Denver Botanic Gardens Affiliate Faculty

Jennifer Ackerfield

PhD • Head Curator of Natural History Collections, Associate Director of Biodiversity Research
Department of Integrative Biology
Expertise: Biodiversity of the Southern Rocky Mountains, Flora of Colorado, Evolution, Systematics, Biogeography of thistles (Cirsium) in North America

Christina Alba

Ph.D. • Denver Botanic Gardens
Department of Integrative Biology
Expertise: plant biodiversity and distributions, invasion biology, use of natural history collections in ecological research

Rebecca Hufft

Ph.D. • Denver Botanic Gardens
Department of Integrative Biology
Expertise: Conservation Biology, Ecology and Evolution, Biodiversity, Restoration

Jennifer Ramp Neale

Ph.D. • Director of Research & Conservation • Denver Botanic Gardens
Department of Integrative Biology
Areas of Expertise : rare plant conservation, conservation genetics, biodiversity conservation

Andrew Wilson

Ph.D. • Assistant Curator of Mycology • Denver Botanic Gardens
Department of Integrative Biology
Areas of Expertise: I use molecular systematics to refine understanding of fungal diversity, and novel phylogenetic tools to test hypotheses regarding their evolution and ecology. I am currently expanding my research into population genetics.