Collection Management

Natural history specimens consist of two key components: the physical voucher and the associated data. Care for a collection consists of managing both of these aspects of the specimen.

I take pride in my approach of preparing specimens according to the principles of the extended specimen to maximize the amount of data obtainable from a given collecting event, and in training individuals to conduct specimen preparation in a systematic, standardized way that enables the specimens my team prepares to be broadly interoperable with museum specimens across the world for big data projects.