Curator of the ALA Herbarium/Professor of botany

University affiliation

• University of Alaska Museum of the North
• College of Natural Science and Mathematics
• Department of Biology and Wildlife
• University of Alaska Fairbanks

Contact information

• Email: smickertbond@alaska.edu
• Phone: (907) 474-6277

Media contact

Marmian Grimes

• Phone: (907) 474-7902
• Email: mlgrimes@alaska.edu

Areas of expertise

• Biology

Research interests/biography

Evolutionary biology, plant systematics, floristics and revisionary systematics. Phylogenetic relationships, biogeography, and gene evolution in three diverse groups of vascular plants: the arid gymnosperm genus Ephedra (Gnetales); the Old World-New World disjunct genus Oxytropis (Fabaceae); and the grape family Vitaceae. Additional interests include conifers, the biodiversity of Alaskan floras, reconstruction of paleo-CO2; and classical revisionary and floristic work.