Conservation & Research

Meet the Team

The Garden's Conservation & Research staff works diligently to improve the ecological stability of rare, threatened and endangered plants and their southeastern habitats. Its scope of work includes international outreach to Cuba, Ecuador, Puerto Rico and beyond.

Lina Arabyat

Seed Bank Manager
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Cecille Beers

NSF Rare Plant RaMP Mentee
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Tanner Biggers

Conservation Safeguarding Nursery Manager
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Laurie Blackmore, M.S.

Director of Applied Conservation
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Amanda Carmichael, M.S.

Conservation Genetics Laboratory Manager
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Christina Carroll

Field Biologist
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Kelly Coles

Gulf Coast Program Manager
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Emily E. D. Coffey, Ph.D.

Vice President, Conservation & Research
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Caitlin Crocker, B.S.

GEBF Field Biologist
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Marcella DiBrino

Gulf Coast Field Technician
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John Evans, M.S.

Conservation Horticulture Manager
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Lauren Eserman, Ph.D.

Director of Research
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Jessamine Finch, Ph.D.

Research Scientist, Seed Bank
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Jonathan Gore

Research Engineer
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Dave Gregory

Field Technician
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Getty Hammer

GEBF Field Biologist
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Delina Hung

Conservation Documentation Technician
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Oliver Hutchens

Seed Bank and Micropropagation Technician
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Katherine Johnson

Conservation Horticulturist
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Jeff Killingsworth

Senior Conservation Horticulturist
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Jason Ligon

Conservation Specialist
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Jean Linsky, M.Sc.

Program Manager, Global Conservation Consortium for Magnolia
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Qiansheng Li, Ph.D.

Research Scientist, Conservation In vitro
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Andre Ledet

Conservation Seed Increase Plot Horticulturist
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Amy Lee

Administrative Assistant to the Vice President of Conservation and Research
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James Lucas, Ph.D.

Field Botany Program Manager
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Quix Malpass

NSF Rare Plant RaMP Mentee
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Sammy Monger

Conservation Genetics Lab Technician
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Sarah Norris, M.Sc

Conservation Partnerships Coordinator
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Sathid Pankaew

Plant Digitization Assistant
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Sandee Phillips

Grants and Contracts Analyst
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Sally Phipps

Outreach Coordinator, Global Conservation Consortium for Magnolia
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Justin Peterman, M.S.

Conservation Horticulturist
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Carrie Radcliffe, M.Sc

Director of Conservation Partnerships
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Joe Stockert

Field Biologist
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Jeff Talbert

Project Coordinator, GEBF Florida
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Milo Vasquez

RaMP Program Coordinator
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Loy Xingwen, Ph.D.

Research Scientist, Ecology
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