Flora of China; Euphorbiaceae, particularly Euphorbia sensu lato

Employed by Missouri Botanical Garden as the European coordinator for the ‘Flora of China' project, which involves co-authoring families and genera for which there is no specialist available and editing other contributions (currently the c. 1,900 species of Poaceae which have largely been co-authored at Kew. Interested in the development of software tools (Access databases and Word macros) to assist the editorial process. Long term interest in Euphorbia and will be working with the Kew Malpighiales team to co-author the Euphorbiaceae for the ‘Flora of China'. Also with a residual interest in the ‘Flora of Ethiopia' and in the Ceropegieae (Apocynaceae).