Herbarium Collections Assistant

M.S. in  Biology, Tarleton State University, 2008

B.S. in  Biology, Tarleton State University, 2005

In the summer of 2005, Sam volunteered at BRIT as a filer to help him with his memorization of plant families for his plant taxonomy course.  Since then, he has been extremely interested in plant systematics (as well as the taxonomy of all living organisms).

Sam graduated from Tarleton State University with an M.S. in Biology; he studied the population genetics of Baird’s pocket gophers (Geomys breviceps) using the molecular technique of AFLP. He taught general biology, zoology, and botany at Weatherford College as an adjunct instructor. He is passionate about conservation, insect and plant interactions, phylogeny of living organisms, and all things biology.

Sam joined the BRIT staff on January 1, 2010, as Herbarium Collections Assistant. His main duties involve assisting the herbarium staff as well as volunteers, dealing with specimen loans, and other curatorial duties. He hopes to work more with conservation in the future.

Phone: 817.332.4441, ext.238

E-mail: skieschnick@brit.org