Research

research associates

Biodiversity Science

Research associates

postdoctoral fellows

Resident scientists at California Botanic Garden include postdoctoral fellows who are supported on external grants and resident scholars who call the Garden their research home. 

Resident scientists at California Botanic Garden include postdoctoral fellows who are supported on external grants and resident scholars who call the Garden their research home. 

RESEARCH ASSOCIATES

California Botanic Garden offers botanists and other professionals in the field appointments as Research Associates.  These individuals, by virtue of their affiliation with CalBG, are offered the use of the plant sciences facilities at the Garden.  Staff and plant scientists at CalBG form mutually beneficial collaborations on conservation and research projects with our Research Associates.  These are honorific 3-year appointments without remuneration. Appointments may be renewed upon review.

Robert Lee

Allen, MS

Adjunct Professor
Orange Coast College | Santiago Canyon College
Mission Viejo
,
CA

Carol

Annable, MS

Botanical Consultant
Ojai
,
CA

Paul

Beardsley, PhD

Professor, Director
CEMaST and Biological Sciences Dept, California State Polytechnic University
Pomona
,
CA

Hester L.

Bell, PhD

Research Associate
California Botanic Garden
Claremont
,
CA

Edward

Bobich, PhD

Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University
Pomona
,
CA

Steve

Boyd, MS

Former Curator of the Herbarium
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
Riverside
,
CA

Fred

Brooks, PhD

Plant Pathologist
Pomona
,
CA

Stephen H.

Bryant, PhD

Professor Emeritus
California State Polytechnic University
Pomona
,
CA

Allen

Cooper, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Loma Linda
,
CA

Josh

Der, PhD

Associate Professor
Calfornia State University, Fullerton
Fullerton
,
CA

Barbara

Eisenstein

Independent consultant
South Pasadena
,
CA

Thomas S.

Elias, PhD

Former Director, U.S. National Arboretum
Claremont
,
CA

Norman C.

Ellstrand, PhD

Distinguished Professor of Genetics
University of California, Riverside
Riverside
,
CA

Peter

Evans

Former Director of Horticulture
California Botanic Garden
Claremont
,
CA

Amanda

Fisher, PhD

Associate Professor
California State University
Long Beach
,
CA

Kirsten

Fisher, PhD

Professor and Chair
Department of Biological Sciences CSU Los Angeles
Los Angeles
,
CA

Matt

Guilliams

Tucker Plant Systematist and Curator of the Clifton Smith Herbarium
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Santa Barbara
,
CA

James

Henrickson, PhD

Research Associate
Plant Resources Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Austin
,
TX

Michael

Honer, MS

Botanical Consultant
Goleta
,
CA

Nina

House

Museum Scientist
The University and Jepson Herbaria at UC Berkeley
Berkeley
,
CA

Amanda

Ingram, PhD

Professor
Department of Biology, Wabash College
Crawfordsville
,
IN

Nick

Jensen, Ph.D.

Conservation Program Director
California Native Plant Society
Orange
,
CA

Leigh A.

Johnson, PhD

Professor
Biology Dept., Brigham Young University
Provo
,
UT

Jon E.

Keeley, PhD

Research Scientist
USGS Western Ecological Research Center
Three Rivers
,
CA

Jason

Koontz, PhD

Professor
Biology Dept., Augustana College
Rock Island
,
IL

Tasha

La Doux, PhD

Assistant Director
Sweeney Granite Mountain Desert Research Center
Kelso
,
CA

Amy

Litt, PhD

Associate Professor
Plant Evolution & Development UC Riverside
Riverside
,
CA

John J.

MacDonald, Jr.

Photographer
Phelan
,
CA

Maria Cristina

Martinez Habibe, PhD

Profesora/Investigadora
Departamento de Quimica y Biologia Universidad del Norte
Barranquilla
,
Colombia

Courtney

Matzke

Rare Plant Program Field Coordinator
California Native Plant Society
Sacramento
,
CA

Nicolas

Medina

Postdoctoral Associate
University of Maryland
College Park
,
MD

Char

Miller, PhD

Director, Environmental Analysis Program
Pomona College
Claremont
,
CA

Orlando

Mistretta, MA

Botanical Consultant
Upland
,
CA

Keir

Morse, PhD

Field Botanist
San Diego
,
CA

Sandra

Namoff, PhD

Botanist
Orange
,
CA

Bart

O'Brien

Director
Regional Parks Botanic Garden, Tilden Regional Park
Richmond
,
CA

Muriel

Poston, PhD

Professor Emerita
Pitzer College
Claremont
,
CA

Fred M.

Roberts, Jr.

Independent botanical survey consultant
Oceanside
,
CA

Andrew C.

Sanders

Curator/ Senior Museum Scientist
UC Riverside Herbarium
Riverside
,
CA

Michael G.

Simpson, PhD

Professor Emeritus
Department of Biology, San Diego State University
San Diego
,
CA

Victor

Steinmann, PhD

Researcher and Professor
Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro
,
CA

R. Douglas

Stone, PhD

Associate Rare Plant Botanist
California Native Plant Society
,

Lynn

Sweet

Assistant Research Ecologist, Principal Investigator
University of California
Riverside
,
CA

Erin

Tripp, PhD

Associate Professor; Curator of Botany
COLO Herbarium, University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder
,
CO

Sula

Vanderplank, PhD

Director of Terrestrial Ecosystem Conservation and Trans-border Partnerships
Pronatura Noroeste
Ensenada
,
Baja California, Mexico

Dwight L.

Whitaker, PhD

Professor
Department of Physics & Astronomy Pomona College
Claremont
,
CA

Scott D.

White, MA

Senior Biologist
Aspen Environmental Group
Upland
,
CA

Kimberlyn

Williams, PhD

Professor
Department of Biology, CSU San Bernardino
San Bernardino
,
CA

Felipe

Zapata, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology UC Los Angeles
Los Angeles
,
CA