Biology, Conservation Biology, Ecology, Earth Sciences, Plant-related areas of interest, potentially artistic and science education areas
-First Year Students (new to ASU Fall 2025)
-2nd Year Students
-3rd Year Students
-4th Year Students- Seniors
-ASU Online Barrett Honors Students (fully remote work)
-2nd Year Students
-3rd Year Students
-4th Year Students- Seniors
-ASU Online Barrett Honors Students (fully remote work)
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Tempe
Fully remote/Remote considered
The Fossil Plant Collection is a unique component of the Natural History Collections, which together with the NEON biorepository comprise the ASU Biocollections. We are housed 2 miles off campus in the Alameda Building, 734 W Alameda Drive in Tempe. The collection includes fossil plant remains from numerous significant worldwide localities as well as extensive live plant anatomical sections (wood anatomy, pollen) and fruits, seeds and pine cones. The collection is organized and has been partially digitized as part of SEINeT https://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/index.php and the Pteridoportal https://www.pteridoportal.org/portal/index.php. The goal of this research is to continue to develop the organization, digitization and online presence of this collection in order to make the resource available to the larger community. A secondary goal is to develop collections based research, science education and outreach. Barrett College Fellows would be involved in a variety of curatorial work including organization, documentation, digitization and online database presentation. In addition of curatorial and museum skills Barrett Fellows will learn about plant evolution, systematics, anatomical structure and the role of fossils in understanding broader aspects of evolution and ecology. Several individual projects focused on fossils and/or living plant tissues of particular plant taxonomic groups, fossils of specific localities and preservation and material types will be available and can be tailored to individual student interests. Work will be primarily within the collections at Alameda with some remote work also possible.
Careful detail-oriented, reliable individuals with organizational and observational skills, background and/or interest in collections-based research, plant systematics, evolution, and structure. Digitization and bioinformatics skills are helpful but can be trained. Our work is highly visual and individuals interested in science/art connections, outreach, and science education a plus.
Kathleen Pigg
Tempe; Flexible to remote and/or in-person