People

Tredwell, Emma

Job Title Spirit Collection Manager
Department Herbarium
Section Monocot Systematics
Science Teams Monocots III: Orchids
Joined Kew 2002
Foreign Language(s) French

Qualifications & Appointments

BSc (Hons), Univ. Exeter, 1997

MSc, Imperial College, 1998

Role

Management of the spirit collection and co-ordinator for orchid team web pages

Responsible for all aspects of spirit collection management, including accessioning and databasing new material, purchasing laboratory supplies and equipment, running searches and preparing material for visitors, answering queries from staff and the public. Departmental Co-ordinator for Health & Safety in the Herbarium. Currently the co-ordinator for the orchid team web pages. Line manager of the botanical specimen preparers.

Projects

Araceae Taxonomic Knowledge Base

Electronic Cataloguing and Imaging of Monocot Type Specimens