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BOTANY 2022 in Anchorage, Alaska

I traveled to Anchorage, Alaska for BOTANY 2022.

A trip to Washington, D.C.

I traveled to D.C. for the Smithsonian Botanical Symposium and to work in-person with Rebecca and the Data Science Lab.

Wonders of a dryland moss

I co-led virtual workshop exploring the dimensions of biodiversity in the dryland moss genus Syntrichia.

NICAR 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana

A scientist attends a data journalism conference to learn science communication from the pros.

Fieldwork-wildlife conflicts

Or, how desert woodrats tried to sabotage my dissertation.

Biocrust4 2019 in Minjerribah, Australia

Re-cap of a small international conference centered around the study of biological soil crusts and their organisms.

BOTANY 2019 in Tucson, Arizona

Re-cap of a large, national conference with many participating professional societies.

Bryology 2019 in Madrid, Spain

Re-cap of a small international conference focused on bryophyte research.