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Richie Hodel, Ph.D.\n<\/strong>Director and Curator
\nRichie is currently working on a global phylogeny of Prunus<\/em>\u00a0(Rosaceae), the genus that contains economically and agriculturally important crop species including almonds, apricots, cherries, peaches, and plums. He is also researching intraspecific genomic, environmental, and phenotypic variation in selected Prunus<\/em>\u00a0species, particularly in the Southwest, as a tool for investigating trait evolution in response to environmental changes. Richie is also interested in collaboratively working to expand the diverse data types that can be encapsulated in the extended herbarium specimen.<\/p>\n
Email Richie<\/a><\/p>\n Email Tina<\/a><\/p>\n Greg Goodwin, M.S.<\/strong> Email Greg<\/a><\/p>\n Max Licher, Architect<\/strong> Email mailto:tina.ayers@nau.eduMax<\/a><\/p>\n Gisela (left) and Vera (right) Email Gisela<\/a><\/p>\n Email Vera<\/a><\/p>\n Glenn Rink, M.S.<\/strong> Email Glenn<\/a><\/p>\n Randy Scott, Ph.D.<\/strong> Email Randy<\/a><\/p>\n John Spence, Ph.D.<\/strong> Email John<\/a><\/p>\n Tim Lowrey<\/strong> Email Tim<\/a><\/p>\n\n Herbarium staff Meet the staff of NAU’s\u00a0Deaver Herbarium Richie Hodel, Ph.D. Director and Curator Richie is currently working on a global phylogeny of Prunus\u00a0(Rosaceae), the genus that contains economically and agriculturally important crop species including almonds, apricots, cherries, peaches, and plums. He is also researching intraspecific genomic, environmental, and phenotypic variation in selected Prunus\u00a0species, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":316,"featured_media":2490,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1900","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1900"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4469,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1900\/revisions\/4469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Tina Ayers, Ph.D.
\n<\/strong>Emeritus Curator
\nCurrently, Tina is completing a monograph of the genus <\/span>Lysipomia<\/span> (<\/span>Campanulaceae<\/span>), a genus of about 50 species endemic to the Andean alpine tundra. <\/span>Additional<\/span> projects include a phylogenetic analysis of <\/span>Nemacladus<\/span>, which is being done in collaboration with Dr. Nancy Morin and Lois Neff; systematics of <\/span>Cyphocarpus<\/span> in collaboration with Kimberly Hansen; and systematics of Lobelia in Mexico and Central America, in collaboration with Miguel Perez and Arturo Castro. <\/span>All of these studies involve gathering molecula<\/span>r sequence data from chloroplast or nuclear genomes and collecting macro- and micromorphological data.<\/span> Tina is also interested in rare plant conservation and floristics, especially in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nAssociate Curator
\nGreg became a volunteer for the Deaver Herbarium after retiring from the U.S. Forest Service, where he worked for 28 years, including 21 years with the Coconino National Forest. Greg is in the herbarium a few mornings per week processing historical collections donated by the U.S. Forest Service or processing his own collections from travels throughout the west. Greg is also compiling a\u00a0floristic inventory of the Cataract Canyon drainage. This effort includes surveying for rare plants.<\/p>\n
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\nAssociate Curator
\nMax is one of the coordinating botanists for the Plant Atlas of Arizona Project (PAPAZ) and an avid photographer. He has contributed many images to the\u00a0Southwest Environmental Information Network, or SEINet, database. Max has been working on an annotated checklist of the plants of Oak Creek Canyon and the Red Rocks area of the Verde Valley in Arizona. He is also currently working in collaboration with Glenn Rink on revisions of the Cyperaceae and Juncaceae for Arizona and New Mexico.<\/p>\n
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\nGisela Kluwin, P.T.,<\/strong>
\n Vera Markgraf, Ph.D.<\/strong>
\nAssociate Curators
\nGisela and Vera are major contributors to the Plant Atlas of Arizona Project (PAPAZ) and process all of their specimens in the Deaver Herbarium.\u00a0 When they aren’t off collecting or processing specimens, they are busy mounting, accessioning, imaging, and filing specimens.<\/p>\n
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\nAssociate Curator
\nWithout question, Glenn is out in the field collecting plants for various agencies or just for fun on most days. He is currently documenting flora in the southern Colorado Plateau area, focusing especially on the Kaibab Plateau. Glenn is also currently collaborating with Max Licher on revisions of the Cyperaceae and Juncaceae for Arizona and New Mexico.<\/p>\n
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\nAssociate Curator
\nRandy is currently working on a monograph of the genus\u00a0Brickellia (Asteraceae), a genus of 90 to 100 species found primarily in the southwestern United States and Mexico. He also lends a hand wherever he is needed at the herbarium, including identifying many of the unknown Asteraceae the herbarium receives, filing newly mounted specimens, giving tours, and whatever else comes up.<\/p>\n
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\nAssociate Curator
\nJohn Spence, who lives in Page, Arizona, regularly visits the Deaver Herbarium to work on specimens from around the world that have been loaned to the herbarium.\u202fJohn\u2019s interests are wide ranging and include the biogeography and evolution of Colorado Plateau flora, especially endemic and rare species; vegetation ecology and classification; bryophyte and vascular plant systematics; bird inventory, monitoring, and ecology; and ecological effects of climate change.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nTim retired in 2019 and currently <\/span>resides<\/span> in northern Arizona. He is a research associate of the Deaver Herbarium and professor emeritus and curator emeritus, University of New Mexico. His research focused on systematics and evolution of Asteraceae in Africa, the Pacific Basin, and North & South America. His publications include a monograph of Hawaiian\u202f<\/span><\/span>Tetramolopium<\/span><\/span>\u202f(Hawaiian Daisies) and papers on\u202f<\/span><\/span>Townsendia<\/span><\/span>\u202f(Townsend Daisy),\u202fsystematics and evolution of\u202f<\/span><\/span>Vittadinia<\/span><\/span>\u202f(Australian daisies) and related genera, and biology and evolution of the <\/span>Astereae<\/span> (Daisy Tribe).\u202f He has also published papers on fungal endophytes in desert plants. He has co-authored the Field Guide to the Middle Rio Grande Bosque, Field Guide to Wildflowers of the Witwatersrand and Pretoria regions, and Monocot Flora of the Witwatersrand and authored taxonomic treatments of Asteraceae for <\/span>Flora North America, the Jepson Manual of the California Flora,\u202fFour Corners Flora, and Flora <\/span>Neomexicana<\/span> eds. 1 & 2. Tim is currently working on a generic flora of Asteraceae for Arizona.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n![\"picture](\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/374\/2017\/11\/02-plants-_08052008_29935518696_o-464x348.jpg\")
\n \n Herbarium home<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n \n \n\n\nDeaver Herbarium overview\n\n<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n \n \n ![\"Student](\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/374\/2017\/10\/358A6948_Catherine_Gehring_Sunset_Crater_20170607-1-464x348.jpg\")
\n \n Research<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n \n \n\n\nSupport students and researchers by providing historical and contemporary specimens for study\n\n<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n \n \n ![\"student](\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/374\/2017\/10\/science-detail_11172011_29886649871_o-1-464x348.jpg\")
\n \n Education<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n \n \n\n\nSupport courses taught in biological sciences and create opportunities for graduate and undergraduate research and student curatorships\n\n<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n \n \n ![\"cactus](\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/374\/2017\/11\/04-plant-detail_08052008_29935518386_o-464x348.jpg\")
\n \n Services<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n \n \n\n\nResources for students, professional botanists, private consultants, and the Flagstaff community\n\n<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/a><\/span>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"