Sanchez, Michele
Job TitleCollections Horticulturist: Tropical Nursery, Great Glasshouses and Training
DepartmentConservation, Living Collections and Estates
SectionHorticulture, Kew
Science Teams:
Joined Kew: 2002
Foreign Language(s): Portuguese (native speaker), Spanish, French
Qualifications & Appointments
• BSc Biology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil (1988-1992)
• Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Level 2 General Certificate in Horticulture (2004)
• Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Certificate of Training in Botanical Horticulture (2002-2004)
• Candidate to PhD in Biology at Birkbeck University of London, UK. Title: Biogeography and conservation genetics of the Caribbean Pine (Pinus caribaea var. bahamensis) in the Bahaman archipelago (2008-present)
Role
Assist in seed collection from living collections for long-term storage at the Millennium Seed Bank (MSB) and in the management of Tropical Nursery seed store
Controlled hand pollination and seed collection in the tropical nursery and display glasshouses; assisting in management of tropical nursery seed store, including germination trials; providing training to staff, students, trainees and volunteers; updating Living Collections Database; seed collection and propagation of red listed plants from living collections.
Projects
Selected Recent Publications
Hind, D.J.N., Sánchez, M. & Magdalena, C. (2009). 646. Cylindrocline lorencei (Compositae). Plant in Peril, 31. Hind, D.J.N., Sánchez, M. & Magdalena, C. (2009). 646. Cylindrocline lorencei (Compositae). Plant in Peril, 31. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 26: 120-130 26: 120-130
Hind, D.J.N. & Sanchez, M. (2008). 628. Mutisia coccinea ssp. dealbata. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 25: 250-25
