I am currently working on research in wildlife trade at Naturalis Biodiversity Center for my PhD.
Published research
In: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Nature Communications, Biodiversity and Conservation, Biological Conservation, and Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
2025 Horticultural hybrid development of edible terrestrial orchids for verifiable sustainable trade
2022 Quantifying an online wildlife trade using a web crawler
2020 Patent analysis as a novel method for exploring commercial interest in wild harvested species
2018 A review of the trade in orchids and its implications for conservation
Guest Lectures and Seminars
Aquatic Plants Meeting Terrestrial Needs, Plants and People, Bath Spa University
Cultural and Environmental Dimensions of Orchid Trade, Biology and Environmental Studies Seminar Series, UNC Asheville
Orchid Diversity and Orchid trade, Introduction to Ethnobotany, Drake University
Calderwood Seminar in public writing on Environmental Futures and the Global Climate Crisis, Bard College
Taste, Smell, Touch & Sound in plant identification, Open Science Network at Society for Economic Botany meeting
Product Development focusing on botanicals of Southern Africa, Open Science Network at Society for Economic Botany meeting
Biodiversity and Conservation, Partnership with Schools Initiative, University of Kent
Sharing research and fieldwork findings
