People
Corcoran, Marcella R.
| Job Title | Botanical Horticulturist |
|---|---|
| Department | Horticulture and Public Education |
| Section | Hardy Display Section |
| Science Teams |
UK Overseas Territories Wet Tropics: Africa |
| Joined Kew | 2001 |
| Foreign Language(s) |
Qualifications & Appointments
Kew Diploma in Horticulture, 2004
Committee, Kew Guild
Student Union President, School of Horticulture, RBG Kew (2004)
West Africa working group, Kew Herbarium.
Role
Building horticultural capacity in Cameroon and assisting other Kew staff with fieldwork there.
Wet Tropics, particularly work in Cameroon. Propagation exchanging information and collection. Work in horticultural team in the Limbe Botanic gardens, Cameroon, mostly trialling propagation methods for tropical plants and exchanging ideas. Work in the field with Dr Martin Cheek’s team, collecting herbarium vouchers for checklisting as well as targeting species for research. On-going communication with the horticulture team at Limbe Botanical Gardens, Cameroon.