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Head and Wm. L. Brown Curator: Rainer Bussmann is an ethnobotanist, vegetation ecologist, and conservationist.
He holds a Ph.D. from University of Bayreuth, and a M.S. from University
of Tübingen (Germany). Before coming to the WLBC, Dr. Bussmann held
academic appointments as a Research Fellow in Geography and the Environment
at UT Austin, Associate Professor and Scientific Director of Harold Lyon
Arboretum at University of Hawaii, and as Assistant Professor at University
of Bayreuth. Currently, Dr Bussmann focuses his efforts on ethnobotanical
research and the preservation of the ecological diversity and cultural
heritage in threatened regions of South America, East Africa, the Middle
East and South Asia.
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Alice H. Brown Curator of Ethnobotany: Jan Salick, Ph.D., works on ecological ethnobotany, in situ indigenous
management and conservation of cassava germplasm, and in situ sustainability
of Tibetan plant genetic resources in southwestern China. She is a Past
President of the Society for Economic Botany and on the boards of the
Association for Ttropical Biology and International Union of Biological
Sciences, and on the Committee on Traditional Knowledge and Science of
the International Council of Scientific Unions.
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Associate Curator: Armand Randrianasolo, Ph.D., is an authority on the flora of Madagascar,
particularly members of the cashew family, Anacardiaceae.
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Assistant Curators: Wendy Applequist, Ph.D., works on the authentication, taxonomy, conservation,
and chemical variability of medicinal plants and conducts systematic studies
of endemic plants of Madagascar.
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Martin W. Callmander, Ph.
D., coordinates conservation and research activities in Madagascar. He
helps the International Cooperative Biodiversity Group to undertake education
and research efforts to improve biodiversity knowledge in Northern Madagascar.
He is an authority on the Pandanaceae of Madagascar.
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Research Fellows: Suneeti Jog, Ph.D., earned her B.S. and M.S. (with distinction) at the
Univ. of Mumbai, and her Ph.D. at
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Shonil Bhagwat, Ph.D., earned his Ph.D. at Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. After graduation, he held a post-doc for three years at the Natural History Museum in London as part of the Biodiversity World Project. He currently hold a post-doc at Oxford University Centre for the Environment. At the WLBC, he will survey the biodiversity of a number of sacred sites in India in order to assess the effects of climate change on mountain tops in the Himalayas. |
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Research Specialists: Roger Lala Andriamiarisoa, DEA, assists Fidy Ratovoson. In addition to
being a botanist, he is a fine artist and illustrated the Guide to
the Ferns of Zahamena. He is in the process of illustrating the Guide
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Mamisoa Andrianajafy, DEA,
coordinates fieldwork for the International Cooperative Biodiversity Group
in Madagascar.
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Bee Gunn, M.S., works on
alpine flora of NW Yunnan, China, genetic diversity and domestication
of the coconut and systematics of the Arecaceae (Palmae). She has made
numerous trips to the Khawa Karpo Mountains and the Caribbean. She is
a member of the American Soc. of Plant Taxonomists, International Soc.
of Ethnobiology, and the International Palm Soc.
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Karen Meyer received a B.S. in Botany
from BYU and an M.S. in Biological Sciences from SD State Univ. She has
conducted field research in the Kingdom of Tonga, West Africa, and Bolivia.
At the WLBC, she will be identifying and collecting plants of North America
for the ongoing collaboration projects with NCNPR at the Univ. of Mississippi. |
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Fidy Ratovoson, DEA, coordinates
the botanical inventory of Zahamena in eastern Madagascar and collection
of samples for the International Cooperative Biodiversity Group. He is
an authority on the flora of eastern Madagascar.
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Richard Randrianaivo, DEA,
coordinates fieldwork for the National Cancer Institute in Madagascar.
He is authority on the Sapotaceae of Madagascar. |
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Alyse Rothrock, BS in Antrhopology and
Environmental Studies, manages the DNA Bank, maintains various databases,
and is organizing the ICBG Madagascar collections. She is interested in
the use of herbs and the practice of traditional medicine in Central America. |
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Andrew Townesmith, MS in Botany. The
focus of his work has been the relationship between people and plants.
He is also interested in biodiversity informatics., esp. enhancing access
to the biodiversity data that is currently available. He has done field
work in the Northwestern US, New England, and Central America. |
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Gretchen Walters, M.S., coordinates
field activities in Central Africa. Currrent projects include an inventory
of the Batéké Plateaux National Park, collaboration on the
Gabon Checklist (with WAG, LBV, P), botanical training in Cameroon, and
editing Floristic Studies in Tropical Africa. She has conducted fieldwork
in Gabon, Costa Rica, and the United States.
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Support Staff: Barbara Alongi, B.A., Fine Arts, is the WLBC's botanical illustrator.
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Lauren Koenig is the senior
secretary of the WLBC.
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Bruce Ponman,
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