Staff

Christiane Anderson
Research Scientist
email: chra@umich.edu | phone 734-647-2812

William R. Anderson
Professor Emeritus, Curator Emeritus (Vascular Plants)
email: wra@umich.edu | phone: 734-764-2432

Paul E. Berry
Director, Professor
email: peberry@umich.edu | phone 734-647-3689

Robyn Burnham
Associate Professor, Adjunct Associate Curator
email: rburnham@umich.edu | phone 734-647-2585


Christopher W. Dick
Assistant Professor, Assistant Curator (Vascular Plants)
email: cwdick@umich.edu | phone: 734-764-9408

Brian Dorsey
Graduate Student

email: bdorsey@umich.edu | phone: 734-615-6200

Karin Douthit
Senior Graphic Artist
phone: 734-615-6200

 

Michael Ehnis
Administrative Specialist
email: ehnism@umich.edu | phone: 734-615-6200


Heather Huggins
Research Museum Collection Specialist
email: hhuggs@umich.edu | phone: 734-936-9948

Timothy James
Assistant Professor, Assistant Curator (Fungi)
email: tyjames@umich.edu | phone: 734-615-7753

 

Wenchi Jin
Graduate Student
email: wencjin@umich.edu | phone: 734-936-3335

David Kenfack
Postdoctoral Fellow
email: dkenfack@umich.edu | phone: 734-764-9408

Vlad Miskevich
Desktop Support Specialist Senior
email: lsa-csg@umich.edu | phone 734-936-3279

Jeffery Morawetz
Postdoctoral Fellow
email: morawetz@umich.edu | phone: 734-615-6200

Michael R. Penskar
Research Investigator, Michigan Natural Features Inventory
email: penskar@umich.edu | phone: 734-936-0956

Jess A. Peirson
Graduate Student
email: peirsonj@umich.edu | phone: 734-764-5546

Robert Preston
Visiting Researcher
phone: 734-615-6200

Richard K. Rabeler
Senior Research Museum Collection Manager, Assistant Research Scientist
email: rabeler@umich.edu | phone: 734-764-2407

Paula Reese
Plant Mounter
phone: 734-615-6200

A. A. Reznicek
Assistant Director, Research Scientist, Curator (Vascular Plants)
email: reznicek@umich.edu | phone: 734-764-5544

Ricarda Riina
Postdoctoral Fellow
email: riina@umich.edu | phone: 734-615-6200

Patricia Rogers
Research Museum Collection Manager (Fungi, Lichens, Bryophytes)
email: rogersp@umich.edu | phone: 734-936-8028

Edward G. Voss
Professor Emeritus, curator Emeritus (Vascular Plants)
email: egvoss@umich.edu | phone: 734-764-2431

Florence S. Wagner
Research Scientist (Pteridophytes)
email: fwagn@umich.edu | phone: 734-649-6641

Beverly S. Walters
Research Museum Collection Manager (Vascular Plants)
email: waltersb@umich.edu | phone: 734-615-6404

Michael J. Wynne
Professor Emeritus, Curator Emeritus (Algae)
email: mwynne@umich.edu | phone: 734-764-8415

Ya Yang
Graduate Student
email: yangya@umich.edu | phone: 734-936-3335

Species Focus:
Sitka Spruce
Picea sitchensis


The northwest coast of North America is famous for temperate rain forests, forests that are cold and snowy in winter and constantly humid and rainy in the summer. The northernmost and largest remaining areas of this community are in coastal Alaska, and have a lush, tropical look with the giant spruce trunks, often more than a meter in diameter, green with mosses, ferns and other moisture loving plants.

photo: A.A. Reznicek