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Curator of Mycology, Natural History Museum of Utah
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Associate Professor, School Of Biological Sciences
Professional Service
- Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
Associate Editor.
01/01/2022 - present
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
Associate Editor.
01/01/2021 - 12/31/2023
- Fungal Genomics and Evolution, Frontiers in Fungal Biology.
Review Editor.
01/2020 - present
- Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology, Frontiers in Fungal Biology.
Review Editor.
01/2020 - present
- Mycologia.
Editorial Advisory Committee member.
01/2020 - 12/2025
- Plant and Fungal Systematics.
Role: Associate Editor.
Associate Editor, Plant and Fungal Systematics.
01/2018 - present
- MycoKeys.
Subject Editor.
01/2017 - present
- PeerJ.
Academic Editor.
01/01/2014 - present
- Mycological Society of America .
Role: member.
Biodiversity Committee.
01/2013 - 12/2017
- Mycologia.
Associate Editor.
01/01/2011 - 12/31/2017
- Kew Bulletin.
Associate Editor.
01/01/2011 - 12/31/2016
Internal Service
- Botany Collections Manager. Natural History Museum of Utah.
Search committee member. ,
06/2019 - present.
University service.
- Collections Digitization Coordinator. Natural History Museum of Utah.
Search committee chair,
03/2019 - present.
University service.
- Natural History Museum of Utah, established a new collection of fungi at the museum.
Curator,
09/2016 - present.
University service.
Outreach
- Research Quest. Natural History Museum of Utah. Three live-streamed 30-minute interviews.
04/2020 - 05/2020
- Instagram Live: MycoViral Nights with Giuliana Furci. Two 1-hr interviews.
04/2020 - 05/2020
- “Identifying stomach contents of a preserved baby mammoth using DNA.” Utah Friends of Paleontology.
04/2017 - 04/2017
- “Behind-the-Scenes.” Natural History Museum of Utah. Two-day event each fall where the genetics lab and fungarium is open to the public.
01/2017 - 12/2019
Honors & Awards
- Honorary Lecturer, Institute of Biol., Environ, and Rural Sciences, Penglais, Aerystwyth, Wales, 2011- 2016.
Aberystwyth University,
01/2011