PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
Field Botanist, Taxonomist, Independent Researcher, 2002-present
Specializing in bryology and lichenology. Conducting plant surveys, field identification of species, recording data and documentation of rare species, inventories, line point intercept, cover estimates in plots, report writing, photo and written documentation of floristics, habitats, landscapes, navigating and traversing difficult and often remote terrain. Identification services of thousands of specimens using research grade microscopes and technical literature. Bryophyte and lichen workshop instructor, author of Species Fact Sheets, and recipient of multiple federal grants, totaling $85,000 for research.
EDUCATION:
B.S. Botany, Humboldt State University, CA. 1997
B.S. Biology, Humboldt State University, CA. 1997
ADDITIONAL COURSEWORK, WORKSHOPS, FIELDTRIPS:
Bryaceae Workshop by Dr. J. Spence, 2006, 2014
Liverworts Workshop by Dr. D.H. Wagner, 2013
Calicioid Workshop by Dr. S. Selva, 2012
Grimmia Workshop by Dr. R. Hastings, 2009, 2011
Orthotrichum Workshop by Dr. D. Vitt, 2008
Sphagnum Workshop by Dr. J. Shaw and Dr. B. Shaw, 2007
Microlichens. Oregon State Univ. graduate course by Dr. B. McCune, 2007
Bio-Blitz: Crater Lake National Park, 2007
NW Lichenologists annual field excursion, 2006-2008
SoBeFree annual field excursion of West Coast bryologists, 2005
Macrolichens. Oregon State Univ. graduate course by Dr. B. McCune, 2005
Bryophytes II: Advanced Techniques by Dr. D.H. Wagner, 2003, 2005
Clients:
Bureau of Land Management:
Anchorage, Ashland, Burns, Butte Falls, Central Yukon, Coos, Durango, Eastern Interior,
Siuslaw/Upper Willamette, Glendale, Grants Pass, Lakeview, Medford, Salem,
Spokane, Tillamook, Vale.
National Forest Service:
Gifford Pinchot, Malheur, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie, Ochoco, San Juan, Rogue
River-Siskiyou, Siuslaw, Umatilla, Willamette, Wallowa-Whitman.
National Park Service & Central Alaskan Network:
Denali National Park, AK
Wrangell St. Elias National Park, AK
Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, AK
Mt Rainier National Park
Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, OR
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service:
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, AK
The Nature Conservancy:
Ochoco Mts., OR
The National Ecological Observatory Network:
Ecological domains: Taiga, Tundra, Southern Rockies & Colorado Plateau,
Southern Plains, Great Lakes, Appalachians & Cumberland Plateau, Northeast,
Atlantic Neotropical
University of Central Oklahoma:
Selman Living Lab, OK
CERTIFICATIONS:
Certified Pacific Northwest Field Lichenologist 2008
Certified FIA (Forest Inventory Analysis) Lichen Collector 2008-2010
Certified FIA Lichen Collection Auditor 2008-2010
Certified First Aid CPR 2022
Certified Basic Aviation Safety 2022
Certified Firearms for Bear Safety 2022
AWARDS, POSITIONS, MEMBERSHIPS, CAPACITIES:
Non-vasc. Botanist for BLM’s Assessment Inventory Monitoring program, AK, ’22-‘23
Reviewer for the journal, Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, 2023
Speaker for the Native Plant Society of Oregon, Siskiyou Chapter, 2023
Instructor of moss workshop, University of Alaska at Fairbanks, 2023
Expert bryologist for Forest Service & BLM’s Region 6 Office (Pacific NW) since 2022
Grantee of the Native Plant Society of Oregon Field Research Grant, 2021
Grantee of federal Interagency Special Status/Sensitive Species Program grants ’13-‘20
Cofounder of Biodiversity Research Collective 2015
Cofounder of Stone Ecosurveys 2008
Presented at NW Science Association Conference 2016
Bryophyte Workshop instructor at NW Science Association Conference 2017
Performance Award, National Park Service 2009
Star Award, National Park Service 2009
Assistant Trainer and Identification Specialist for FIA lichen workshop 2008
Co-taught rare bryophyte & lichen workshop for Forest Service & BLM 2008, ’12-‘14
NW Lichenologists Board Member (three terms)
American Bryological and Lichenological Society member since 2002
Volunteer at lichen exhibit at annual Mt. Pisgah, OR, Mushroom Festival 2006-2014
Expert testimony at legal proceeding, civic level 2006
Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count Team Leader, Eugene, OR, Zone 8, since 2017
Conversational Spanish spoken
2:57 marathoner, Boston Marathon finisher, & 100 mile runner (sub 24 hrs).
