I am happy to announce that we have a new recruit to the Emory University Herbarium! Dr. Jane Bradbury will begin her work as the Emory University Herbarium (GEO) Collections Manager this June. She will be working with Dr. Quave (Curator) on the Herbarium Revitalization Project, made possible by a…
I am honored to announce that I have been invited to serve as a session speaker at the fourth Indonesian-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium to be held in Medan, Indonesia this June! I will be speaking in the session on Ethnobotany and Tropical Medicine. The symposium is sponsored by…
I am excited to announce that my research proposal was selected for one of the Bionorica Global Research Initiative prizes! This award of 50,000 euros will be used to support my lab’s research on the identification of new botanical therapies for acne.
A new paper by Pieroni and colleagues explores Macedonian and Albanian traditional knowledge concerning local plants: Pieroni, A., K. Cianfaglione, A. Nedelcheva, A. Hajdari, B. Mustafa and C.L. Quave (2014). Resilience at the border: traditional botanical knowledge among Macedonians and Albanians living in Gollobordo, Eastern Albania. Journal of Ethnobiology and…
Great news! The book is Innovative Strategies for Teaching in the Plant Sciences (C.L. Quave, Ed.; Springer Press) is out! Click here to order. This was an amazing effort by an inspirational group of educators! Thanks again to Pat Harrison, Will McClatchey, Kent W Bridges, Sonia VI, Keri McNew Barfield, Ryan…
Our new paper on ethnozymology and food security in the Balkans is out! You can read the full article here. Quave, C.L. and A. Pieroni (2014) Fermented foods for food sovereignty and food security in the Balkans: A case study of the Gorani people of northeastern Albania. Journal of Ethnobiology…
I spent a wonderful weekend meeting with curators and collection managers from across the state of Georgia! Here is a link to some photos from our visit to the new facilities at Georgia Southern University, curated by Dr. Alan Harvey.
Dr. Quave has joined the Emory Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (GDBBS), in the Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (MMG) program. This new appointment will enable Dr. Quave to teach graduate courses and serve as the primary advisor of GDBBS graduate students. To learn more about applying to the…
I am happy to announce that we have a new member on our lab team: Dr. James Lyles. Dr. Lyles joined the Quave Research Group as a post-doctoral fellow in February. Dr. Lyles comes to us from The North Carolina Arboretum Germplasm Repository (TNCAGR) where he developed a diverse natural…
I’ll be giving a public lecture on medicinal plants and the search for new antibiotics this Friday (2/21) at Florida Atlantic University! This lecture is free and open to the public as part of the Frontiers in Science Public Lecture series. My talk will feature descriptions of the exciting work…
