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Herbarium Management<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Emily Sessa<\/strong>
\nPatricia K. Holmgren Director of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium<\/em>
\nesessa@nybg.org<\/p>\n

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Laura Briscoe<\/strong>
\nAssistant Director for the Cryptogamic Herbarium<\/em>
\nlbriscoe@nybg.org<\/p>\n

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Matthew Pace<\/strong>
\nAssistant Curator<\/em>
\nmpace@nybg.org<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Nicole Tarnowsky<\/strong>
\nNoel Holmgren Assistant Director of the Herbarium<\/em>
\nntarnowsky@nybg.org<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Kimberly Watson<\/strong>
\nAssistant Director for Biodiversity Information Management<\/em>
\nkwatson@nybg.org<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Herbarium Staff<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Ginger Apolo<\/strong>
\nCuratorial Assistant for the Cryptogamic Herbarium<\/em><\/p>\n

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Kelcie Brown<\/strong>
\nHerbarium Collections and Data Coordinator<\/em><\/p>\n

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Leanna Feder<\/strong>
\nHerbarium Digital Asset Manager<\/em><\/p>\n

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Elizabeth Gjieli<\/strong>
\nGeographical Information Manager<\/em><\/p>\n

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Lucy Klebieko<\/strong>
\nShipping Manager<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Lisa Lall<\/strong>
\nHerbarium Secretary<\/em><\/p>\n

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Tallia Maglione<\/strong>
\nHerbarium Aide<\/em><\/p>\n

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Joel Ramirez<\/strong>
\nWeb Developer for Biodiversity Information Management<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Edgardo Rivera<\/strong>
\nSenior Curatorial Assistant for the Phanerogamic Herbarium<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Amy Weiss<\/strong>
\nCollections Manager for the Phanerogamic Herbarium<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Ash Welch<\/strong>
\nHerbarium Aide<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Accelerating Species Discovery with Artificial Intelligence<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Emily Sessa<\/strong>
\nPrincipal Investigator<\/em>
\nesessa@nybg.org<\/p>\n

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Julianna Paulsen<\/strong>
\nHerbarium Lead Digitizer<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

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Brianna Hoyte<\/strong>
\nHerbarium Digitization Intern<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

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Marshall Nisselbaum<\/strong>
\nHerbarium Digitization Intern<\/em><\/p>\n

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Project Staff: Africa Digitization Project<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Nicole Tarnowsky<\/strong>
\nPrincipal Investigator<\/em>
\nntarnowsky@nybg.org<\/p>\n

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Herbarium Emeriti<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Patricia K. Holmgren<\/strong>
\nDirector Emerita of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium<\/em>
\npholmgren@nybg.org<\/p>\n

Jacquelyn Kallunki<\/strong>
\nCurator Emerita of the Herbarium<\/em>
\njkallunki@nybg.org<\/p>\n

Barbara Thiers<\/strong>
\nDirector Emerita and Honorary Curator of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium<\/em>
\nbthiers@nybg.org<\/p>\n

Tom Zanoni<\/strong>
\nResearch Associate Emeritus of the Herbarium<\/em>
\ntzanoni@nybg.org<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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