NOTABLE FINDS:
MOSSES
Barbula unguiculata (1st record for OR)
Campylopus subulatus (2nd & 3rd record for OR)
Dichodontium olympicum (1st record for OR)
Didymodon eckleliae (1st record for WA, 2nd+ OR)
Didymodon nicholsonii (3rd record for OR)
Didymodon norrisii (2nd+ record for OR & WA)
Drepanocladus sordidus (3rd record for OR)
Fissidens fontanus (2nd record for OR)
Fontinalis hypnoides (1st record for OR)
Gemmabryum gemmilcuens (1st record for WA)
Gemmabryum vinosum (1st record for WA)
Gymnostomum calcareum s.s. (1st record for OR)
Imbribryum mildeanum (1st or 2nd record for OR)
Orthotrichum bolanderi (1st & 2nd record for OR)
Orthotrichum hallii (1st-3rd records for OR)
Pseudephemerum nitidum(4th record in N.A.)
Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum (2nd record for OR)
Pseudoleskea tribulosa (1st record for OR)
Racomitrium brevipes (2nd for OR, 1st in 100 yrs)
Schistidium heterophyllum (2nd+ record for OR)
Schistidium tenerum (2nd+ record for OR)
Sciuro-hypnum latifolium (2nd & 3rd record for OR)
Syntrichia bartramii (2nd record for OR)
Tortella fragilis(2nd record for OR)
Tortula inermis (1st record for WA, 3rd for OR)
Tortula protobryoides (1st records for OR & WA)
Tortula virescens (1st record for WA)
Trematodon laetevirens (1st record for U.S. in AK)
LIVERWORTS:
Barbilophozia floerkii (2nd record for OR)
Chiloscyphus gemmiparus(3rd record for OR)
Marsupella sprucei (2nd record for OR)
Metzgeria violacea(2nd record for CA)
Pallavicinia lyellii (2nd record for W. N.A.)
LICHENS:
Bryoria tenuis (2nd & 3rd record for OR)
Collemaundulatum (1st record for OR)
Hypotrachyna riparia (2nd person to find it)
Leightoniomyces phillipsii (1st record for N.A. ‘06)
Lempholemma cladodes (1st record for WA)
Leptogium plicatile (1st & 2nd record for OR)
Umbilicaria hirsuta (1st record for OR)
And 17 other bryophytes and lichens new to science and/or Oregon.
Field Botanist, Taxonomist, Independent Researcher, 2002-present
Specializing in bryology and lichenology. Conducting plant surveys, field identification of species, recording data and documentation of rare species, inventories, line point intercept, cover estimates in plots, report writing, photo and written documentation of floristics, habitats, landscapes, navigating and traversing difficult and often remote terrain. Identification services of thousands of specimens using research grade microscopes and technical literature. Bryophyte and lichen workshop instructor, author of Species Fact Sheets, and recipient of multiple federal grants, totaling $85,000 for research.
EDUCATION:
B.S. Botany, Humboldt State University, CA. 1997
B.S. Biology, Humboldt State University, CA. 1997
ADDITIONAL COURSEWORK, WORKSHOPS, FIELDTRIPS:
Bryaceae Workshop by Dr. J. Spence, 2006, 2014
Liverworts Workshop by Dr. D.H. Wagner, 2013
Calicioid Workshop by Dr. S. Selva, 2012
Grimmia Workshop by Dr. R. Hastings, 2009, 2011
Orthotrichum Workshop by Dr. D. Vitt, 2008
Sphagnum Workshop by Dr. J. Shaw and Dr. B. Shaw, 2007
Microlichens. Oregon State Univ. graduate course by Dr. B. McCune, 2007
Bio-Blitz: Crater Lake National Park, 2007
NW Lichenologists annual field excursion, 2006-2008
SoBeFree annual field excursion of West Coast bryologists, 2005
Macrolichens. Oregon State Univ. graduate course by Dr. B. McCune, 2005
Bryophytes II: Advanced Techniques by Dr. D.H. Wagner, 2003, 2005
Clients:
Bureau of Land Management:
Anchorage, Ashland, Burns, Butte Falls, Central Yukon, Coos, Durango, Eastern Interior,
Siuslaw/Upper Willamette, Glendale, Grants Pass, Lakeview, Medford, Salem,
Spokane, Tillamook, Vale.
National Forest Service:
Gifford Pinchot, Malheur, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie, Ochoco, San Juan, Rogue
River-Siskiyou, Siuslaw, Umatilla, Willamette, Wallowa-Whitman.
