Team Botany at SCSU

We are scientists conducting research, enthusiasts sharing plants in the greenhouse, curators in the SCL herbarium, and science communicators doing outreach when we can.

Kendall Cross (they/he)

MS student

Floristics, herbaria, & carnivorous plants

Mckenna Sheldon

Undergraduate student, greenhouse intern, F5 Husky Tomato development

Zay Ruppert (they/he)

Undergraduate student, greenhouse intern, F5 Husky Tomato development & field trials organizer

Sam Hennemann

MS student

Population genomics, morphometrics, & niche modeling of Parthenium integrifolium (& F2 Husky Tomato development)

Angela McDonnell, PhD (she/her)

Assistant Professor, Herbarium & Greenhouse Director

Makayla Michael

Undergraduate student, greenhouse intern, F5 Husky Tomato development

Roman Jordan

Undergraduate student, herbarium reorganization

You?

Likes plants, herbaria, bioinformatics, analyzing data, greenhouses, or any combination of those.

You?

Likes plants, herbaria, bioinformatics, analyzing data, greenhouses, or any combination of those.

Lab Alumni (we miss you, keep in touch!)

Caitlin Kertz: greenhouse intern, plant propagation
Katie Lavato: greenhouse intern
Aurora Lundberg: greenhouse graduate assistant
Nataly Minor: greenhouse intern, F4 Husky Tomato development
Jamie Smith: greenhouse intern, morphometrics of Parthenium
AnnElise Swanson: herbarium assistant, F4 Husky Tomato development