Alyse R. Kuhlman

Alyse Rothrock Kuhlman
Manager DNA Collection and Madagascar Ethnobotany Program
William L. Brown Center

Missouri Botanical Garden
P.O. Box 299
St. Louis, MO 63166-0299

office phone: + 1-314-577-9473 ext. 6214
fax: + 1-314-577-0800
email: alyse.kuhlman@mobot.org

B.A. Anthropology and Environmental Studies, Washington University in St. Louis 2006

General Research Interests

• Home gardening and small scale agriculture

• Traditional food recipes and health

• Medicinal plant use

Current Projects

• Manages the DNA Bank, which currently holds over 10,000 specimen

• Coordinates the Madagascar Ethnobotany program

• Organizes the Madagascar ICBG collections in the herbarium

Field Experience

• Trained in traditional plant use with CECALLI (Estelí, Nicaragua) and Center for Development in Central America (Managua, Nicaragua)

• Has conducted field work in Nicaragua, Peru, and Madagascar

Updated 01/08/10.