How do I become a successful botanist

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How do I become a successful botanist

• And how do I sustain success in that career?
• Motycka

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Who am I?

• Artist
• Teacher
• Nature lover
• Gardener
• Traveler
• Farmer

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What is botany?

• Botany is the scientific study of plant life a
  branch of biology, sometimes called plant
  biology.
• You need to be curious about plants
• History of the regions and locations of plants.
• Being outside and exploring plant environments.
• Chemistry and biology are important areas of
  science to learn if you want to be a botanist.

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What is botany?

• Botany plant biology.
• Curious about plants
• History of plants/regions.
• Outside exploring plant environments.
• Chemistry and biology

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What is botany?

• Plant Biology
• History
• Field work
• Chemistry
• Curiosity

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Careers in Botany
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• PROFESSORI really enjoy teaching people about
  plants. I derive great satisfaction from curing
  plant blindness and opening peoples eyes to the
  fascinating array of plants that surround us
  plants that keep us from being naked, miserable,
  and hungry. Plants only have roots, stems, and
  leaves, yet using nothing but these same basic
  components they display many nifty adaptations
  for different ways of life, different
  environments, and different interactions with
  other organisms,
• CELL BIOLOGISTBeing able to explore the unknown
  micro-world using sophisticated,
  high-resolution microscopes is much like taking a
  pack trip into the uncharted depths of the
  Amazon, or exploring the deepest o ceanic
  ravines, or traveling through our universe in a
  spaceship destined to land on a newly discovered
  planet.
• FIELD BOTANIST for the Ohio Department of
  Natural Areas and Preserves and was able to put
  my plant identification skills and love of
  roaming to good use. It was a dream job, spending
  five months a year walking throughout much of
  southeastern Ohio looking for rare plants and
  potential new nature preserves.

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Careers in Botany
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• PROFESSORI really enjoy teaching people
• about plants.
• CELL BIOLOGISTBeing able to explore the unknown
  micro-world
• FIELD BOTANIST plant identification skills

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EDUCATION

• Previous education BA/MA education
• 20 years teaching experience
• Organic Farming
• Naturalist experience
• Travel
• NEW LEARNING
• Online classes Department of Horticulture,
• University of Wisconsin, Madison,
• Join the Botanical Society of America
• Connecticut College summer course work
• Field work- Maine Audubon Society, Maclaughlin
  Gardens
• More travel

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Areas of Particular Interest or Specialization
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• Traveling to see
• (Nepenthes of Borneo.)
• Rare plants
• Carnivorous Plants

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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO ME AND MY FAMILY TO CHANGE
CAREERS ?

• NOT PLAYING WITH CLAY
• POSSIBLY DANGEROUS
• LESS TIME WITH MY FAMILY
• BACK TO SCHOOL FULL TIME
• HARD WORK/ LONG HOURS
• RELOCATION

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its important to dream but Im not sure Im
ready to make a career change
your reflection may be that what you learned is
that maybe you can't sustain success in ONE
particular career- but it got you thinking about
post secondary options
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Works consulted

• Wikepedia
• http//epod.usra.edu/archive/images/corpse-espod.j
  pg
• www.botany.org
• Bernard Heinrich
• Interview w/ Prof. Armstrong
• Careers in Botany - Reflections of a Happy
  Botanist
• Dr. Harry T. (Jack) Horner, Ph.D.,
• David M. Spooner - BOTANIST, USDA Agricultural
  Research Service

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