Director

Dr. Jeannette Whitton

jwhitton@interchange.ubc.ca

Curators

Curator of Algae	Dr. Michael Hawkes mhawkes@interchange.ubc.ca	The natural history, biogeography, systematics, and conservation of Pacific Northwest seaweeds with emphasis on Rhodophyta.
Curator of Algae	Dr. Sandra Lindstrom sandracl@interchange.ubc.ca	Biogeography, phylogenetics and systematics of the benthic marine algae (seaweeds) of the Northeast Pacific.
Curator of Coralline Algae	Dr. Patrick Martone pmartone@interchange.ubc.ca	Biomechanics and evolutionary morphology of seaweeds, especially calcified coralline algae.
Curator of Bryophytes	Dr. Judith Harpel jharpel@interchange.ubc.ca	Bryophyte taxonomy, biogeography, rare species conservation and management.
Curator of Fungi	Dr. Mary Berbee berbee@interchange.ubc.ca	Molecular phylogeny of ascomycetes.
Curator of Lichens	Trevor Goward Trevor.Goward@botany.ubc.ca	Lichenized fungi.
Curator of Vascular Plants	Dr. Jeannette Whitton jwhitton@interchange.ubc.ca	Plant evolution and systematics, polyploidy, hybridization, apomixis, cryptic diversification. Taxonomic groups: Lasthenia, Crepis, Townsendia (all Asteraceae).
Curator of Eudicots	Dr. Quentin Cronk quentin.cronk@ubc.ca	Plant systematics, evolutionary developmental genetics.
Curator of Monocots and Basal Angiosperms	Dr. Sean Graham swgraham@interchange.ubc.ca	Plant systematics, deep phylogeny, monocots, basal angiosperms, seed plants.

Collections Managers

Vascular Plants and Algae	Linda Jennings (Lipsen) linda.jennings@ubc.ca	Rare plant theory, population genetics, Pacific Northwest vascular flora, botanical history.
Lichens, Bryophytes, and Fungi	Olivia Lee ubc.herbarium@ubc.ca	Bryophytes.
Database Manager	Amber Saundry asaundry@interchange.ubc.ca	General vascular plant ecology, especially invasive plants and ecological selection pressures on plant evolution.

Research and Faculty Associates

Dr. Fred Ganders ganders@interchange.ubc.ca	Evolution of Polynesian Bidens, Asteraceae, mating systems, genetic variation.
Dr. Helen Kennedy	Taxonomy and pollination of Marantaceae, especially Calathea and cultivated taxa.
Dr. Brian Klinkenberg brian@geog.ubc.ca	Biogeography of rare plants, spatial analysis, E-Flora BC.
Rose Klinkenberg	E-Flora BC.
Frank Lomer lomerlomer@hotmail.com	Contributor to the Flora of BC new vascular plant records, weeds, Juncus, Cyperaceae.
Dr. Terry McIntosh ttmcintosh@shaw.ca	Specialist in bryophytes and arid land vascular plants. Taxon Editor and Board Member for Flora of North America.
Paul Kroeger	Identification of Macrofungi, with emphasis on fungi of forest ecosystems and founding member of the Vancouver Mycological Society.
Dr. Jeff Saarela jsaarela@mus-nature.ca	Taxonomy and phylogenetics of grasses (Poaceae); monocot systematics; molecular evolution of the plastid genome; DNA barcoding; botanical nomenclature.

Associated Graduate Students

Chris Sears sears@interchange.ubc.ca	Ph.D. candidate	Systematics, taxonomy and population genetics of the North America Crepis agamic complex, Polystichum and Platanthera. Dr. Jeannette Whitton
Will Iles	Ph.D. candidate	Biogeography and phylogenetics of Temperate regions. Tofieldiaceae, Nartheciaceae, and Monocots. Dr. Sean Graham