I grew up in Nevada’s Great Basin Desert, so plants were never a significant part of my daily life. The occasional bush would hide snakes or scorpions and should be avoided, and a rare tree was just a respite from the sun. My upbringing meant that flowers, trees, and botanical things were largely alien and…
Hello from archipelago country, Indonesia! I was born in East Java, Indonesia in 1990. I obtained my degree in Biology (B.Sc. Hons.) from Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta, Central Java, in 2012. I have been interested in bryophytes since the third year of university when visiting the moss garden at Cibodas Botanical Garden, West Java in…
Workplace: Department of Biotechnology Faculty of Science and Technology Thammasat University, Thailan Tel.: (+66) 89-659-4337 E-mail: j.inuthai@gmail.com, jinuthai@staff.tu.ac.th I was born in 1985, in Songkhla province, which is located on the eastern coast of peninsular Thailand. I grew up playing outside in rich natural environments. I am interested in exploring the forests and its enormous…
A bryologist from a megadiverse Latin American country: Mexico My name is Patricia Herrera-Paniagua. I was born at Queretaro city, Mexico. I fell in love with the biology subject and wanted to be a biologist. I did my university and postgraduate studies both at the Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro (UAQ) and at the Instituto de…
Alison Haynes: Why study moss? PhD Candidate University of Wollongong New South Wales, Australia Contact: Email – alison.haynes@internode.on.net Twitter – @alisonhaynes1 Instagram – @wild_urban_moss Alison Haynes grew up in the Kent countryside in England, had a horsey childhood and studied law at universities in London (Kings College) and Paris (the Sorbonne). After her degree she…
I was born in Bogor, Indonesia, in a green environment and lots of plants, therefore, from childhood, I have been interested in forests and plants. The first time I saw the leaf structure of a small leaf of Lejeunea under a microscope shown to me by the late Willem Meijer, when he visited our herbarium…
I have always been interested in plants and even had a favourite moss patch in an alley near my childhood home. Moving to Otago, New Zeland to study I spent my free time at Woodhaugh Gardens hunting for whatever plants I could find. I was gifted a hand lens and suddenly became a terrible person…
by Patricia Selkirk, Chris Cargill & Pina Milne Alison Downing grew up amongst nurserymen and orchardists on her mother’s side of the family and bushwalkers and environmentalists on her father’s side. She trained in horticulture and was the first woman to be employed by the Forestry Commission of New South Wales as a nurseryman. She…
I’m a third year student at Otago studying Botany and Marine Science. I was born and raised in ?tautahi and have spent a lot of time in Banks Peninsula, and now due to my studies, in Dunedin. I stumbled upon a focus in bryophytes on my first botany field trip when John mentioned the extra bryophyte and…
I was born Jessica Spragg in Hamilton, New Zealand, and have New Zealand M?ori ancestry (Ng?ti Toa, Te Ati Awa and Ng?ti Mutunga iwi) on my mother’s side, as well as English and Scottish forebears who emigrated several generations ago to seek life in a new land. My earliest memories of the natural world include…