National Park Service & Central Alaskan Network:
Denali National Park, AK
Wrangell St. Elias National Park, AK
Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, AK
Mt Rainier National Park
Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, OR
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service:
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, AK
The Nature Conservancy:
Ochoco Mts., OR
The National Ecological Observatory Network:
Ecological domains: Taiga, Tundra, Southern Rockies & Colorado Plateau,
Southern Plains, Great Lakes, Appalachians & Cumberland Plateau, Northeast,
Atlantic Neotropical
University of Central Oklahoma:
Selman Living Lab, OK
CERTIFICATIONS:
Certified Pacific Northwest Field Lichenologist 2008
Certified FIA (Forest Inventory Analysis) Lichen Collector 2008-2010
Certified FIA Lichen Collection Auditor 2008-2010
Certified First Aid CPR 2022
Certified Basic Aviation Safety 2022
Certified Firearms for Bear Safety 2022
AWARDS, POSITIONS, MEMBERSHIPS, CAPACITIES:
Non-vasc. Botanist for BLM’s Assessment Inventory Monitoring program, AK, ’22-‘23
Reviewer for the journal, Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, 2023
Speaker for the Native Plant Society of Oregon, Siskiyou Chapter, 2023
Instructor of moss workshop, University of Alaska at Fairbanks, 2023
Expert bryologist for Forest Service & BLM’s Region 6 Office (Pacific NW) since 2022
Grantee of the Native Plant Society of Oregon Field Research Grant, 2021
Grantee of federal Interagency Special Status/Sensitive Species Program grants ’13-‘20
Cofounder of Biodiversity Research Collective 2015
Cofounder of Stone Ecosurveys 2008
Presented at NW Science Association Conference 2016
Bryophyte Workshop instructor at NW Science Association Conference 2017
Performance Award, National Park Service 2009
Star Award, National Park Service 2009
Assistant Trainer and Identification Specialist for FIA lichen workshop 2008
Co-taught rare bryophyte & lichen workshop for Forest Service & BLM 2008, ’12-‘14
NW Lichenologists Board Member (three terms)
American Bryological and Lichenological Society member since 2002
Volunteer at lichen exhibit at annual Mt. Pisgah, OR, Mushroom Festival 2006-2014
Expert testimony at legal proceeding, civic level 2006
Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count Team Leader, Eugene, OR, Zone 8, since 2017
Conversational Spanish spoken
2:57 marathoner, Boston Marathon finisher, & 100 mile runner (sub 24 hrs).
NOTABLE FINDS:
MOSSES
Barbula unguiculata (1st record for OR)
Campylopus subulatus (2nd & 3rd record for OR)
Dichodontium olympicum (1st record for OR)
Didymodon eckleliae (1st record for WA, 2nd+ OR)
Didymodon nicholsonii (3rd record for OR)
Didymodon norrisii (2nd+ record for OR & WA)
Drepanocladus sordidus (3rd record for OR)
Fissidens fontanus (2nd record for OR)
Fontinalis hypnoides (1st record for OR)
Gemmabryum gemmilcuens (1st record for WA)
Gemmabryum vinosum (1st record for WA)
Gymnostomum calcareum s.s. (1st record for OR)
Imbribryum mildeanum (1st or 2nd record for OR)
Orthotrichum bolanderi (1st & 2nd record for OR)
Orthotrichum hallii (1st-3rd records for OR)
Pseudephemerum nitidum(4th record in N.A.)
Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum (2nd record for OR)
Pseudoleskea tribulosa (1st record for OR)
Racomitrium brevipes (2nd for OR, 1st in 100 yrs)
Schistidium heterophyllum (2nd+ record for OR)
Schistidium tenerum (2nd+ record for OR)
Sciuro-hypnum latifolium (2nd & 3rd record for OR)
Syntrichia bartramii (2nd record for OR)
Tortella fragilis(2nd record for OR)
Tortula inermis (1st record for WA, 3rd for OR)
Tortula protobryoides (1st records for OR & WA)
Tortula virescens (1st record for WA)
Trematodon laetevirens (1st record for U.S. in AK)
LIVERWORTS:
Barbilophozia floerkii (2nd record for OR)
Chiloscyphus gemmiparus(3rd record for OR)
Marsupella sprucei (2nd record for OR)
Metzgeria violacea(2nd record for CA)
Pallavicinia lyellii (2nd record for W. N.A.)
LICHENS:
Bryoria tenuis (2nd & 3rd record for OR)
Collemaundulatum (1st record for OR)
Hypotrachyna riparia (2nd person to find it)
Leightoniomyces phillipsii (1st record for N.A. ‘06)
Lempholemma cladodes (1st record for WA)
Leptogium plicatile (1st & 2nd record for OR)
Umbilicaria hirsuta (1st record for OR)
And 17 other bryophytes and lichens new to science and/or Oregon.