About: Michael Thomas

Recent Posts by Michael Thomas

SPNHC 2015 taking shape in Gainesville, Florida

May 17-23, 2015 | Florida Museum of Natural History  The Florida Museum of Natural History and partners are honored to host the 30th Annual SPNHC General Meeting. The meetings will be a week long and are scheduled for May 17, 2015 to May 23, 2015.  Details
Read more

Wisconsin herbarium uncovers plant from field of Civil War battle

As men in blue and gray uniforms fell dead and artillery shells whistled overhead, Capt. John Cornelius McMullen noticed a flower growing outside his tent while his unit laid siege to Atlanta. Despite the carnage all around him, or maybe because of it, McMullen marveled at the plant’s resilience and watched its leaves close at…
Read more

Student Research Grant Award – $500

Student Research Grant Award Deadline: 1 Feb 2015 Download: SHC_grant_application.doc Scope: Two $500 research grants will be awarded to students whose research contributes to or uses herbarium resources in ways that augment the collections. Research on any taxa typically accessioned in herbaria including all plant, fungal, lichen, and algal lineages is eligible. Supported activities could…
Read more

Herbarium Director Position Announcement

EEB Associate Professor Search – Announcement Field Botany/Herbarium Director The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, seeks to fill a tenure-track position in Field Botany at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. Teaching duties may include an undergraduate field botany course each year and a graduate course in the…
Read more

Recent Comments by Michael Thomas

No comments by Michael Thomas yet.