What Does A Botanist Have To Do In Antarctica? Equitable Leadership and Critical Botany I believe that plants can change the world. While in Antarctica I will study two native vascular plant species — Colobanthus quitensis and Deschampsia antarctica, pictured below — in addition to hundreds of mosses and lichen. To harness their power for global betterment, …
Help Samantha Elie Botanist get to the Antarctic Contribute now! The Invitation I have been selected for the ice-breaking opportunity to voyage on an Antarctic expedition with high-ranking women in STEMM* leadership. This mission is greater than myself. As an early-career botanist, I cannot simply reach into investments, large savings, or wealthy inner network …
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The Homeward Bound Project (HB) is a leadership initiative that aims to increase the influence and impact of women in decision-making to shape our planet. Each year HB selects 100 remarkable women from STEMM* fields around the world to join this program that improves and draws attention to the systemic lack of gender equity in …
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Support Samantha Elie on Patreon or Venmo @SamanthaElieBotanist My Big Hairy Audacious Goal is to be an independent researcher. This will allow me to do the research that matters, not be restricted to the red tape of government or academic institutions, or starving the small budgets of grassroots initiatives. As an independent researcher I will be …
I believe that plants can change the world. I research the illuminating relationships that native plants maintain between their ecosystem, climate, and people. The ecosystem services that plants provide can be strategically implemented to alleviate the effects of climate change and solve other wicked problems. We can filter air and water, stabilize coastlines, regrow with …