Professor of Biological Sciences
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My main interests are paleobotany, ethnobotany / economic botany and the use of plants by native populations. I am also concern with environmental issues dealing with sea level rising, and the usage of aquatic plants as ecological bioremediators. I obtained a Ph.D. in plant Sciences from the Graduate Center of the City University of NY and the New York Botanical Gardens. After several years of corporate work as a Wetland specialist and Environmental Scientists, I join the School of Natural Sciences at Fairleigh Dickinson University.
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I am currently serving as an FDU representative at United Nations CoNGO Committee on Sustainable Development and Co-chairing the Metropolitan Campus Green Campus Committee. As a Civiliti volunteer and advisor, I have:
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Introduced and collaborated with several EcoArtists and animation person who created the book animation used in the Civiliti 101 fundraising video.
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contributed with key scientific advise to Climate Change documentaries and environmental TV programs that have been seen by hundreds of viewers on our YouTube Channel.
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wrote environmental messages for Green Heart CD cover
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preformed Civiliti television interview with Barbara Zimmerman, Director of the Kayapó Project.
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continue to contribute with scientific advise for the permaculture clean up of the Maria Bonita goldmine on the Kayapo Territory in Brazil
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