Historical Botany, Invasion Biology, Urban Floristics, Biodiversity. He/Him 🏳️‍🌈 Rutgers University (BS), Harvard University

I am a botanist generally interested in understanding the human impacts to botanical biodiversity, specifically the establishment and spread of historical weedy and non-native species. I am currently a PhD student in the Harvard University Herbaria studying the evolution and biogeography of mulleins (Verbascum spp.) and historical ballast deposition as a vector for plant introductions.

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