Please join us for for Spotlight Science: Seeing Plant Biodiversity! This Saturday 10-2

#NSF #ASCEND_BII #spectralbiology #BellMuseum

https://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/event/spotlight-science-seeing-plant-biodiversity/

https://www.spectralbiology.org

This month ASCEND is highlighting Isaiah Clark. He is a post-bacc lab technician connecting plant functional traits, leaf spectra and ecosystem processes. A native of Minnesota steeped in the natural history of the region, he has a long-term interest in understanding changing environments and contributing to data-driven, community-based conservation. Read more on the ASCEND_BII NextGen blog:  www.spectralbiology.org/nextgenblog/2023-isaiah-clark
#NSF #spectralbiology #biodiversity #ECR

Fantastic trip to the #fynbos and succulent Karoo biomes in the Western Cape, South Africa with Jasper Slingsby for the NASA BioScape and NSF ASCEND BII #biodiversity and #conservation mission. #spectralbiology

Meet early career researcher Alex Crum who studies diversification of specialized metabolites like betalain in the plant order Caryophyllales. You can read more about her on the #ASCEND #ECR #spectralbiology blog. https://www.spectralbiology.org/nextgenblog