughout the range of the species.



Amphi Consult

• Business Consulting and Services

• Biological Consultant

  • Jan 1998 - Jan 2011

  • Edited and designed a Best Practice Guidelines to the European Union reporting the experiences of a LIFE+ project; LIFE-Bombina. (2010-2011) • Authored, illustrated and designed a pamphlet informing landowners how to sustainably manage coastal meadows. (2010) • Coordinated and wrote a grant proposal to the European Union’s LIFE+ program regarding creation of stepping stone corridors to improve amphibian habitats in Denmark. (2010) • Translated numerous biological texts from English, German and Norwegian to Danish. (2008-2010) • Coordinated and wrote a successful grant proposal to the European Union’s LIFE program regarding conservation of the fire-bellied toad (Bombina bombina) in Denmark. (1998) • Coordinated preservation of a large wetland, including surveying the wetland, contacting land owners, and recommending methods for preservation. (1998) Show less



Denmark's Nature Foundation

• Nature Conservation Worker

  • Nov 2009 - Jan 2010

  Coordinated removal of invasive plants in a nature reserve. Coordinated removal of invasive plants in a nature reserve.



Duck Creek Associates

• Volunteer Botanist

  • May 2008 - Sep 2008

  • Inventoried 1800 acres of Douglas-fir forest for lichen, bryophyte, and vascular plant diversity on the Mt. Baker Snoqualmie National Forest in WA. • Documented weeds and rare species according to US Forest Service protocol. • Described habitat characteristics for all areas surveyed. • Wrote reports summarizing survey methodology and results of surveys. • Inventoried 1800 acres of Douglas-fir forest for lichen, bryophyte, and vascular plant diversity on the Mt. Baker Snoqualmie National Forest in WA. • Documented weeds and rare species according to US Forest Service protocol. • Described habitat characteristics for all areas surveyed. • Wrote reports summarizing survey methodology and results of surveys.



Uppsala University

• Sweden
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Ph.D. student

  • Jan 2003 - Sep 2007

  Ph.D. studies in systematic botany. I did my research on a genus of crustose lichens. Ph.D. studies in systematic botany. I did my research on a genus of crustose lichens.