From the Guatemalan cloud forest to the Hawaiian rain forest, my professional journey as a bryologist has been an interesting one. My research interest was not always bryophytes, I started as an ethnobotanist in the coasts and highlands of my beautiful homeland, Guatemala. I was granted a Fulbright scholarship, that allowed me to complete a…
I was born in inner Mongolia in China. I love nature. My first experience with identifying plants was in my childhood when I needed to find some food for my rabbits. I studied biology at the University of Science and Technology of China. At that time, I found plants were my favorite. Then I went…
Born in Guatemala City and graduated from the University of San Carlos de Guatemala with a Bachelor in Biology. I began my studies on bryophytes in 2005 in a research project in which I participated with Dr. Virginia Freire. On that occasion I supported the study of Hepatic flora for the Guatemalan cloud forest, conducted…
Janice Glime’s Bryological journey: I began my bryological journey in Maryland in the eastern United States. As an undergraduate I was disappointed that none of the professors of botany could answer my questions about bryophytes or help me identify them. When I began my Master’s degree, I intended to tackle the flora at the Girl…
My name is Gaik Ee Lee and I was born in Ipoh, Malaysia. As I look back, it never crossed my mind that I would become a biologist or bryologist, to be specific. I must thank God for His leading and provision for the past 18 years on this path of never-ending discovery of these…
ISYEB (Institut de Systematique, Evolution, Biodiversité), Sorbonne Université, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, FRANCE I was born in Paris, France. After training in biology and geology, I studied botany on European plants, ecology and evolution in France. I teach at the Sorbonne Université (Paris, France) in Master’s degrees for high-school teacher training and I belong…
My name is Ariadna Ibarra-Morales. I was born in Tapachula, Chiapas, México, a small town very close to the border with Guatemala. As both of my parents are scientists, and growing up surrounded by mangroves, mountain forests and coffee plantations, my love for nature started at a very young age. I studied biology at the…