Re: [aroid-l] Introduction

From: Aroideae at aol.com on 2004.04.19 at 21:13:05(11419) hi emily, it's great to have you on board!! i've heard nothing but good things about you from tom and others and i'm sure you'll contribute a lot to the L discussions, like tom's other assitants who've always been glad to help out and add info that's not accessible to most of us. lynn +More > Hi aroid-L subscribers... > > I just wanted to introduce myself. I am a relatively new subscriber to > Aroid-L, and a new face beginning in aroid research. My name is Emily Yates > and my interest in plant taxonomy, ecology and biogeography in general, and > Araceae, in particular, stems from my new position as Tom Croat's research > assistant at Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis, MO. I am originally > from southern Illinois, and received my B.S. in biology from Drake > University in Des Moines, Iowa, and my M.S. in geography from SIU > Carbondale, IL, where I studied recruitment of non-native invasive plants > into fragmented forests in southern Illinois. I continue to be very > interested in invasive plants, especially invasive aroids, as well as > biogeography, fieldwork, travel, and plant collecting, all of which I hope > to submerse myself in here at Missouri Botanical Garden. I enjoy being > given the chance to be part of such a community of people interested this > fascinating group of plants, to work with Tom to bring to completion many > aroid research projects, and to initiate others on my own. I am looking > forward to interacting with all of you at some point and hope to contribute > to the discussion of Araceae on Aroid-L and to provide assistance to you > from our wealth of resources here at the Missouri Botanical Garden. > > Emily Yates > Research (Araceae) > Missouri Botanical Garden > P.O. Box 299 > St. Louis, MO 63166-0299 > Emily.Yates@mobot.org > > > >

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