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The team

Meet our team of passionate researchers, practitioners, professionals, and students

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Rebecca Wilcox

Research Scientist

Rebecca Wilcox is a community ecologist. Her research explores how individuals, populations and communities respond to global environmental change. In her work she leverages diverse datasets (climate data, archeological data, museum specimens/artifacts) and utilizes advanced quantitative methods to address contemporary issues in ecology and conservation. Rebecca is currently a research scientist at the California Academy of Sciences.

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Shannon Tushingham

Associate Curator of Anthropology

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Sarah J. Jacobs

Assistant Curator of Botany

Sarah Jacobs is an evolutionary biologist and plant systematist. Her research lab explores the evolution  of species, primarily using the plant genus Castilleja (aka, 'the paintbrushes'). She has over 15 years of experience and  expertise in collections-based research using plant specimens. As curator of the CAS herbarium, she works to make available and relevant the vast wealth of data held within the cabinets of the collection.

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Members of the Collaborative

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