Currently based out of the Edmonton area in Alberta, Canada. I have a M.Sc. from the University of Saskatchewan and a B.Sc. from Dalhousie University, both in biology. My master's research focused on the floral morphology of the plains pricklypear cactus (Opuntia polyacantha). In between my degrees, I worked on a project to digitize the Dalhousie Herbarium (DAL).

While my formal education has been primarily botanical, I consider myself to be more of a general naturalist. I am interested in any and all organisms, and try to pay attention to as many taxa as possible when I am out in nature.

Among my favourite taxa are:
-Terrestrial plants: Isoëtes, Equisetum, Selaginella, Viola, Lamiales, Caryophyllales
-Algae: Desmidiaceae, Bacillariophyceae, Cladophoraceae
-Protozoans and chromists: Arcellinida, Heliozoa, Cercozoa
-Fungi: Pucciniales, Nidulariaceae, Pezizales
-Insects: Curculionidae, Halictidae, Mutillidae, Chrysomelidae, Cerambycidae
-Arachnids: Gnaphosidae, Tetragnathidae, Thomisidae, Salticidae, Pseudoscorpiones, Ixodida
-"Other animals": Rotifera, Copepoda, Amphipoda, Spongillida, Nematoda
-Vertebrates: Sciuridae, Mustelidae, Cuculidae, Picidae, Hirundinidae, Parulidae

Most of my photos are taken with a Nikon D5300 with a 18-55mm or 70-300mm lens. I use a Wild Heerbrugg M11 monocular microscope (circa 1950's) for microbial organism observations.

"A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet will be at a loss to tell by what marks he detects them." - Carolus Linnæus

Je parle couramment le français / Eu falo um pouco de português

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