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After Susan retired from her career as a nurse practitioner, she joined her sister and began volunteering at the Chicago Botanic Garden in 2011. Though she spends spring and summer working in the rose garden, Susan volunteers her time to the Echinacea Project during the winter months. She contributes to our research by cleaning Echinacea heads and counting achenes (she has counted 30,000 achenes!). Outside of her work at the Garden, Susan enjoys spending time biking, golfing, and spending time outdoors.
This is one in a series of profiles recognizing the hard work and dedication of citizen scientists volunteering for the Echinacea Project at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
Here is a link to Alison Bewley’s presentation at MEEC. Alison & others represented Team Echinacea well at the meeting and learned a lot.
Title: Special Delivery!: Quantifying the Distance
that Solitary Bee Genera Move Pollen in a
Fragmented Prairie Plant Population
ABewley_MEECpresentation2015.pdf
The 2015 Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference was March 28 & 29 at Indiana University in Bloomington.
Here is a link to Allie Dunn’s poster presentation at MEEC. Allie & others represented Team Echinacea well at the meeting and learned a lot.
Title: Can you extract DNA from a single pollen grain?: A methodology useful for plant conservation research.
ADunn_MEECposter2015.pdf
After retiring from a career in sales, Bob’s lifelong enthusiasm for the outdoors led him to begin volunteering with the Chicago Botanic Garden. While working in the Garden’s prairies and woodlands, Bob helped plant native prairie, cleared brush, identified insects, and even discovered his artistic talents while sketching fungal specimens. Since joining the Echinacea Project in 2001, he has counted over 200,000 achenes! Outside of the lab, Bob remains active with the Boy Scouts of America and continues to cultivate his artistic talents through painting and photography.
This is one in a series of profiles recognizing the hard work and dedication of citizen scientists volunteering for the Echinacea Project at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
Marty, a retired high school chemistry teacher, began volunteering at the Chicago Botanic Garden in 2004. Although she remains skeptical of biology, Marty grew up gardening and enjoyed working with plants in the production garden. She joined the Echinacea Project in 2014 and has been busy scanning and counting Echinacea achenes. In her spare time, Marty enjoys spending time outdoors at her summer home in Maine. She also competes regularly in the senior Olympics with her volleyball team!
This is one in a series of profiles recognizing the hard work and dedication of citizen scientists volunteering for the Echinacea Project at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
Anne joined the Echinacea Project’s volunteer team in 2007 after learning about volunteer opportunities with the Chicago Botanic Garden through her local garden club. During her time with the Echinacea Project, she has helped with nearly every lab task from cleaning heads to counting achenes. In fact, Anne has counted more than 300,000 achenes! She also volunteers with the Garden’s seed bank helping to clean and prepare seeds for future habitat restoration. Outside of her work at the Chicago Botanic Garden, Anne works part time and is an active member of her church congregation.
This is one in a series of profiles recognizing the hard work and dedication of citizen scientists volunteering for the Echinacea Project at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
Team Echinacea made a great showing at MEEC — The 2015 Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference. Members of the team gave great presentations and learned a lot from the other presenters. When Stuart gets back from vacation he will post Allie’s poster, Josie’s poster, and Alison’s presentation.
Team Echinacea at MEEC 2015:
Alli Grecco, Jocelyn York, Jennifer Ison, Allie Dunn, Alison Bewley
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